BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher

nominative determinism but for companies?

I don't think it's nominative determinism when the entity's name is determined by an attribute of the entity.

	▲	notepad0x90 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		that's not what I meant, I meant how their actions and involvement keeps drawing them back to the origin of their name, thus their name having a deterministic effect on their fate.

aksss 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Good for California's budget as well.

Is this due to CA's high gas tax? That is a fixed value per gallon, so higher gas prices will not affect this right?

	▲	GardenLetter27 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		And all the oil companies - CRC and Chevron are huge.
	▲	aksss 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		$0.60 + 2.25%. The excise tax is a fixed .60+ per gallon, going up July 1. The sales tax is 2.25%, and local sales tax some additional percentage.