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BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher

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29 points by breve 4 days ago · 7 comments

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notepad0x90 4 days ago

nominative determinism but for companies?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company

  • tshaddox 4 days ago

    I don't think it's nominative determinism when the entity's name is determined by an attribute of the entity.

    • notepad0x90 4 days ago

      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 4 days ago

Good for California's budget as well.

  • trackone 4 days ago

    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 4 days ago

      $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 4 days ago

      And all the oil companies - CRC and Chevron are huge.

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