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A Small Year for iStar Financial

When was IStar selling for 140 bucks a share?

Does Big Oil's Apathy Justify Proposals to Tax Windfall Profits?

Almost everyone knows that Exxon made $41 billion in profit last year - how many know that they also paid $71 billion in taxes and duties. It doesn't appear sensible to force the oil companies into alternative energy, a business they may know little about. Let the govt sell them leases in ANWR and off-shore and take this lease money and the ensuing royalties and put it to use with people who know that business. Would we force Microsoft to get into the timber business to avoid taxes? I don't think so.