BP said it would honour all “legitimate claims” for damages from the Louisiana oil spill that could be worse than the Valdez disaster.
Archive for April, 2010
CRUDE futures ended at a three-week high, bolstered by US economic growth and potential issues from the oil spill off the US.
A CONTINUED flight to safety amid European debt worries sent gold to its highest level of the year as the US dollar softened.
(Repeats to more subscribers) * U.S. starts criminal probe into Goldman Sachs -source
* U.S. crude and Brent above $80 for whole of April * U.S. economic growth slows in Q1 but spending jumps
* Euro rises vs dollar, yen; markets await aid for Greece * Euro to remain vulnerable, contagion risks in focus
(Corrects story link in fifth paragraph) * FTSEurofirst 300 closes 0.7 percent lower
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PMI Group Inc (Nasdaq:PMI), Hovanian Enterprises Inc (Nasdaq:HOV), Beazer Homes USA Inc (Nasdaq:BZH) and , Sequnom Inc (Nasdaq:SQNM) are among the most actively traded companies in Thursday’s trading among companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion.
Also included among the results: Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc (Nasdaq:BEE), Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc (Nasdaq:VNDA), McClatchy Co (Nasdaq:MNI), Pozen Inc (Nasdaq:POZN) and Energy Conversion Devices Inc (Nasdaq:ENER).
ANDREW Forrest, the nation’s richest man, was finally pushed into action yesterday by Kevin Rudd’s signals that the federal government is preparing to tax miners more to boost other industries.
