BP says so far it’s spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says the total includes $399 million paid to settle 127,000 claims from businesses and others affected by the oil spill. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged 399-million, disastrous, from-businesses, mexico, npr, the-oil, the-total, totalA new website focusing on local news in Washington DC hopes to challenge The Washington Post and others for readers. The site is called TBD — for To Be Determined — an inside joke at how long it took to come up with a name. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged del-icio-us, determined, focusing-on-local, for-readers-, how-long, inside-joke, joke-at-how, local-news, long-it-took, new-website, tbdIn a system that operates primarily in cash, fishermen, seafood buyers and others in the Gulf may have trouble collecting compensation for the oil spill without documented proof of work. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged del-icio-us, for-the, may-have, operates-primarily, seafood-buyers, trouble-collecting, without-documentedR.J. Reynolds, Lorillard and others say a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration new authority over tobacco violates their right to free speech. The lawsuit doesn’t challenge the decision to give the FDA more authority, but its restrictions on marketing. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Also tagged challenge-the, challenge-the-decision, decision, del-icio-us, more-authority, over-tobacco, rightCollege students need many things to make their dorm room a home. Retailers are selling lamps, towels and other items college students need to make the transition from their parents’ house to dorm rooms. One item surprising parents is that most dorm room beds need extra-long twin sheets. Target and others have seized on the need for new bedding. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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