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BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward traveled to the United Arab Emirates on July 7, 2010, to meet with the company's "partners" amid speculation BP is trying to raise case to cover the cost of Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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An employee of the Agricultural Bank of China arranges the prospectus during a news conference on its initial public offering in Hong Kong Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The bank of China expects to reap up to U.S. $23.2 billion in the world's largest share listing after capping the price range for its shares at a much lower level than originally expected. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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** FILE ** The first three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for India take the final positions on Lockheed Martin's assembly line in Marietta, Ga. The initial delivery was scheduled for February 2011. (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin Corp.)
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In this Dec. 22, 2009, file photo, swine flu vaccines are sorted at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. A Washington watchdog group is taking aim at the discounts that various drug companies offer physician health-care groups, saying they hurt both the market and the consumers of these medical products.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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People in New York protest the proposed construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site Sunday, June 6, 2010.
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Ships and drilling rigs surround the Discover Enterprise as it continues to recover oil from the Deepwater Horizon drill site in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)
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** FILE ** In this file photo taken May 6, 2010, the Kindle DX, displaying a page from The New York Times, is demonstrated at a news conference in New York. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday, July 1, 2010, that it is introducing a new version of its higher-end Kindle at a lower price as competition among electric-book readers intensifies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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Storm clouds created by Hurricane Alex are seen over shrimp boats modified to skim oil in Port Fourchon, Louisiana on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Alex, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, closed oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and caused waves as high as 8 feet in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill area. (Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg)
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** FILE ** Specialist Mario Picone works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, June 7, 2010, in New York. Stocks began the third quarter with more selling after disappointing reports on jobs, housing and manufacturing raised more concerns about the economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A visitor looks at a cut model of the engine used for Toyota Lexus LS600hL and LS600H at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo Thursday, July 1, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide, including luxury Lexus sedans, have faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the automaker following massive global recalls. Both LS600hL and LS600H are among the Lexus models Toyota said have faulty engines. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Benigno Aquino, Philippine president, delivers his inaugural speech at Quirino Grandstand in Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Aquino, who rose from political outsider to Philippine president in less than a year, takes office today pledging to fight poverty, narrow the budget deficit and refrain from raising taxes in a nation trailing its neighbors in economic growth and international investment. Photographer: Edwin Tuyay/Bloomberg
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Benigno Aquino, Philippine president, second right, is sworn in by Associate Justice Conchita Carpio Morales, left, at Quirino Grandstand in Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Aquino, who rose from political outsider to Philippine president in less than a year, takes office today pledging to fight poverty, narrow the budget deficit and refrain from raising taxes in a nation trailing its neighbors in economic growth and international investment. Photographer: Edwin Tuyay/Bloomberg
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** FILE ** This March 18, 2009 file photo, shows the exterior of an AIG office building in New York. A former CEO of AIG says he told the truth about the company's losses while defending its compensation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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In this June 1, 2010, photo, people walk by a sale sign at the entrance of the Levi's store on Union Square in San Francisco. Retail sales plunged in May by the largest amount in eight months as consumers slashed spending on everything from cars to clothing. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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**FILE** President Obama meets with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 29, 2010. (Associated Press)
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BP shares fell sharply Friday, June 25, following the company's announcement that the cost of responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has risen to $2.35 billion. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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In this photo taken April 2, 2010, workmen manufacture windows at Northeast Building Products in Philadelphia. The government lowered its estimate of how much the economy grew in the first quarter of the year, noting that consumers spent less than it previously thought. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Jeffrey Galvan displays his new iPhone 4 purchased at the Apple Inc. store on Fifth Avenue in New York on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Apple Inc. will probably sell a record 1 million iPhones today with the debut of the new version. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg
