‘King’s Speech’ reigns with Producers Guild award
, Jan 23 (Reuters) – “The King’s
Speech” won best-produced film from the Producers Guild of
America on Saturday, a regal boost to its Oscar aspirations in
an awards season so far swept by “The Social Network.”
The producers of “King’s Speech” — Iain Canning, Emile
Sherman and Gareth Unwin — said they thought they were “the
last guys in the running” among the 10 nominees for the top
Producers award, which comes just before Tuesday’s Oscar
nominations.
California marijuana legalization goes up in smoke
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California voters rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday that would have made it the first U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use.
The “no” vote on Proposition 19 had 56 percent of the vote to 43 percent for “yes,” with 20 percent of precincts counted. CNN projected the measure’s failure.
“Fair Game” lifts cover on Valerie Plame affair
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For Valerie Plame, the CIA operative whose cover was blown by the Bush administration, the best part of a new film about the scandal may be that years of many complex twists and turns in her life are clearly revealed to Americans.
Her support contrasts to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turning his back on the dramatization of his life in the recent box office hit “The Social Network.”
California negative ad throwdown
Sarah McBride takes a look at the campaign ads in the California race.
California’s gubernatorial frontrunner Jerry Brown pledged Tuesday to remove all negative ads one week before the November 2 election, but only if his rival went along. Meg Whitman, the billionaire Republican with a big self-financed campaign, wasn’t willing to go quite that far.
At first, neither candidate seemed crazy about the proposal from Matt Lauer, moderator of the candidates’ on-stage conversation at the annual Women’s Conference in Long Beach, with current governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, sitting in the middle. As the audience clapped and cheered at the suggestion, the two hopefuls sat stonefaced on stage, their hands motionless in their laps.
BP ‘top kill’ fails, piling more pressure on Obama
/HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc said on Saturday its complex “top kill” maneuver to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to the largest oil spill in U.S. history already in its 40th day.
It may be another two months before the London-based energy giant can definitively turn off the gusher — a delay that could undermine U.S. President Barack Obama as he faces growing criticism for a perceived slow response to the disaster.
BP “top kill” fails
/HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc said on Saturday the complex “top kill” maneuver to plug its Gulf of Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to the largest oil spill in U.S. history already in its 40th day.
The beleaguered London-based energy giant said its next option is a “lower marine riser package” that will not plug the well ruptured in a rig blast, but rather capture most of the oil on the sea floor and channel it to the surface for collection.
BP ‘top kill’ fails, sets back hopes to end spill
/HOUSTON, May 29 (Reuters) – BP Plc (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said
on Saturday the complex “top kill” maneuver to plug its Gulf of
Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to
the largest oil spill in U.S. history already in its 40th day.
The beleaguered London-based energy giant said its next
option is a “lower marine riser package” that will not plug the
well ruptured in a rig blast, but rather capture most of the
oil on the sea floor and channel it to the surface for
collection.
BP fails to plug oil well with “top kill”
/HOUSTON (Reuters) – BP Plc said on Saturday the complex “top kill” maneuver to plug its Gulf of Mexico oil well has failed, crushing hopes for a quick end to the largest oil spill in U.S. history already in its 40th day.
“We have not been able to stop the flow,” said Doug Suttles, the London-based oil giant’s chief operating officer.
BP’s handle on Gulf spill pivots on ‘top kill’
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Dogged by delays and intense pressure from the Obama administration, BP Plc faces a pivotal day on Wednesday as it attempts a tricky plan to clog the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well five weeks into the disaster.
If the “top kill” procedure joins the list of BP failures to plug the leak, U.S. President Barack Obama’s government may have no choice but to take central charge of the response to what is considered the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
No return to Ford CEO job for a relaxed Bill Ford
LAGUNA NIGUEL, California (Reuters) – Bill Ford Jr., the scion of Ford Motor Co <F.N>, relishes his current job as the automaker’s executive chairman because it allows him to focus on the future — a future that he says does not include returning to the job of chief executive.
Besides, if Ford has his way, the CEO post won’t open for years since he has taken to half-jokingly urging incumbent Alan Mulally to put off consideration of his own retirement until the middle of the next decade.
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