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BP Denies CEO Leaving

22.07.2010 - BP denied a report its embattled chief executive would leave soon as the company lined up $7 billion in asset sales to help pay for the worst oil spill in U.S. history. CEO Tony...

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U.S. To Issue New Drilling Ban, BP Enters Asset Talks

13.07.2010 - The Obama administration prepared a new moratorium on deepwater oil drilling on Monday, seeking to make the industry safer while protecting thousands of jobs during the worst spill...

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U.S. Oil Spill Panel Weighs Mounting Economic Impact

13.07.2010 - Sal Sunseri's P&J Oyster Company has worked Louisiana waters since 1876, making it the oldest operating oyster processor in the United States. But the future is grim, he told a...

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BP in Talks to Sell Assets as Spill Costs Mount

13.07.2010 - BP is in talks with U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp and others to sell assets worth up to $10 billion as it grapples with the costs of its spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP...

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BP Ready To Switch Caps On Gulf Leak

09.07.2010 - BP is ready to switch caps at the wellhead of the gushing Gulf of Mexico leak as part of an effort to capture more of the oil, the top official overseeing the spill response said...

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BP Shares Rise as Company Says No Plan to Issue Stock

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...

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BP Eyes Stake Sale as Spill Cost Tops $3 Billion

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...

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U.S. Sees New Drilling Moratorium in Next Few Days

02.07.2010 - The Obama administration expects to announce a revised deep-water offshore oil drilling moratorium in the next few days, the White House said on Thursday. The U.S. government has...