BP profits surge to record Â£2.14 billion
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BP today announced record third-quarter profits of Â£2.14 billion on the back of soaring oil prices. The worldâs second biggest oil firm said pro forma net earnings included a charge for exceptional items of Â£218 million.
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Northern Rock shares surge almost 14% in early trade after the troubled bank says it is in takeover talks.
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Oil surges to a record of nearly $79, despite Opec saying it will boost oil output to ease cost pressures.
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Exxon Mobil Corp  said on Friday record oil prices boosted its fourth-quarter earnings to $11.66 billion, the highest ever operating profit by a U.S. company.
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Exxon Mobil Corp  said on  Friday record oil prices boosted its fourth-quarter earnings to  $11.66 billion, the highest ever operating profit by a U.S.  company.
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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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Statoil ASA said Monday that high oil prices boosted its revenues to a new record for 2005, with net profits more than doubling in the fourth quarter.
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BT Group PLC, Britain&#39;s largest phone company, reported a 14 percent increase in second quarter net profit on Thursday, as growth in mobile telecommunications, broadband and IT services outweighed more declines in its traditional residential telecoms
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Business & money: Biggest annual profits in British corporate history cause storm of protest from trade union leaders
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BP said that second-quarter profit rose on the sale of the Coryton refinery in Britain and the West Texas pipeline in the United States to Occidental Petroleum.
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reports record annual profits of $25.36bn, despite some setbacks in 2006.
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BP and Shell are on track to unveil record quarterly profits helped by surging world oil prices, press reports claim.
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Oil giant BP today said record fuel prices and better refining margins had helped it to bank nearly Â£1 million a day in profits. BP posted profits of 3.94 billion US
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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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BP Plc, the world's second largest oil  company, reported bumper third-quarter profits on Tuesday  thanks to high oil prices, but analysts said higher capital  expenditure plans raised some concerns about the extent of  future share buybacks.
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Shell reports a record profit for a UK-listed company of Â£9.3bn but also restates its oil reserves again.
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BP Plc, the world's second largest oil  company, beat analysts' expectations to report bumper third  quarter earnings on Tuesday on the back of high oil prices and  strong refining and chemicals margins.