Embattled BP boss steps down
July 27, 2010
BP boss Tony Hayward will step down as head of the troubled oil giant, the company said Tuesday, after his heavily criticised handling of the
Can Obama get his presidency back?
June 20, 2010
BP chief executive Tony Hayward committed a faux pas when he admitted he wanted his life back. President Barack Obama is too smart to say
GOP leaders force Barton to retract ‘shakedown’ claims
June 18, 2010
Who’s sorry now? Rep. Joe Barton, that’s who. The Texas Republican, the House’s top recipient of oil industry campaign contributions since 1990, apologized Thursday for
BP CEO to Congress: ‘I’m devastated’
June 17, 2010
A day after agreeing to a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP’s chief executive
Obama talks tough but can he deliver?
June 16, 2010
Fresh from admonishing BP before the world, President Barack Obama now gets his moment with the oil company’s leaders. It will be on his turf
BP cut corners, cost on doomed ‘nightmare well’
June 15, 2010
BP took measures to cut costs in the weeks before the catastrophic blowout in the Gulf of Mexico as it dealt with one problem after
Obama off to Gulf for another photo op
June 14, 2010
President Barack Obama is going back to the Gulf of Mexico, this time venturing on to new ground tainted by oil, before he speaks to
Obama looking for some asses to kick
June 8, 2010
President Barack Obama says he wants to know “whose ass to kick” in the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Some might
BP claims progress in capping oil-spewing well
June 5, 2010
BP appeared to make progress early Saturday in capping the worst oil spill in US history, but President Barack Obama warned the British energy giant
BP’s public relations nightmare
May 6, 2010
What do you call a gigantic man-made disaster that is threatening to despoil the ecosystems and wreck the economies of the Gulf Coast? The answer