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**beethyday** · 01-02-2007, 04:14 PM

Since no one picked up on it, or bothered to think about it, I'll finish this thread for you. Exxon's "record" is only in dollar amounts. Their profit is 10% of their revenues. Not even close to a record but big media (who's profit margins regularly far exceed Exxon's) would have you believe this is big news.

You're going to confuse a helluva lot of people who seem to be genetically incapable of comprehending the difference between "absolute" and "margin" if you keep on talking that way.

01-02-2007, 04:14 PM	#20
beethyday Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	Since no one picked up on it, or bothered to think about it, I'll finish this thread for you. Exxon's "record" is only in dollar amounts. Their profit is 10% of their revenues. Not even close to a record but big media (who's profit margins regularly far exceed Exxon's) would have you believe this is big news. You're going to confuse a helluva lot of people who seem to be genetically incapable of comprehending the difference between "absolute" and "margin" if you keep on talking that way.
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