The Russian government will welcome BP CEO Tony Hayward to any new post in the Russian-British TNK-BP joint venture, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Wednesday.
Coal baron Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Energy, perhaps perturbed by the recent opprobrium received by BP CEO Tony Hayward, wants to remind us that he is still the most evil man in America. The explosion of the Blankenship’s Upper Big Branch mine after deliberate safety violations killed 29 miners in the worst coal [...]
[The First Family took a cruise in Panama City Beach, Florida this morning to help promote tourism in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Image via Getty] More »
Yep, you read that correctly. Someone actually made a bigger gaffe than both former BP CEO Tony Hayward and Vice President Joe Biden. Radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger, was on a roll on Tuesday when a black woman called into her show to complain about her white husband and his friends’ use of [...]
How many Americans know anything about David Cameron? Well, back in early July not many of them - or at least not many of those sampled by Pew - could identify the Prime Minister of Great Britain. On a multiple choice question. When the other choices available were: Richard Branson, Tony Hayward or Angela Merkel. Show More Summary
Out of all the apologies out there stemming from the BP oil spill, I liked this speech best, considering the humor behind it. But Senator Joe Barton's apology speech to BP (and at the time, CEO Tony Hayward) was a pretty good one too. Show More Summary
The once-leaking BP oil well is plugged with mud, President Barack Obama has announced that the nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico is "close to coming to an…
The once-leaking BP oil well is plugged with cement, President Barack Obama has announced that the nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico is "close to coming to an…
At today's White House briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was generously given the opportunity to apologize to outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward for criticism the administration leveled at Hayward's May comments about the size of the spill relative to the ocean. Show More Summary
A remarkable headline in the New York Times today: Oil in Gulf Poses Only Slight Risk, New U.S. Report Says, The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil rom the Deepwater Horizon leak has already...Show More Summary
American Robert Dudley is to take over the Gulf oil spill response as BP's new CEO replacing British Tony Hayward on October 1. BP also reported its second-quarter loss of $17.15 billion, a record sum lost by a global oil producer.
At first glance it would seem like CEO of BP is not an enviable position to hold these days.
The last CEO, Tony Hayward, got chewed to bits in the press over his management of the gulf oil spill.
But that's exactly why the new CEO Bob Dudley is so lucky. Show More Summary
While his predecessor, Tony Hayward tried to clear his image in America in his first interview since announcing his departure from the company, incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley wet his feet in the American media pool last night in an interview...Show More Summary
"I became a villain for doing the right thing," former BP chief Tony Hayward told the Journal. More »
In the United States, outgoing BP CEO Tony Hayward is, at best, a national joke, and at worst, an incompetent, deliberately heartless oil baron who deserves not an ounce of sympathy. In the UK, people buy him drinks when they see him in nightclubs and greet him with standing ovations. Show More Summary
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Put Your Brain in Neutral with Late Night Snark: "BP CEO Tony Hayward complained that he was unfairly 'demonized' in the U.S. over his handling of the Gulf oil spill. In response, demons complained that...Show More Summary
Too late now, buddy: Tony Hayward, who resigned as chief executive of BP in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, has said that he was turned into “a villain for doing the right thing.” In his first interview since deciding to step down, Hayward told the Wall Street Journal that he did everything possible [...]
"I didn't want to leave BP, because I love the company. Because I love the company, I must leave BP." ?Soon-to-be former BP CEO Tony Hayward. [WSJ]
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"I became a villain for doing the right thing," departing BP head Tony Hayward said in his first interview since resigning, complaining that he had become a whipping boy in the US because "people find it easier to vilify an individual more than a company." In the interview with the...
Defending his tenure as chief executive of BP, Tony Hayward expressed no regrets. “Would I change fundamentally what BP did and the role I played? No,” Hayward said. “I became a villain for doing the right thing,” he whined, adding, “but I understand that people find it easier to vilify an individual more than a [...]