ExxonMobil Quarterly Profit Tumbles 33%

摘要

ExxonMobil Corp. took a half a billion hit to its 4Q2008 earnings because of damage repairs and lower oil and natural gas volumes associated with hurricanes Gustav and Ike. However, the company, whose quarterly profit fell more than at any time in six years, still reported the largest annual profit in U.S. history Friday, with 2008 earnings of $45.22 billion.