: Exxon calls for profit bump in Q1

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Exxon Mobil Corp. said in a filing late Monday that its first-quarter profit could top $ 9 billion, thanks in part to billions more from rising crude prices.

Exxon XOM estimated between $ 1.9 billion and $ 2.3 billion over fourth-quarter profit due to crude-price changes and up to about $ 400 million in gas-price changes.

Thinner margins in its…