Sorry...slow day at work so far...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM - news), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday reported quarterly profit rose 7 percent to $8.4 billion , pushed higher by the surge in crude oil prices.
It was the biggest profit ever posted by the Texas-based oil behemoth in the first quarter, but it still fell short of Wall Street forecasts.
