BP to set its own dividend

14 June 2010 - 02:00
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ENERGY giant BP, under pressure in the US to suspend its dividend to help pay for damage from a huge oil spill, will decide its own dividend, foreign secretary William Hague said yesterday. Britain and the US sought to patch up tensions over the Gulf of Mexico spill in a telephone call between US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the weekend. - Reuters

ENERGY giant BP, under pressure in the US to suspend its dividend to help pay for damage from a huge oil spill, will decide its own dividend, foreign secretary William Hague said yesterday. Britain and the US sought to patch up tensions over the Gulf of Mexico spill in a telephone call between US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the weekend. - Reuters