(Businessweek) — Last year, Mary Metoyer’s New Orleans flooring company took in just $80,000 in revenue, one-third of her annual revenue before Hurricane Katrina struck. Her customer base of landlords and homeowners had started to return, but many were then hurt financially by the BP (BP) oil spill. When the bank she went to for a […]
(The Grio) — President Barack Obama declared Gulf Coast beaches clean, safe and open for business Saturday as he brought his family to the Florida Panhandle and promised residents that the government wouldn’t forget them once efforts to stop the leak are finished. On a warm and muggy day, Obama pledged to “keep up our […]
(Black America Web) — Grow up on the water, the children of southern Louisiana learn, and you’ll never go hungry. As long as you can toss a line, a net or a trap, you can eat — and eat well. Or you could, until now. Millions of gallons of oil from the April 20 explosion of […]
Officials say if this lasts, first step of many.
BP is the subject of arched eyebrows with appointment of Darryl Willis.
(CNN) —President Obama said Monday that federal officials are “gathering up facts” to help ensure that embattled oil giant BP fairly compensates people and businesses suffering losses. Speaking at a Coast Guard staging facility in Theodore, Alabama, Obama said he hopes to hammer out with top BP officials Wednesday a new structure for processing claims […]