A column on Florida's out-of-court settlement with Big Tobacco companies contained confusing statements about our company and cries out for clarification ("All Cigarette Makers Should Pay Up," Other Views, March 23). The son of the late Gov. Lawton Chiles needs money for his prenatal care group and has somehow been persuaded to get it through a new tax on only a few cigarette companies while exempting the four giants. ...more

March 30, 2009

HOUSTON (AP) - Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago. ...more

February 1, 2009

HOUSTON - Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago. ...more

January 30, 2009

Let's face it, gasoline not only fuels our cars, it basically drives our economy. ...more

December 31, 2008

Sandra Kellmeier of Tarpon Springs challenges assertions in a political ad placed in The Suncoast News by the Tarpon Springs Republican Club. ...more

October 11, 2008

Exxon Mobil reported the fattest operating profit in U.S. corporate history Thursday but took a beating anyway - from politicians railing against Big Oil, drivers bleeding cash at the pump and investors who expected more. ...more

August 1, 2008

Everyone has heard about the record "profits" of United States oil companies. These companies are also in record debt due to the lack of backing and restrictions placed on them by our government. Oil companies are not the problem. Why doesn't President George W. Bush do something to help us? ...more

May 28, 2008

Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson is calling on Congress and the Bush administration to investigate skyrocketing fuel prices. Good for him. Although we are not sure if anything will come of it, give Bronson credit for at least trying to do something. "We're being taken for a ride, and the evidence is everywhere, from the escalating prices we pay to fill up our vehicles with gasoline to the purchase of virtually all consumer goods," Bronson said Friday. "It is almost impossible to conceive of a product that is not dependent on oil in either its production or transportation to the stores in which it is sold." ...more

May 24, 2008

Not long ago, the fledgling ethanol industry was the darling of investors, farmers, the federal government and a lot of Americans who liked the idea of turning corn into fuel. ...more

May 22, 2008

Enriched by high oil prices, Chevron Corp. will spend up to $15 billion buying back its own stock - a commitment that pleased shareholders and rankled critics clamoring for bigger investments in projects that might help lower energy costs. ...more

September 27, 2007