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Wed 06 Jun 2010Obama to meet top BP executives at White House
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama will today complete a three-day public relations offensive intended to deflect criticism of his handling of the Gulf oil spill by meeting top executives from BP at the White House.
The president and the chairman of BP, Carl-Henric Svanberg, will discuss whether the company should postpone distribution of $2.6 billion (€2.12 billion) in quarterly dividends, and conclude a plan for an independently administered escrow fund, financed by BP, to compensate victims of the spill.
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