Royal Dutch Shell beats market forecasts with financial results

Royal Dutch Shell exceeded market forecasts Thursday as the oil and gas company unveiled fourth quarter and full-year results.

Royal Dutch Shell exceeded market forecasts Thursday as the oil and gas company unveiled fourth quarter and full-year results.

The FTSE 100 group said earnings for the last three months of 2012 were $7.3bn, compared to $6.5bn the previous year. Annual net income last year was up $27bn from $28.6bn in 2011.

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