Exxon-Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM - news) on Thursday posted a quarterly profit of $9.9 billion, its biggest ever and one of the largest in U.S. corporate history, as it raked in a bonanza from soaring oil and gas prices.
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(Lee F. Raymond, Chief Executive Officer of Exxon-Mobil)
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