Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) 2010 second quarter earnings rose 91% as compared to Q2 2009. Excluding special items, the company reported net earnings of $7.56 billion, an increase of 85% versus last year’s Q2 figure of $4.09 billion. On a per share basis, this is a Q2 2010 value of $1.60, compared with $0.84 in [...]
Senator Debbie Stabenow from Michigan has come out to declare her support for the 99ers and said she is working on a new bill to get more unemployment extension financial aid for them. Previously, only Senator Charles Schumer from New York had explicitly indicated support for this group of jobless Americans. But seeing so many [...]
NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was seriously injured in a plane crash but managed to walk away from the accident. Roush crashed his Hawker Beechcraft Premier I business jet while attempting to land the plan in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The accident happened at approximately 6:15 p.m. CDT at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) annual Air Venture [...]
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) has announced the company earned $825 million, or $2.22 a share, in the 2nd quarter of 2010. This is up from $734 million, or $1.88 a share, in the 2nd quarter of 2009. This was based on net sales of $11.4 billion in the Q2 2010, which is a 3% increase [...]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) CEO Alan Mulally declared on Monday that China is one of the company’s highest priorities, and has promised to bring every single Ford car model to China as soon as possible. “We have a great operation in China, we are expanding our operations in China, and bringing all of Ford vehicles [...]
More than 70,000 children get injured by medical devices every year and end up requiring treatment at the hospital emergency department. This is according to a new study by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) researchers, in which they found that contact lenses are the leading cause of injuries. This study is the first to [...]
Tony Hayward, CEO of BP (LON:BP), will be replaced by American Robert Dudley with effect from October 1, 2010. Dudley will become BP’s first non-British CEO, and he currently runs the recently-established unit responsible for clean-up operations and compensation programs in the Gulf of Mexico. “I am honored to be given the job of rebuilding [...]
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is taking the unprecedented step of unveiling a new car model via Facebook only. The latest 2011 Ford Explorer will be revealed on July 26th on Facebook, and the event is scheduled to happen in real-time throughout the entire day. Starting at 12:01 a.m. will be a “pre-reveal” event hosted by [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The new social media marketing coaching program “Social Profit Formula” teaches businesses from any industry how to use social media to get more prospects and bring in extra profits. SocialProfitFormula.com July 26, 2010 — Anyone aiming to use social media marketing to increase their business profits now have a new resource to [...]
Ford Motor announced its net income had risen to $2.6 billion in the second quarter, and on a per-share basis, this represents 61 cents a share. This is a marked increase from its profits from last year, which were $2.26 billion, or 69 cents a share. Ford is now into its fifth consecutive quarter of [...]