
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst US oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated. The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety," entered Indian waters last week and was headed for Gujarat, when the Supreme Court gave its order, environmental activist Gopal Krishna said on Wednesday. The...

05:23 PM, May 09, 2012

Exxon Mobil's vast size and massive profits have often put the oil giant in the crosshairs of critics, and its strict adherence to company protocols and philosophy has created an image of the company as impervious to outside pressure. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Coll's new book "Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power" sought to delve inside the Irving, Texas-based company to see how it thinks and what drives...

12:03 AM, May 04, 2012

New York: Apple briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil on Tuesday as the most valuable company in US. The iPhone and iPad maker had the lead for much of the afternoon before its stock closed just behind Exxon's. The two companies are so close that Apple is likely to keep the top spot soon. Apple Inc.'s stock gained 5.9 per cent to $374.01 on Tuesday, bringing its market capitalization to about $347...

06:20 AM, Aug 10, 2011

San Francisco: Apple Inc is within sight of catching up with Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company in the world. Based on Apple's growth trajectory, and a number of catalysts in the pipeline - from a possible new iPhone this fall to expansions in China - investors and analysts say Apple could unseat Exxon in the next six months, or latest by the middle of next year. The market...

01:49 PM, Jul 21, 2011

New York: Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker. Close to oblivion in 1997, Apple is now the world's second-most valuable company, after Exxon Mobil Corp. On April 20, it reported net income of $5.99 billion for the January-to-March period, nearly double that of a year ago. It shipped a record 18.65 million iPhones during the quarter....

10:31 AM, Apr 30, 2011

Obama claimed McCain would more than double US debt. ...

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