SURGE!

Thank goodness the needy are benefiting in this time of economic crisis:

Exxon Mobil said Friday record oil prices boosted its fourth-quarter earnings to $11.66 billion, the highest ever operating profit by a U.S. company.

There's a Tiger in my Bank Account.

Meanwhile, Atrios may have benefited if, as usual, he bet the under:

Employers trimmed jobs from their payrolls in January, according to a much anticipated government jobs report Friday that showed the first decline in employment in four years and raised new concerns about the risk of recession for the weakening U.S. economy.

There was a net loss of 17,000 jobs in the month.