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BP Raises Profits By Selling Off Parts Of Company

AP | By JANE WARDELL | Posted 06.27.2011

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LONDON -- BP PLC posted a 16 percent rise in first-quarter net profits on Wednesday as gains from the sale of major assets to pay for the Gulf of Mexi...

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GOP's Oil-Spill Liability Bill Would Have BP Only Paying $150 Million

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Under the leading Republican plan for BP's post-spill economic liability, those affected would receive potentially as little as $150 million due to th...

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Boycotting BP: Is It Effective?

NPR | Scott Neuman | Posted 05.25.2011

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As BP struggles to plug pipeline leaks that have spewed untold barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a torrent of public anger has spurred a small b...

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Boycotting BP Only Hurts Local Station Owners--Not the Company

DailyFinance | JONATHAN BERR | Posted 05.25.2011

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Across the country, American consumers are voicing their disgust with BP (BP) over the worst oil spill in U.S. history the only way they can -- by not...

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Gulf Oil Spill Cost: BP's Profits In Four Days Cover Costs Thus Far

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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BP's daily profits dwarf the daily cost of spill response, and at the current rate, the company could cover the entire cost of cleanup thus far in jus...

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