BP Profits Beat Forecast, Dividend Jumps
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BP Plc, the world's second-largest  listed oil company by market capitalization, reported  above-consensus fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday thanks to  high oil prices and strong refining margins.
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Shares in the French oil major Total gained in early trading after the company revealed stronger-than-expected growth at its refining and chemical operations, pushing third quarter net profit above consensus forecasts.
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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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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British oil giant BP on Tuesday posted a jump in third quarter profits amid surging oil prices, but plans to spend more in 2005 helped pressure shares.
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Oil giant BP Plc  posted a lower-than-expected 12 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as production fell and taxes rose but investors were disappointed by scaled back growth plans and rising costs.
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Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.  reported higher-than-expected profit on Tuesday, helped by cost controls and price increases, and raised its full-year forecast, sending its shares up more than 4 percent.
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Oil major BP&#39;s BP.L oil and gas production has risen 11 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, with sharply rising Russian output counteracting falls elsewhere, as oil prices soared to new highs.
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ConocoPhillips COP.N, the No. 3 U.S.  oil company, on Wednesday reported a rise in quarterly profit,  boosted by soaring oil and gas prices.
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Stocks rose on Monday as stronger-than-expected profits in the pharmaceutical sector and news of a takeover in the oil services industry fueled a rebound from Friday's sell-off.
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ConocoPhillips  posted higher fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday as record oil prices outweighed lower profits from gasoline production.
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ChevronTexaco Corp., the No. 2 U.S.  oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit jumped, driven  largely by a sharp rise in oil and gas prices.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) posted a  2.6 percent rise in underlying profits on Thursday, beating  analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil  prices.
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The company said its profit rose 56 percent to $1.45 billion in the fourth quarter as oil prices surged.
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The company's fourth-quarter earnings beat analyst expectations.
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BP Plc&#39;s oil and gas production rose 11 percent on the year in the third quarter but analysts expect strong earnings for the quarter to be mainly due to runaway oil prices rather than BP&#39;s record in finding oil.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks ended higher on Thursday as optimism about strong profits from companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., pushed the Dow to a new record close.
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The Pepsi Bottling Group posted a profit on Tuesday that beat Wall Street estimates by a penny, despite flat volume.