BP plc (LON: BP) shares continue falling towards 393.50 points, losing -4.10 (-1.03%) in the middle of the auction. Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) shares also go into the red, accounting for 76.69 points (-0.45%).
BP plc (NYSE: BP) is reduced to the background loss of billions of dollars. BP plc (NYSE: BP) shares up 40.14 points, losing -1.76%. BP costs of responding to the accident in the Gulf of Mexico has accounted for 6,1 billion dollars.
Financial reform is coming to the U.S.. To understand what happens let’s look back. Last year in New York held a debate entitled “Politics” buy American / hire Americans – two-edged sword “, was attended by several hundred people. Then the three defenders of free trade to the challenge of three known protectionists, who often flash across our television screens. Initially it was assumed that the outcome of the voting audience of supporters of free trade lose to a team: 45% to 55%.
Countries can desperately cling to their credit ratings “AAA”, trying to keep borrowing costs low, but this does not mean that the corporate sector shared their concern about this issue. Average rating companies, valued agency Standard & Poor’s, dropped from “A” in 1981 to “BBB-” today.
British Petroleum assesses the damage of the oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico to 1.6 billion dollars nearly, the company said. The total amount could reach $ 3 billion. This amount includes the cost of spill, in the elimination of the accident at the well, and the payment of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Eleven-year European Monetary Union, uniting 11 countries, is tested for durability. States, especially Greece, Portugal and Spain, under pressure of markets in reducing deficits and reforming their economies. Politicians ponder over how to rewrite the rules of membership in the euro area, to prevent new crises. The European Central Bank was forced to intervene in the government bond market – in the central bank certainly not dreamed of that will go to such a measure. Euro fell sharply. But is this tension temporary phenomenon? Will Europe’s leaders to improve the situation? Or do they simply destroy the Eurozone? We consider four possible scenarios.
The employment rate among Americans confidently walked into growth. President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Dudley said that although the restoration of the American economy has been slower than desired, he sees the beginning of significant employment growth.
The emergency is declared in the US states Alabama and Mississippi because of the accident in the floating platform Deepwater Horizon. Before the emergency was declared in Louisiana and Florida.
The authorities of the US state Louisiana have declared the emergency. Oil spot appeared in result of accident on floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico and has already reached the mouth of Mississippi river. This ecological disaster is going to become the greatest in country’s history.
Volcano in Iceland did not become an obstacle to landing a spaceship Discovery. An American spaceship Discovery, landing was three times postponed due to bad weather conditions, finally sat down at the launch site in Florida.