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April 26, 2012

Drilling Into Big Oil's Big Job Claims

Chris Isidore, CNNMoney


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Big Oil is about to report big profits this week.

So the industry is trying to focus people on a different story -- that it is a big jobs producer, worthy of its tax breaks and public appreciation in this time of still high unemployment.

 

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TAGGED: energy jobs, oil, Big Oil

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