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Fortune 500 Trivia: Who's in, who's out and who has the biggest bank account

Wal-Mart regained the No. 1 title on Fortune's 2013 list of the top 500 companies, with Exxon Mobil dropping back to runner-up. According to Fortune, the world's biggest retailer has held the top spot nine times since 1955, swapping only with the oil giant (13 times) and Detroit stalwart General Motors (37 times). Some more items of note from Fortune's 2013 lineup: New Additions: Facebook, Priceline.com make their debuts on the list Who's Missing: Eastman Kodak doesn't make it in for the first time since the list began in 1955

The top 10 companies of the Fortune 500, at a glance

Wal-Mart Stores has taken back the crown from Exxon Mobil Corp. on 2013's Fortune 500 list, released Monday. A look at others who made the Top 10, their annual revenue and where they ranked last year: 1. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $469.2 billion Back up from No. 2 1. Exxon Mobil Corp. $449.9 billion Relinquishes No. 1 spot 1. Chevron Corp. $233.9 billion Holding steady at No. 3 1. Phillips 66 $169.6 billion The spin-off takes the No. 4 spot from ex-parent ConocoPhillips 1. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

HRT buys BP stake in Brazilian offshore field

Rio de Janeiro, May 6 (EFE).- Brazilian firm HRT Participaçoes em Petroleo SA announced Monday that it is buying BP Plc's 60-percent stake in the Polvo oil field, which lies off Brazil's southeastern coast. HRT will pay $135 million for BP's share in the field along with a platform and oil rig. Polvo produces 13,000 barrels per day of light crude, HRT said in a statement.

ExxonMobil says cleanup nearly complete after small oil pipeline leak in southeast Missouri

ST. LOUIS - ExxonMobil officials say cleanup is nearly complete after an oil leak from the Pegasus pipeline in southeast Missouri. The leak was discovered Tuesday near Doniphan, Mo., a small town just north of the Arkansas border. About 42 gallons of crude oil — or roughly one barrel — spilled into the yard of a home. The Pegasus pipeline already was out of service following another breach near Mayflower, Ark., on March 29. That breach resulted in a spill involving thousands of barrels of oil.

Shell CEO Voser to retire in 2014; company first quarter profit dips on lower oil prices

AMSTERDAM - Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday Chief Executive Peter Voser will step down in early 2014, and the company reported lower first-quarter profits in the wake of a decline in oil prices. The departure comes as a surprise, as Voser is just 54 years old and is well-regarded within the industry. Shell broke with a longstanding tradition of alternating British and Dutch chief executives with the July 2009 appointment of Voser, a Swiss national.

ExxonMobil reports slightly higher earnings in 1st QTR

New York, Apr 25 (EFE).- U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil Corp. said Thursday it earned $9.5 billion in the first quarter, up 1 percent from the same period in 2012. "ExxonMobil achieved strong results during the first quarter of 2013, while investing significantly to develop new energy supplies," chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson said in a statement. The company earned $2.12 per share in the quarter, up 6 percent from the January-March 2012 period. ExxonMobil beat the average analyst profit estimate of $2.05 per share, but revenues came in below expectations.

Lawsuit filed vs. ExxonMobil for Arkansas oil spill

Two women in the U.S. state of Arkansas on Friday filed a lawsuit against energy giant ExxonMobil for an oil spill caused by a pipeline rupture last week.The company's Pegasus Pipeline ruptured last Friday in the Northwoods neighborhood of the Arkansas city of Mayflower, leaving heavy crude oil covering yards and streets in the area.

Arkansas opens probe into ExxonMobil spill

Arkansas opened an investigation into an ExxonMobil pipeline that unleashed thousands of barrels of crude and forced the evacuation of 22 homes, the state's attorney general said Tuesday. The spill comes weeks before what is expected to be a raucous public hearing on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a $5.3-billion project to bring oil from Canada's tar sands all the way to refineries in the US state of Texas. ExxonMobil said its vacuum trucks had collected about 12,000 barrels of oil and sullied water and that crews have begun digging up oil-soaked soil and plants.

Arkansas opens probe into ExxonMobil spill

Arkansas opened an investigation into an ExxonMobil pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of crude and forced the evacuation of two dozen homes, the state's attorney general said Tuesday. The spill comes weeks before what is expected to be a raucous public hearing on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a $5.3 billion project to bring oil from Canada's tar sands all the way to refineries in the US state of Texas.

Exxon oil spill cleanup ongoing in Arkansas, pipeline shut

By Suzi Parker and Kristen Hays MAYFLOWER, Ark./HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp continued efforts on Monday to clean up thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude oil spilled from a near 65-year-old pipeline in Arkansas, as a debate raged about the safety of transporting rising volumes of the fuel into the United States.
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