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Exxon Profit Rises, Tops Estimates, After Oil Surges (Update4)

October 31st, 2008

By Joe Carroll
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s biggest oil company, said third-quarter profit jumped 58 percent, exceeding analyst estimates, as record crude prices made up for the largest drop in output in at least a decade.
Net income rose to $14.8 billion, or $2.86 a share, from $9.41 billion, or $1.70, [...]