Tony Hayward enjoys a phoenix-like recovery in the City as Vallares, the oil investment vehicle he co-founded with financier Nat Rothschild, closes its fundraising two days early after raising £1.35 billion, a third more expected... more
Note to Matthew Cousens, Kevin Murphy, Rose Chamberlayne, Manvir Nijhar, Emily Porter-Lynch and Karen Ward: be afraid. The Sunday Times has named you 'The CEOs of tomorrow'... more
Former BP chief Tony Hayward defends his decision to go sailing during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, saying he had not seen his son during three months fighting the leak... more
BP boss Tony Hayward defends the firm’s safety record in the North Sea to MPs, insisting criticisms have not exposed “any fundamental weakness”
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Curious tales are coming out of the US regarding the inability of the media to glean verifiable, independent information concerning the Gulf of Mexico disaster... more
Rising production and the most benign hurricane season in recent years has seen BP thrash City estimates and report a 60% surge in profits to $4.7 billion (£2.8 billion) over the summer ... more
Energy: BP shattered City forecasts with a 148% surge in third-quarter profits to a record $10bn as new chief executive Tony Hayward's turnaround strategy really kicked into gear... more
Institutional investors have begun dumping large parcels of shares in two of the Government’s newly nationalised banks, HBOS and Lloyds TSB, because they no longer fit their investment criteria... more
Bob Dudley's whereabouts are to be revealed 'in the next few days' after the head of TNK-BP fled from Moscow following a string of allegations against him... more
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