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Exec Men: The Stand
Oil execs questioned on high oil and gasoline prices |
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02 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:15 AM on 02 Apr 2008 Executives from five huge oil companies were questioned by members of Congress Tuesday amid frustration over high oil and gasoline prices. Big-wigs from BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell did their best to eschew blame for high prices while explaining that they still need billions of dollars in subsidies. They also said increasing taxes on dirty energy to fund re ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Congress, news, United States (all these topics) |
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