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To: Road Walker who wrote (328732)	3/13/2007 7:30:58 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576159

re: But how is 10% profit margin, during the good times in a cyclical industry gouging? Actually the TTM PM is 11.65%; operating margin is 18%. Of XOM right? I was talking about the whole industry. In any case 11.65% profit margin doesn't change the point. Its hard to call that gouging even if was a constant profit. Since its much higher than the industries average profit margin, its even harder to say the industry is gouging. In a cyclical industry you have to make money in the good times. In the bad times many oil companies make pathetic margins or even lose money.

To: Road Walker who wrote (328732)	3/13/2007 7:45:49 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576159

Some Muslim workers at Target refuse to handle pork Star Tribune ^ \| Mar. 13, 2007 \| Chris Serres buzz.mn How would you feel if a cashier made you swipe your own groceries because of his/her religious beliefs? The other day, I got a call from someone who said that an employee at the Target store downtown refused to run his bacon through a scanning machine. He was mighty upset, arguing that the cashier had "no right to work as a cashier at Target" if she wasn't prepared to swipe his groceries. (Excerpt) Read more at buzz.mn ....