Energy: Exxon Mobil's profit approaches $15 billion, setting new record

Date: 30 OCT 2008 12:54:46 GMT

Headline: Exxon Mobil's profit approaches $15 billion, setting new record
10/30/2008 8:54:00 AM ET

Exxon Mobil's third-quarter net income rises 58% to a new record of
nearly $15 billion, but the results are likely to mark a swan song for
groundbreaking profits tied to this past summer's triple-digit prices
for crude oil.