Sunday, February 3, 2008

Oil expo thrives amid weakening economy (AP)



Trucks line up at an Exxon station Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 in Hialeah, Fla. Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company, $40.6 billion, on Friday as the world's biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)AP - Recession? What recession? When thousands of wheeler-dealers gather downtown this week to buy, sell and trade oil and gas projects, they'll be ready to shell out millions of dollars, perhaps tens of millions.




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