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BP blames cleanup worker sickness on food poisoning
As if it wasn't already heartbreaking enough that BP's oil spill has destroyed the livelihoods of fishermen throughout the Gulf Coast, those fishermen are now getting sick while cleaning up BP's spill. One of those fishermen began feeling ill a week ago and has been hospitalized since Friday with aches, an upset stomach, and...
Heckuva’ job, Tony
BP Managing Director Bo Dudley thinks CEO Tony Hayward is "doing a great job...a fantastic job" and should keep his job, even despite BP's oil spill in the Gulf:
Yeah, a real heckuva' job, Tony. Consider:
- Hayward has presided over the largest oil spill in American history and it's getting...
BP CEO: We’re leaking a “tiny” amount of oil
Tony Hayward, BP CEO, will never live these words down:
In an bullish interview with the Guardian at BP's crisis centre in Houston, Hayward insisted that the leaked oil and the estimated 400,000 gallons of dispersant that BP has pumped into the sea to try to tackle the slick should be put...
BP on what’s “necessary and appropriate”
On the surface, this sounds like great news ... well, as great as news can be in the face of an environmental catastrophe:
BP PLC said Monday that it will pay for all the cleanup costs from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that could continue spewing crude for...
BP CEO: “What the hell did we do to deserve this?”
NYT (emphasis added):
The magnitude of the Deepwater Horizon disaster seems to be finally sinking in with investors. BP’s stock plunged more than 8 percent Thursday in American trading in an otherwise strong day for stocks. Since the accident, the American depositary receipts of the company have fallen about 13 percent, closing...
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