Shell reports record $25bn profit
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits of Â£25.36bn (Â£12.94bn).
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Oil giant BP today posted record profits of $3.94bn (Â£2.14bn) after fuel prices hit new highs. The third quarter performance of Britain&#39;s biggest listed company came as oil prices rose to an average of almost $50 a barrel.
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SYDNEY Australia &amp; New Zealand Banking Group said Tuesday that second-half profit rose 17 percent to a record after it bought New Zealand&#39;s biggest bank and raised lending to businesses as they increased investment.
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BP's annual profits rise 26% to $16.2bn (Â£8.7bn) as the firm benefits from soaring oil prices.
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ExxonMobil (XOM:NYSE - news - research) stepped up to the plate Thursday with record-breaking profits that raced past Wall Street estimates.
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Oil major BP beat forecasts with a 23  percent rise in replacement cost net profit to a record $6.11  billion on Tuesday, as high oil prices and strong refining  margins more than made up for a drop in output.
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Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that net profits leapt 23 percent last year to a record 31.331 billion dollars (21.115 billion euros), energised by soaring crude prices.
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Thursday that third-quarter net profit rose 16 percent despite a drop in production, but it warned that the underlying performance of its refining operations was weaker than it appeared.
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OIL group Shell has pledged to invest $45bn (Â£25bn) and make major disposals in a shake-up of the business, following its reserves crisis earlier this year.
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Investment manager T. Rowe Price Group  Inc. TROW.O on Tuesday said its quarterly profit jumped 25  percent on an increase in investment advisory revenue.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. reported Tuesday a 26.5 per cent rise in fourth-quarter profit on the strength of record revenue growth across all of the computer manufacturing giant&#39;s businesses.
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 40 percent rise in second-quarter earnings Thursday, helped by high oil prices.
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Exxon Mobil made history on Friday by reporting the highest quarterly and annual profits ever for a U.S. company.
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The price of success is $25 million US, according to a filing Friday by the corporate rescue firm of Enron Corp.&#39;s interim chief executive.
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Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) posted a  record European company profit of $27.6 billion for 2007, but  lower production and indications of reserves suggest earnings  growth will rely on oil price rises for some years to come.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group unveiled another, bigger-than-expected, cut in oil reserves on Thursday but tempered the news by announcing record profits and plans for higher dividends and share buybacks.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday announced Australia&#39;s biggest ever annual net profit, US$3.51 billion (euros 2.84 billion), thanks to soaring demand.