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Originally posted by X and Halo:
their gross revenues were around $50 million.


I think you mean billion. :-D

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How many on this forum would be happy with an 8.3% return on the dollars you put into the stock market? I suppose most would fire your stock broker if that's all you got back, yet that's exactly what Exxon got.
I think with the market the way it is right now, a LOT of people would be happy with 8.3%.
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