2 Senate Committees Interrogate Wary Oil Company Executives

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Exxon Mobile, Chebron, ConocoPhillips, BP and Royal Dutch/Shell reported nearly $33 billion in total earnings in the last quarter. A joint senate hearing by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is looking into whether the oil companies are gouging the public with high gasoline and heating oil prices.

Legal issues & crime, Sales & consumption, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Crude petroleum and natural gas, Personnel administration, Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, Legislative Bodies, Energy Programs, Government Regulation, Energy Programs-Total Govt, US Senate, Company legal issue, Investigations, Compensation and benefits, Energy policy, Petroleum industry, Political aspects, United States. Congress. Senate, Industry sales and revenue, Business-government relations, Oil executives

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Rougher Times Amid Higher Costs at JetBlue

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JetBlue Airways Corp., once a leader in the airline industry, failed to meet profit expectations in the third quarter and expects another drop this quarter. The increase in the price of jet fuel and the hurricanes in Florida have cost the airline millions.

Sales, profits & dividends, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Securities issued, listed, Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified, Jet Fuel, Jet Fuel Additives, Securities, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, JetBlue Airways Corp., Hurricanes, Company securities, Jet fuels

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Laissez-Faire My Gas Guzzler, Already

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This summers' higher gas prices did not affect driver demand, but did have a subtle influence on other consumer choices.

Consumer Behavior, Reports, Consumer behaviour

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