Monster quarter – Shell’s Profits Climb as Middle East Conflict Continues to Offer Earnings Windfall – WSJ
Shell launches $3 billion buyback, its 19th consecutive quarter of at least $3 billion in share repurchases.
The British energy giant’s second-quarter adjusted earnings—a closely watched metric that strips out certain commodity price adjustments and one-time charges—rose to $9.84 billion from the $6.915 billion it reported for the preceding quarter. Analysts had expected $8.92 billion………