ExxonMobil reports annual profits of $25bn

ExxonMobil reports annual profits of $25bn

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US oil giant ExxonMobil sealed its status today as a supreme money-spinner by reporting annual profits that exceeded the GDP of Syria.

Exxon, the company that environmental activists love to hate, said net income in the fourth quarter increased to $8.4bn from $6.6bn a year earlier. That brought its profits for 2004 to a record $25bn, bigger than the GDP of countries such as Syria.