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...official mantra is that "we are doing all we can to bring more petroleum products to market to meet growing energy needs." The numbers say otherwise, and this is a company where numbers speak louder than words. The number that matters most is return on capital employed--that is, net profits divided by what's been invested in oil rigs, pipelines, refineries, etc. ExxonMobil's ratio, 32.2% last year, is consistently the industry's best. When ExxonMobil gives more money to shareholders than it spends on capital and exploration, that means its executives can't find enough new projects that...
...It’s fair to say that whenever Harvard searches for a dean, a wide net is cast,” advisory committee member James H. Thrall said in an interview in April. “We have had at least 300 names recommended to the committee...
...It’s fair to say that whenever Harvard searches for a dean, a wide net is cast,” advisory committee member James H. Thrall said in an interview in April. “We have had at least 300 names recommended to the committee...
Ever since the late 1970s, America's appetite for foreign oil, cars and consumer electronics has resulted in trade deficits that can be financed only by attracting investment from overseas. Since 1986, the U.S. has been a net debtor--to the tune of $2.7 trillion...
Conservatives are angry that amnesty is on the table. On the other side, Latino, Asian and Catholic groups have been lobbying Democrats furiously, arguing that families provide a social safety net, a built-in acculturation system and job and language training that the government--and taxpayers--would otherwise have to fund. Their champion in the Senate is Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy, which is why Kyl and Kennedy have been meeting in back rooms of the Capitol to haggle over a point-based system in which both skills and family ties would count to an applicant's advantage. But under...