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BP eyes stake sale as oil reported in Lake Pontchartrain (Reuters)

Reuters - Shareholders in BP balked on Monday at reports the energy giant would seek a strategic investor to ward off takeover bids while the company’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico spread.

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BP eyes stake sale as oil reported in Lake Pontchartrain
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Rough weather curtails some Gulf cleanup work (AP)

AP - Cleanup crews across the Gulf of Mexico surveyed damage done by last week’s hurricane while contending Sunday with choppy seas that idled many of the boats dedicated to keeping oil from hitting vulnerable beaches and marshes.

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Rough weather curtails some Gulf cleanup work
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Tyco Electronics spent $490,000 lobbying in 1Q (AP)

AP - Tyco Electronics Ltd.

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Tyco Electronics spent $490,000 lobbying in 1Q
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Senate chairman starts probe of Transocean’s taxes (AP)

AP - A key member of Congress launched an investigation Wednesday into the tax practices of Transocean Ltd., owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to the massive oil spill.

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Senate chairman starts probe of Transocean’s taxes
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Congress-backed bank reaches deal in Bucyrus sale (AP)

AP - Word of a deal that could save 1,000 jobs across 13 states, including 300 in Wisconsin, broke Wednesday just hours before President Barack Obama was to speak at a town hall meeting on the economy.

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Congress-backed bank reaches deal in Bucyrus sale
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SEC pays $755,000 to settle with fired staffer (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday agreed to pay $755,000 to a former staff attorney who was fired while he was probing possible insider trading at a prominent hedge fund.

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SEC pays $755,000 to settle with fired staffer
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Latest blunder feeds frustration in the Gulf (AP)

AP - Earlier this month, BP boldly predicted the oil gushing from the bottom of the sea would be reduced to a “relative trickle” within days, and President Barack Obama told the nation last week that as much as 90 percent would soon be captured. But those goals seemed wildly optimistic Thursday after yet another setback a mile underwater

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Coast Guard to BP: Speed it up, stop the spill (AP)

AP - The Coast Guard has demanded that BP step up its efforts to contain the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the weekend, telling the British oil giant that its slow pace in stopping the spill is becoming increasingly alarming as the disaster fouled the coastline in ugly new ways Saturday.

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Coast Guard to BP: Speed it up, stop the spill
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Louisiana leaders want Gulf drilling to resume (AP)

AP - At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling — now.

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Louisiana leaders want Gulf drilling to resume
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Apologetic BP ads get criticism, not sympathy (AP)

AP - An apologetic advertising campaign by BP for causing the biggest oil spill in U.S. history has earned the company more criticism than sympathy as the pollution spreads across the Gulf Coast from Louisiana into Alabama and Florida.

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Apologetic BP ads get criticism, not sympathy
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