Re: Fuel Prices... again...

by "Dale J." <ramboj@[EMAIL PROTECTED] 'the_obvious'.net> Apr 9, 2008 at 06:22 PM

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Here's some interesting links that may help to explain too why "big oil" =
charges so much too...:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Ousted Chairman of Shell Got $1.93 Million =
Package=20
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=3D9C05E2D91638F935A15755C0=
A9629C8B63

Demoted Executive Quits Shell, Taking $1 Million in Severance
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/08/business/worldbusiness/08shell.html?_r=3D=
1&oref=3Dslogin

Severance pay could bring an epic payday for saying goodbye
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4914331.html

"In the past, shareholders were blindsided by some big parting packages, =
like the $400 million received by former Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Lee =
Raymond the year he retired,"=20

    For the life of me I can't find one article I am looking for that =
commented on a Shell executive who retired about a year or 2 ago and =
stated that, with his pension, stock options and all the other bells and =
whistles he got after, I think it was 3 years service, the total value =
was OVER $6 BILLION!  And we wonder why gas costs so much...
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Here's some interesting links that may help to =
explain too=20
why "big oil" charges so much too...:<BR><BR>INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; =
Ousted=20
Chairman of Shell Got $1.93 Million Package <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=3D9C05E2D91638F935=
A15755C0A9629C8B63">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=3D9C05=
E2D91638F935A15755C0A9629C8B63</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><BR>Demoted Executive Quits Shell, Taking $1 =
Million in=20
Severance<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/08/business/worldbusiness/08shell.=
html?_r=3D1&amp;oref=3Dslogin">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/08/business=
/worldbusiness/08shell.html?_r=3D1&amp;oref=3Dslogin</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><BR>Severance pay could bring an epic payday for =
saying=20
goodbye<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4914331.html">http:/=
/www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4914331.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><BR>"In the past, shareholders were blindsided =
by some big=20
parting packages, like the $400 million received by former Exxon Mobil =
Corp. CEO=20
Lee Raymond the year he retired," <BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the =
life of me=20
I can't find one article I am looking for that commented on a Shell =
executive=20
who retired about a year or 2 ago and stated that, with his pension, =
stock=20
options and all the other bells and whistles he got after, I think it =
was 3=20
years service, the total value was OVER $6 BILLION!&nbsp; And we wonder =
why gas=20
costs so much...</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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