Exxon Mobil Corp. had a quarter for the record books. The world's largest publicly traded oil company said Thursday high oil and natural-gas prices helped its third-quarter profit surge almost 75 percent to $9.92 billion, the largest quarterly profit for a U.S. company ever, and it was the first to ring up more than $100 billion in quarterly sales.

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Howard Silverblatt, equity analyst at Standard & Poor's, said both the net income and sales figures are all-time records for publicly traded U.S. companies.

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The company cautioned that reduced volumes and higher costs will also hurt the fourth quarter.

See my thread...
(not nearly as informitave, but a lot cooler. )

I've been saying for weeks we'd see that happen. Put them on the "price gouging investigation" list.....