BP claims U.S. accepts its “collected” spill barrels
LONDON (Reuters) – BP said the U.S. Department of Justice has backed its claim that oil it recovered at the 2010 spill site should be excluded from certain penalties it could face, potentially cutting its final fine by as much as $3.5 billion.
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Stock index futures points to higher open
LONDON (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday as U.S. stock markets reopen after the Presidents’ Day holiday. Futures for the S&P 500 0.1 percent, Dow Jones futures 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures 0.2 percent at 1042 GMT. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index rose 0.6 percent, helped by better-than-expected German ZEW economic sentiment. …
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BP ready for trial in Deepwater Horizon case
LONDON (AP) — BP says it has failed to reach a settlement in advance of next week’s civil trial on the Deepwater Horizon accident and is ready to defend itself vigorously against allegations of gross negligence in the U.S.’s biggest environmental disaster.
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First complete ‘bionic man’ unveiled in U.K.
With his realistic face and functional artificial blood-circulatory system, a $1 million artificial human on display at London’s Science Museum is sight to see. [Read more]
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