BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and JOHN M. BRODER
The company, which had committed to setting aside $20 billion for damage claims and penalties, says proposed legislation could disrupt those efforts.
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The company, which had committed to setting aside $20 billion for damage claims and penalties, says proposed legislation could disrupt those efforts.
The poll indicated that support for a center planned near ground zero is tepid in its home town.
Afghanistan’s top bank official tried to calm fears of a meltdown at Kabul Bank, while scores of Afghans were unable to withdraw money from the bank.
Some veteran peace process practitioners say Israel and the Palestinians should first aim for a partial solution because the gaps between the positions are too wide.
The storm pelted North Carolina with bands of rain and powerful blasts of wind as communities across the eastern seaboard braced for Earl’s devastating force.
Though many students are liberals on social issues, the economic reality of a weak job market has taken a toll on their loyalties.
Employers passed all of the increases in insurance premiums this year to their employees, a survey found.
An Amish man has been charged with sexual assaults, dividing a congregation that prefers to handle disputes internally.
An exhibition counters the notion that late work by Dalí is bad, and that most Dalí is late work.
A poll has found that even New York City sadly harbors a robust disapproval of the proposal to build a mosque near ground zero.
East London has a host of enticing restaurants, shops, markets and hotels.
An art collector builds a nontraditional house in an Alpine village where life hasn’t changed that much in decades.
For today's speed eaters, the E63 AMG feels like a two-ton burrito in habanero sauce: driving it is akin to the last gas-spewing binge before the diet begins.
Kasper Rorsted, C.E.O. of Henkel, says that using e-mail “does not replace presence.”
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