$16.8 billion: 2009 profit for BP, which has been in the news lately because of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The 2009 profit was a drop from $21.7 billion in 2008.
$6.1 billion: First-quarter 2010 profit for BP, reported on April 27.
137 percent: Increase in first-quarter 2010 profit from the $2.6 billion profit reported for the first quarter of 2009.
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