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29 Jul 2009 10:12

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Biz: ConocoPhillips still makes bank with huge profit losses

  • 76% decline the loss in net income during the second quarter for oil giant ConocoPhillips source

19 Apr 2009 21:10

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Biz: The Fortune 500’s top five and how they got to the top

  • ExxonMobil: Making money off of the world’s addiction to oil, their massive profits were up 19% in 2008. source
  • Wal-Mart: Making money off of the world’s addiction to cheap crap, their profits were up 7% in 2008. source
  • Chevron: People like putting gas in their cars, and indirectly, money in Chevron’s cash-lined pockets. source
  • ConocoPhillips: see all the stuff we just said about ExxonMobil and Chevron, then apply it here. source
  • General Electric: Nobody watches NBC, so we’ll assume it’s because of all the other stuff they make. source