Lee Raymond
Lee Raymond
Lee R. Raymondis an American businessman, and the chief executive officerand chairman of ExxonMobil from 1999 to 2005. He had previously been the CEO of Exxon since 1993. He joined the company in 1963 and has been president since 1987, and a director since 1984...
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We'll keep a very lean and mean organization, and we'll outsource everything we can.
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With the improvement in oil prices, second quarter net income increased 18 percent from the first quarter of 1999, in contrast to the seasonal earnings decline that we usually see from the first to the second quarter of each year,
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Let me give you my take on the merger, ... It is essentially behind us.
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Our numbers are huge because the scale of our industry is huge,
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Our movie also received offers from French, British and Japanese distribution companies.
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That energy legislation is zero in terms of how it affects Exxon Mobil.
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When the company does well, the shareholders and employees should do well, and when the company does poorly, then the shareholders and employees should do poorly. The facts are that when prices of oil collapsed, the incentive program went down, substantially.
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Over the last 10 years, Exxon Mobil's cumulative capital and exploration expenditures have exceeded our cumulative annual earnings. So, we keep investing in the future when earnings are high as well as when they are low.
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While we were excited about the prospects for Exxon Mobil in 1998, we are even more positive today,
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We need help for our cell phone and hotel bills.
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It's profits that make the companies run and make the economy run.
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I view energy as the lifeblood of world economic activity. And as a result, the energy industry has a profile that is particularly acute.
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Crude oil prices weakened in the quarter, driven by the slowdown in Asian economies, mild winter weather, and a surplus of crude oil supplies,
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You either retire or die, and I'd just as soon not die.