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"Vel, vi bare hadde en av disse ukene her på Walmart U.S. Hvor er alle kundene? Og hvor er deres penger? " På fredag, Bloomberg utgitt et par interne e-post fra Wal-Mart ledere panikk om selskapets verste salg start i sju år, "en total katastrofe," som en putte den. Execs tilskrevet lønn skatt fottur som sparket på januar 1, kutte median familiens take - home lønn ved ca $1000 i år Wal-Marts nedgangen. Så hvis du sliter med Wal-Mart, betyr det at alle andre bør bekymre? Det er to måter å se på dette. Først er at dette er en forferdelig tegn. Wal-Mart utgjør en stor del av den amerikanske økonomien-2,3 prosent av BNP i 2006-som mange analytikere ser på det som en nøkkel bellwether. Matt Stoller skrev en glimrende post i fjor på dette emnet: På grunn av sin skala og bemerkelsesverdig mengden data har selskapet faktisk mer detaljert data om økonomi enn de fleste makro-økonomiske prognosemakere. Som Fed styret guvernør Randall Kroszner sa i et møte i juni 2006, Walmart tjenestemenn "effektivt vet hva retail salg er før tallene rapporteres fordi deres salg er så høyt korrelert med generelle detaljomsetningen." Stoller kjemmet gjennom transkripsjoner av møter fra Federal Open Market Committee gjennom årene, og fant at Wal-Mart var ofte advarsel om tegn på problemer i økonomien ...

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Since the earliest days of the Gulf response, Mike Utsler has been a reassuring and critical leader for BP. Over the past two years, he's become recognized as an important "face of BP" in the Gulf. Now that face will become familiar to people throughout the US thanks to a new national TV ad that will begin airing on Monday, April 30

Since the earliest days of the Gulf response two years ago, Mike Utsler has been a reassuring and critical leader for BP — first as incident commander for BP's spill-response efforts, then as lead BP representative in the Unified Area Command, and finally as president of the Gulf Coast Restoration Organization.

Those roles have made Utsler well-known across the Gulf, and by virtue of his regular visits with people in the Gulf and beyond — presenting updates on BP's progress in restoration efforts and lending a friendly ear — Utsler has earned a reputation for listening carefully and transforming feedback into action.

"I've made a tremendous effort to be someone who doesn't just sit behind a desk," he says. "I've been out in the communities, on the beaches, and on the waters listening to everyone from small business owners to deckhands to legislators in order to understand their concerns and to show through my actions that BP is comm...

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THE long-running saga of BP's troubled Russian joint venture moved closer to a conclusion last night as it held talks on a deal with state-owned oil giant Rosneft. Igor Sechin, chief executive of Rosneft, flew in to London for discussions on buying out BP's 50 per cent stake in TNK-BP in a deal that could be worth as much as £17.5billion for the FTSE 100 group.