Financial Times: For the oil majors, quarterly results were once a ticker-tape parade. Last week, they were more like a walk of shame. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and Total all suffered a drop in earnings year-on-year. Oil and gas output for all, bar Total, contracted, despite big hikes in capital spending. Costs were up and returns down even with oil prices at more than $100 a barrel. Companies that just a few years ago bestrode the corporate world like colossi are now in the doghouse, unloved...