Rex Tillerson

Big Oil CEO Sees Major Pay Boost

AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.30.2012

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DALLAS -- Exxon Mobil Corp.'s CEO had a good year in 2011 – he got compensation valued at $25.2 million. Shareholders had a good year too, so on...

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Workers of the World Unite -- With Shareholders

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.21.2012

In the wake of Wall Street recklessness that caused economic collapse, Congress gave shareholders and citizens Dodd-Frank to help them constrain self-dealing corporate executives. The 99% Coalition and shareholders are working with those tools even as Republicans vow to take them away.

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Does JPMorgan's Derivatives Fiasco Portend the Collapse of Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Rex Tillerson, JPMorgan Chase, Price of Gasoline, Directional Bets, Speculation, Financial Derivatives, Exxonmobil, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Oil, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Vlcc, Wall Street Banks, Jamie Dimon, Senate, Business News

It is a grotesque symbol of how the Wall Street banks control our government. Mr. Dimon, sir, out of respect to our waning confidence in government institutions, your resignation from the Fed Board is well past due.

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Want to Lower Gas Prices to $3.00, Now? Tax the Oil Speculators, Now

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.18.2012

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Every time a Honda Civic owner fills his tank, he hands $7.30 to Wall Street. A Ford Explorer driver is even more "generous" -- she provides them with a cool $10.41.

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Shale Gas: From Geologic Bubble to Economic Bubble

Anne Butterfield | Posted 05.13.2012

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Fracking for natural gas is on Coloradans' minds. From landholders to policy makers, it's a pig pile of attention.

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Energy Giant Announces Ambitious Oil Discovery Plan

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.08.2012

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NEW YORK — Exxon said Thursday that it will spend about $150 billion over the next five years to find more oil and natural gas to satisfy the wo...

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Exxon Profits Ironically Jump 41% While Our Government Snoozes Away

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.03.2012

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Ironically, Exxon's significant increase in profits of late comes after its Chairman and CEO virtually pleaded in May with the pooh-bahs of the Senate Finance Committee to rein in the excessive speculation, if not manipulation, of oil on the commodity exchanges.

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The Oil Market Plays Casino While the Obama Administration Acts as Croupier

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.19.2011

The Cramer interview is breathtaking in exposing the administration's total lack of understanding of the distorted formation of the price of oil and gasoline in today's markets and seemingly impervious to its cost to the economy and its destructive impact on jobs.

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Conversations You Won't Overhear

Terry Tamminen | Posted 11.14.2011

As summer gives way to our back-to-work lives, busy execs will likely compare notes at Chamber of Commerce luncheons about the economy and job creation. We can all imagine those conversations, but here are a few you won't be likely to overhear.

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Oil Speculation At Chevron Laid Bare For All to See

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.19.2011

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Given the latest news that Chevron has been leveraging its insider status for huge profits, isn't it time our government began to rein in the massive oil market speculation? Or are the interests of the financial and oil industries just too well connected to permit change?

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Barron's Brings Us Halloween in July Predicting $150/bbl Oil

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.04.2011

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Business must be slow and circulation down at Barron's. What better way to stimulate newsprint distribution than a blazoned scaremonger front page headline as in this past weekend's edition, "Get Ready For $150 Oil".

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The Climate Post: U.K.'s "Greenest Government Ever" Charges Ahead With Nuclear Power

Mason Inman | Posted 07.19.2011

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David Cameron, has repeatedly pledged to create the "greenest government ever," and now the country has adopted a new, ambitious goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, aiming by 2025 to slash them by half, compared with 1990.

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Are Our Leaders Hearing ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.17.2011

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Amidst the current kerfuffle of Republicans and Democrats blaming each other for ever higher gas prices, focusing on issues ranging from oil company tax breaks to impediments on new drilling, the most significant item of information extant is barely focused upon.

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President Obama Moves To Change The Equation On Education, Not 'Waiting For Superman'

Dr. David Washington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today at the White House President Obama is launching Change the Equation (CTEq), a unique and promising partnership coalition of over 100 companies r...

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Oil Sh%& Happens: Is It Worth It?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

As the deepwater oil spill arrives on the Gulf Coast, just some quotes to consider ... from John McCain to Barack Obama to George Will.

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WATCH: Oil Company CEO Admits Being Helpless At Handling Major Spills

Posted 05.25.2011

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Top kill, cut-and-cap, junk shot ... if you've come to the realization that the oil industry is helpless at stopping the raging Gulf oil spill, you're...

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Polluter Harmony's Latest Ad Targets Offshore Drilling (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rex Tillerson, Bob Mcdonnell, Climate Bill, Virginia Bob Mcdonnell, Offshore Drilling Climate Bill, Offshore Drilling, Exxon Mobil, Polluter Harmony, Video, Green News

After the success Senator Lisa Murkowski and lobbyist Jeff Holmstead had on Polluter Harmony, Greenpeace's fake matchmaking service is following up wi...

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PolluterHarmony VIDEO: Rex and Bob -- An Offshore Drilling Love Affair

Kert Davies | Posted 05.25.2011

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To make sure our Senators and Governors know what they can expect from a relationship with Big Oil, here's the latest Polluterharmony love story.

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Thank You, Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, For Educating Us On Oil Prices

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Far be it for the industry to play it straight, to simply state that price as currently constituted has nothing to do with market dynamics of supply and demand.

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5 CEOs Obama Should Fire

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama pressured GM CEO, Rick Wagoner to step down; here are five other CEOs he should consider firing.

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Exxon CEO Doesn't Think Obama Can Meet Green Goals

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson said on Thursday it would be difficult to meet President-elect Barack Obama's goal to significantly boost U.S. alternati...

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Exxon Goes Green?

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Rex Tillerson, Carbon Tax, Cap-and-Trade, Deficits, Greg Mankiw, Exxon Mobil, Larry Summers, Al Gore, Supply and Demand Oil, Ralph Nader, Green News

I never thought I'd say it, but I agree with Exxon on an environmental issue.

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Ten Smartest CEO Moves Of 2007

Portfolio | Liz Gunnison | Posted 05.25.2011

The bottom has dropped out of the banking business, brokerages are floundering, home foreclosures are soaring, and the threat of recession looms. What...

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Familiar Faces Top Fortune's Power 25

Fortune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some are empire builders. Others are hired guns. But if they truly have world-class oomph, they're on Fortune's subjective - yet really quite accurate...

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