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BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher(bbc.com)

29 points·by breve·3 miesiące temu·7 comments
bbc.com
BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2eveyvgn9no

7 comments

notepad0x90·3 miesiące temu
nominative determinism but for companies?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company
tshaddox·3 miesiące temu
I don't think it's nominative determinism when the entity's name is determined by an attribute of the entity.
notepad0x90·3 miesiące temu
that's not what I meant, I meant how their actions and involvement keeps drawing them back to the origin of their name, thus their name having a deterministic effect on their fate.
aksss·3 miesiące temu
Good for California's budget as well.
trackone·3 miesiące temu
Is this due to CA's high gas tax? That is a fixed value per gallon, so higher gas prices will not affect this right?
aksss·3 miesiące temu
$0.60 + 2.25%.

The excise tax is a fixed .60+ per gallon, going up July 1. The sales tax is 2.25%, and local sales tax some additional percentage.
GardenLetter27·3 miesiące temu
And all the oil companies - CRC and Chevron are huge.