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As part of an ongoing effort to protect consumers from potentially tainted seafood, the U.S. Coast Guard has seized about 19,000 pounds of shrimp from a commercial vessel fishing in the restricted waters around the Gulf oil spill. The enforcement action comes as the U.S. Food and Drug...

The controversy over whether BP should pay out a dividend to its shareholders is causing new friction in relations between London and Washington.

Petco is collecting animal hair from its grooming boutiques to help soak up the oil from BP's spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

These days, everyone wants a piece of the rock -- domestic shale, that is. With oil-drilling costs north of $3.5 million per well and natural gas trading below $3, global energy companies are all about American shale. In November, Europe's second-largest supplier of natural gas, Norwegian-based...

BP (BP) is not only Europe's second-biggest company by market value after Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), it is also one of the five major oil companies in the world. So when BP reported earnings today, many looked at the results and the outlook as a way to get a glimpse into the other oil majors...