| 1. | Shell said marketing margins at fuel stations widened because of declining supply costs.
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| 2. | Marketing margins also generally have been weak throughout the industry.
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| 3. | "The first five months of this year we've really had dismal refining and marketing margins.
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| 4. | In the U . K ., marketing margins narrowed because of increased competition, Mobil said.
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| 5. | However, worldwide refining and marketing margins remain depressed, " said chairman and CEO Lucio Noto.
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| 6. | Marketing margins also generally have been weak, analysts said.
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| 7. | Ashland Inc . said poor refining and marketing margins cut fourth-quarter profit by 7 percent.
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| 8. | In the U . K ., marketing margins fell because of increased competition, Mobil said.
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| 9. | They do not, in fact, and they are not; thanks respectively to fruit genetics and marketing margins.
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| 10. | Tosco Corp . reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, though poor refining and marketing margins cut profits by 11 percent.
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