http://schreibkrampf.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/exxon-stinks-to-high-heavens/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://schreibkrampf.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/exxon-stinks-to-high-heavens/#comment-82 wilco278 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:16:48 +0000 http://schreibkrampf.wordpress.com/?p=126#comment-82 And after delaying the court case for 14 years and successfully getting the punitive fine dropped from $5 billion to $408 million, now ExxonMobil is appealing again, saying that $408 million is the upper limit, not the final amount, and that there shouldn't be any interest tacked on (at the standard court set interest rate that you or I would be charged for delayed payment of a court fine, 14 years of interest adds another $405 million). And after delaying the court case for 14 years and successfully getting the punitive fine dropped from $5 billion to $408 million, now ExxonMobil is appealing again, saying that $408 million is the upper limit, not the final amount, and that there shouldn’t be any interest tacked on (at the standard court set interest rate that you or I would be charged for delayed payment of a court fine, 14 years of interest adds another $405 million).

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