07.07.2010
- BP ruled out a share issue and talk persisted of sovereign wealth fund interest in the British oil major, boosting its shares on Tuesday even as its Gulf of Mexico oil slick spread...
06.07.2010
- Shareholders in British oil company BP balked at reports it would seek urgent investment from a wealthy Middle East or Asian country as clean-up costs for its U.S. oil spill topped...
17.06.2010
- Air Products and Chemicals said on Wednesday it filed proxy materials to elect three nominees to the board of Airgas as it bids to take control of Airgas. The filing comes after...
07.06.2010
- Maersk Oil, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk shipping and oil group, has agreed to buy a 20% stake in an exploration licence in the Norwegian Sea from Winthershall, Maersk said on...
30.05.2010
- U.S. lawmakers and the American public clamored on Sunday for BP and the Obama administration to do more to save the U.S. Gulf Coast from an out-of-control oil spill that one...
30.05.2010
- The Coast Guard is creating a new anchorage zone near the entrance to the Mississippi River to help keep ship traffic moving despite the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the official...
27.05.2010
- Top Pfizer research executive Martin Mackay has left the world's biggest drugmaker to head research at rival AstraZeneca as both companies brace for patent expirations on their top...
21.05.2010
- BP said it is now siphoning 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons/795,000 liters) per day of crude oil at the leak site in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. BP had estimated the leak was flowing...
20.05.2010
- U.S. ports and shipping lanes on the Gulf of Mexico remained open Wednesday despite the spreading oil spill, officials said. No cargo ships needing cleaning were reported, so there...
18.05.2010
- One thing up front: Terry Gilhooley's favorite sport is not soccer. "Rugby," says the manager of Protective Coatings South and East Africa for Akzo Nobel subsidiary International...
