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People march during a protest on the Old-Port in Marseille, southern France, on Thursday June 24, 2010. Many French trains stood still, schoolchildren played instead of studied and post offices were shuttered as workers nationwide went on strike Thursday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age to 62. Nearly 200 marches and protests are planned for several cities over a broad reform to the money-losing pension system, part of efforts around Europe to cut back on growing public debts. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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House Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises subcommittee Chairman Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, Pennsylvania Democrat, speaks during the House Committee on Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Russian gas monopoly Gazprom head, Alexei Miller, meet at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, Monday, June 21, 2010. Mr. Medvedev ordered the state-controlled gas monopoly Monday to cut gas supplies to ex-Soviet neighbor Belarus over its debt for Russian natural gas supplies. On Thursday, June 24, 2010, Russia announced it will resume supply to Belarus. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press service)
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This image from video provided by BP PLC early Wednesday, June 23, 2010, shows oil gushing from the broken wellhead, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The logistics coordinator onboard the ship that's been siphoning oil from the well tells the Associated Press that a cap on top has been reattached and is again capturing some of the crude. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALES
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick listens to a judge sentence him in May for probation violations. Kilpatrick was indicted on federal fraud and tax charges Wednesday. He is accused of using his tax-exempt charity, the Kirkpatrick Civic Fund, as a slush fund for personal expenses. (Associated Press)
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In this photo made June 2, 2010, a sold sign is posted outside a new home under construction, in Cincinnati. Home construction plunged in May to the lowest level since December as builders scaled back without a federal tax credit to lure buyers. Building permits also fell, a sign the construction industry won't fuel the economic recovery.(AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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In this file photo taken June 16, 2010, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington. BP PLC said Wednesday, June 23, 2010, that Mr. Dudley has been appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed civil fraud charges against an investment adviser and his firm in connection with complex securities tied to mortgages during the housing market bust. (AP Photo/File)
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** FILE ** A bank clerk stacks renminbi banknotes at a bank in Hefei in central China's Anhui province in November 2009. (AP Photo/File)
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Christopher Barton is photographed on the Las Vegas Strip on Monday, June 14, 2010. Mr. Barton, 31, of Boulder City, Nev., first tried Rentafriend about six months ago during a business trip training clients for an online university. Spending more than a week on the road on average every month, he hates to eat alone in restaurants and wants to make the most of his downtime. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
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Christopher Barton is photographed on the Las Vegas Strip on Monday, June 14, 2010. Mr. Barton, 31, of Boulder City, Nev., first tried Rentafriend about six months ago during a business trip training clients for an online university. Spending more than a week on the road on average every month, he hates to eat alone in restaurants and wants to make the most of his downtime. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
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BP CEO Tony Hayward is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010, prior to before testifying before the Energy and Environment subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee regarding BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 17, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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A protester is controlled by a Capitol Hill Police Officer while she calls for BP CEO Tony Hayward to be charged with a crime as he began to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee regarding BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 17, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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** FILE ** In this file photo of Thursday, May 20, 2010, the Metropolitan Opera House, center, is seen behind a newly rebuilt fountain at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. The Metropolitan Opera suffered through an ignoble fiscal year in 2009. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, file)
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BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward listens outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, after a meeting with President Obama. Mr. Hayward will testify before a House committee on Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Trader Christopher Lotito, left, checks prices as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg speaks to the news media outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, after attending a meeting at the White House with President Obama in Washington. Standing behind Mr. Svanberg is BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, second from left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, left, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, before the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Senate Committee Appropriations Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, left, talks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, before the start of the committee's hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
