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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-11 02:31 PM
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BP wants to end future loss claims from Gulf oil spill
BP wants to end future loss claims from Gulf oil spill

BP is arguing that most victims of last year's Gulf oil spill should not get any more payouts for future losses because the hardest-hit areas are recovering and the economy is growing.

The British oil company argues its case in a 29-page document made public Friday and filed with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. The $20 billion fund is responsible for paying for damages from the spill.

The company says the fund should end payments for future losses to everyone, except in limited cases for oyster harvesters.

The company had already argued that fund administrator Ken Feinberg's formula for determining final payments artificially inflates future expected losses.

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2011/07/bp_wants_to_end_future_loss_cl.html
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-11 02:41 PM
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1. Shameless capitalist scum.

Any government representative of the people would expropriate the corp and put the principals in Angola Prison.

But we don't have that sort of government.
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