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 How do I destroy a signature stamp?
I need to destroy a signature stamp left by someone who used to be able to sign checks with their stamp. Any suggestions?...


 Name a drug store?
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 Does anyone know how many Walmarts are in the United States?
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 If the status of a Corporation is INACTIVE can one reactivate?
It claims to be inactive for not filing reports. How much time does one have to reactivate it?...


 In what ways are pensions bad for corporations?
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 What happens to the stuff we return to the stores??
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 What is a FLOATER job in a MAnufacturing company? Is it a good position?
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 When a company is said to be an MNC?
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 Which jobs are "recession proof"?
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 Why aren't oil companies considered a public utility and subject to profit regulation?
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 Is the Co op the biggest farmer in the UK?
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 Any accountant out there?
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is it a deduction in retained earnings? What if there's no retained
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 Does CEO make a lot of money ?
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 This company keeps calling me on my cell. Who are they?
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 Curious if Angel Stevens home based business of processing rebates is legitimate?
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 Question on format of business letter.?
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 If Microsoft buys out Yahoo, will all of Yahoo's current employees be laid off?
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Capitalists , can you tell me what a "fair" profit for oil companies would be?
see the resolved Q "Socialists, can you tell me what a "fair" profit for oil companies would be" that lead to my Q at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq2G9Ex_cemHiCDMu6zl1UTty6IX?qid=20070525130213AAtCWy6&show=7#profile-info-H1tdJi5Maa
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Please Answer the Q or post your own Q as your own. Right now, we the consumers are paying for gasoline and other petroleum products and electricity through the nose. The winners are OPEC, the OILCO's that have linked with OPEC, and yes, your Government which taxes your energy consumption to pay for war spending and other things anthing besides making improvements to mass transit and technologies to reduce our dependence on energy imports from bad places. They all are feeding off a necessity of modern living and still they expect consumers to keep the economy growing. I'm tapped out and I drive alot less these days. Didn't go anywhere over Memorial Day weekend.
                     
 




Feeling Mutual
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Energy companies have effectively eliminated the law of supply and demand in modern society. When supply is low, they raise prices, when supply is high, they stockpile and raise prices, when demand is high, they raise prices, when demand is low, they raise prices.

As such, they should no longer be allowed free reign on their profit margins, but only enough free reign to allow the law of supply and demand to work fairly.

I think a fair profit should be calculated at 10% net profit, but not to be calculated after state, federal and sales tax are added on.

So if their price for gasoline is $1.00 per gallon, and the taxes are $1.00 per gallon, the maximum net profit should be $0.10 per gallon, not $0.20 per gallon.

They also can make about 5% interest on the taxes until they are paid to the government, if they are wise, so will get about 15%.


james_born
Uhm. While asking a socialist about a fair profit is a good question, because socialists like to set profit levels, asking the same question of a capitalist is not a good question, because capitalists know that "fair" is not relevant or helpful when it comes to profit.

Capitalists know that price is the intersection of supply and demand. Fair has nothing to do with it. Profit is an indication of how much competition is in a particular market. If a company or companies are making very large profits, there is not enough competition in the market.

What kind of profits are the oil companies making now? The figure I've seen is 18-19%. Doesn't seem too rapacious. The goverment, meanwhile, who doesn't do anything to help those oil companies drill, pump, transport, refine, or deliver that oil and gas makes about the same amount from taxes on oil and gas.

You want to blame somebody, or reduce their share of windfall profits, blame the gummint and reduce taxes.


sarge927
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Are you aware that the Federal Government and the states make more off a gallon of gas than the oil companies do? So why is nobody holding the feet of their elected officials to the fire and demanding an explanation? Blame where blame is due, folks. Before whining about how much the oil companies are making in profit, how about revolting over the revenue the government agencies generate and yet they STILL say tax increases or cuts in services are needed. What's wrong with this picture?


Adamu Beldam
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A fair profit for an oil company, or any business organisation is that excess of sales over the cost of goods sold, which can enable the organisation to finance its investments and at the same time, enable the shareholders to get a reasonable amount of returns on their investments. Also, the level of profit should enable the firm to be buoyant after that.


2cute4u
I think Mr peaseas"s answer is on the money. Jimmie C knew that 50 cents was a fair price-shazam!- a "shortage"


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