A number of protesters were ejected from BP’s Annual General Meeting today after attempting to storm the stage.

BP has unveiled an “historic” agreement with the Russian government in a £10bn (€11.85bn) deal which will open up unexplored reserves in the Arctic.

BP’s incoming chief executive said the Gulf of Mexico spill had been a “wake-up call” for the entire oil and gas industry.

BP LAUNCHED a plan to repair its battered image in the United States yesterday, ditching its gaffe-prone chief executive and promising to slim down by trebling an asset sale target to $30 billion (€23bn).

Outgoing BP chief executive Tony Hayward today said he had been “demonised and vilified” over the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

A group of US senators have requested a meeting with David Cameron during his visit to Washington to discuss their concerns about the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, it emerged tonight.

A cap on BP’s ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico remained in place today while further tests are carried out to check for new leaks.

A revival for BP shares after the placing of a cap on its ruptured well ended today amid fears that oil may be seeping from the seabed.

BP was continuing to test the cap over the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico today after critical pressure checks on the blown-out well were extended for another 24 hours.

Beleaguered BP will find out today if its cap over the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is strong enough to last.

UP to 10,000 people a day are expected to attend Cork Week which officially opens tomorrow in Crosshaven.

EMBATTLED BP is understood to be working on plans to raise $50 billion (€40bn) to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill – more than double the amount previously thought.

Embattled BP chief executive Tony Hayward is at the centre of a new controversy today after he went sailing in the UK despite mounting criticism that he is not doing enough to control the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Under-fire BP chief executive Tony Hayward went sailing in the UK today despite mounting criticism that he is not doing enough to control the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Embattled BP came under further pressure today after one of its partners said the British oil giant should shoulder all the financial burden for the Gulf of Mexico spill.

CHASTENED by heavy criticism, a grim-faced BP chief executive Tony Hayward insisted yesterday he was “devastated with this accident” in the Gulf of Mexico and denied shunning tough questions from Congress on the nation’s worst oil spill.

BP chief executive Tony Hayward awaited the fury of US senators in Washington today over the Gulf of Mexico spill despite scrapping dividends and setting up a $20bn (€16bn) compensation fund.

The chairman of BP said he was sorry for speaking clumsily after saying at the White House that the energy giant cares about “small people” hurt by the Gulf oil spill.

BP must be given "certainty" about the potential liabilities it faces from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, David Cameron insisted today.

BP bosses face a mauling at crunch talks today after US President Barack Obama vowed to make the British oil giant pay for the Gulf of Mexico spill.

BP said today that the cost of the Gulf of Mexico spill had reached $1.6bn (€1.3bn) so far as the oil giant weighs up demands to cut dividend payments.

The Gulf oil spill is raising tensions on both sides of the Atlantic, with a "British" company being portrayed as the villain.

The Gulf of Mexico oil blow-out may have been leaking twice as much as previously thought, scientists fear.

BP shares pulled out of their nosedive today despite fears the Gulf of Mexico leak had been spewing oil at up to double the rate previously estimated.

David Cameron was under pressure to intervene in the row over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill today amid growing anger over Barack Obama's "anti-British" attacks on BP.

Oil giant BP today signalled it would press on with a controversial Canadian tar sands project despite facing a showdown with environmental campaigners and shareholders.

BP’s two-year hunt to fill one of Britain’s most prestigious corporate jobs ended today with the appointment of Carl-Henric Svanberg as chairman.

Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson said today it was cutting 5,000 jobs to cut costs.

Ericsson AB chief executive Carl-Henric Svanberg has said that he expects the company to return to profit soon.

SWEDISH Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was sent an email threatening her and her children two weeks before she was fatally stabbed while out shopping, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

SHARES of Ericsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless networks, surged as much as 27% as accelerated cost cuts helped the company post a narrower-than-expected loss in the second quarter.

Ericsson is laying off 1,200 workers in its information technology units.