WASHINGTON -- As political heat rises over high oil prices, Exxon Mobil today announced the biggest quarterly profit of any corporation in U.S. history, breaking its own previous record with $11.68 billion in earnings during the second quarter.

Acting man transfers the valuation of ends he aims at to the means. Other things being equal, he assigns to the total amount of the various means the same value he attaches to the end which they are fit to bring about.

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For those following economic trends, the past 18 months are notable primarily for two reasons. First, the US housing market, long seen as overvalued finally went from boom to bust.