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Top UK official denies blocking Murdoch hacking probe
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most senior civil servant published his private advice to former prime minister Gordon Brown on Thursday to fend off a charge by Brown that he had rejected an inquiry into allegations of phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's UK newspapers.
Top UK official denies blocking Murdoch hacking probe
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most senior civil servant published his private advice to former prime minister Gordon Brown on Thursday to fend off a charge by Brown that he had rejected an inquiry into allegations of phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's UK newspapers.
BP's future
London: In the first major sign that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have caused lasting damage to the company's long-term strategy of embracing projects with high risks, BP was frozen out of a potentially lucrative license to drill for oil off the coast of Greenland.
BP confirms Hayward's departure as CEO and US$30bil asset sales
LONDON: BP PLC said Tuesday that embattled Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward will step down on Oct. 1 - to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley - and that it has set aside US$32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Weather hinders oil cleanup, revised moratorium due
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical storm Alex slowed oil clean-up and containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea oil well still several weeks away.
Oil invades more wetlands as surf pounds Gulf coast
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical storm Alex slowed oil spill clean-up and containment work in the Gulf of Mexico and drove more petroleum into fragile Gulf wetlands and beaches on Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea well still several weeks away.
Weather hinders oil cleanup, revised moratorium due
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical storm Alex slowed oil spill clean-up and containment work in the Gulf of Mexico and drove more petroleum into fragile Gulf wetlands and beaches on Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea well still several weeks away.
BP siphons off more oil; not know how much still spills
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy giant BP Plc said on Tuesday it was capturing more oil from its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well while U.S. scientists tried to figure out just how much crude was still pouring out.
Amid uncertainty, BP siphons off more oil from well
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy giant BP Plc said on Tuesday it had sharply increased the amount of oil it was capturing from its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well, but U.S. officials are still trying to figure out how much crude is actually gushing out.
Amid uncertainty, BP siphons off more oil from well
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy giant BP Plc said on Tuesday it was capturing more oil from its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well while U.S. scientists tried to figure out just how much crude was still pouring out.
