Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Current events - All the REST of your money are belong to Conoco Phillips

Via Yahoo! News
ConocoPhillips profit leaps 65 pct. in 2Q - The nation's third-largest oil company earned $5.18 billion, or $3.09 per share, compared with $3.14 billion, or $2.21 per share, in the second quarter of 2005. Results far surpassed Wall Street expectations, as analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial anticipated earnings of $2.81 per share.

Revenues rose 12.6 percent to $47.1 billion from $41.8 billion in the year-ago period.