@danger_mouse Said The Anglo-Dutch oil firm Royal Dutch Shell has reported record annual profits for a UK-listed company.
Its profit measured by current cost of supply was $27.56bn (?13.9bn) for 2007, beating its own 2006 record of ?12.9bn.
Much of the rise in profits has been attributed to rising oil prices, which currently stand at about $91 a barrel compared with $57 this time last year.
Shocking.
We are paying more at the pumps now than any point in the past and Shell have announced their biggest profit ever.
That's what buinesses do, they make money for their stockholders, to pay their employees, to keep their product coming in, to make ads, etc...
Shell Oil is a business and for them to be able to keep their doors open they need to be able to make money