Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter.

Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months | Grist

grist.org 31 Jan '13, 4pm

Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter.

It is earnings season, that every-three-months ritual in which publicly traded companies reveal whether or not they made money while stock owners hold shaky fingers over mouse buttons, cursors resting on “sell.” If the company is an oil company, the question is not whether it was profitable but, rather, how excessively profitable the company was. Did Dinosaur Oil top its $18 bajillion quarter of last year as analysts expected? Traders hold shaky fingers over mouse buttons, hoping the enormous profits were enormous enough. This morning, Shell stepped up to the plate. From the Financial Times : Shell said its profits on a clean current cost of supplies basis, which strips out changes in the value of oil inventories, and excluding identified items, stood at $5.6bn compared with $4.8bn a year ago — an increase of 15 per cent. $5.6 billion in profit. That’s $62 million a day ov...

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@HPrincen » 06 Feb '13, 11am
@Presseurop please note what little money Shell offers the university to sell its soul: [link]
@grakkus » 06 Feb '13, 10am
Shell: 720$ de profits par seconde [link] Total: 400€ de profits/seconde; ExxonMobil: 1485,55$ de profits/seconde.
@grakkus » 06 Feb '13, 10am
RT @HPrincen: @grakkus @demorgen context: [link]
@HPrincen » 06 Feb '13, 9am
@grakkus @demorgen context: [link]
@nicole_amber » 31 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @drgrist: Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last 3 months [link]
@femmekatz » 31 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @drgrist: Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months [link]
@susanscottsa » 31 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @MGranovsky: Perspective RT @mims Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter. [link] …
@chaucerchigutu » 31 Jan '13, 5pm
“@grist: Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months [link]” I wish for a small bit
@techreview » 31 Jan '13, 5pm
RT @tsimonite: They didn't get the memo that data is the new oil MT @mims Shell makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did in Q4 [link]
@tsimonite » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
They didn't get the memo that data is the new oil MT @mims Shell makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did in Q4 [link]
@MGranovsky » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
Perspective RT @mims Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter. [link] …
@XtyMiller » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @SkyTruth: RT @grist: Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months [link]
@fiftyninenorth » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
Slackers! >> RT @grist Shell made "disappointing" $62 million in profit per day over the last three months [link]
@Katbeloo » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @grist: Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months [link]
@mikedelic » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @mims: Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter. [link]
@mims » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter. [link]
@davidwolman » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @mims: Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter. [link]
@ninarfowler » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @mims: Noted: Shell Oil makes as much profit in a day as Facebook did during its entire fourth quarter. [link]
@bibken » 31 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @grist: Shell made a ‘disappointing’ $62 million in profit each day over the last three months [link]