FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2007 file photo, the BP (British Petroleum) logo is seen at a gas station in Washington. BP will spend $7 billion to buy exploration rights to areas in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Brazil and Canada owned by Devon Energy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)
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]Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman and publisher of The New York Times, takes a taxi, Thursday, March 11, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
[Click image for details ]FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, a Mobil gas logo is seen on a gas pump in East Montpelier, Vt. Exxon said Thursday, March 11, 2010, it will boost spending this year on new and existing projects even though demand for energy is still restrained in many parts of the globe.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot, file)
[Click image for details ]Chief executive of France's state-controlled mail carrier La Poste, Jean-Paul Bailly listens during the presentation of the company yearly results, in Paris, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
[Click image for details ]FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2009 file photo, a person is seen at the entrance of the HSBC Private Bank on the Quai Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland. Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi, File)
[Click image for details ]James Mulva, chairman, president and CEO of ConocoPhillips, speaks at CERAWEEK 2010, a global energy conference hosted by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
[Click image for details ]A job seeker searches for work on a job Web site at a job placement center Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Menlo Park, Calif. The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
[Click image for details ]In this March 8, 2010 photo, a sign for Wall Street is shown near the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures fell slightly after the Labor Department said first-time claims for jobless benefits fell slightly less than expected.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
[Click image for details ]FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2009 file photo, imported cars are seen stored in a lot after being offloaded from a ship at Port Hueneme, Calif. The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, 2010, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)
[Click image for details ]FILE - In this April 30, 2009 file photo, a car drives past the Chrysler Stamping Plant in Twinsburg, Ohio. The Twinsburg stamping plant southeast of Cleveland was auctioned Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in New York. Attorney Jeff Ellman says the winning bidder will be detailed in a filing in time for Thursday's hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak, file)
[Click image for details ]DILE - In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Smithfield Food products are on display at the Ukrops store in Richmond, Va. Meat processor Smithfield Foods returned to a profit in the third quarter Thursday, March 11, 2010, partly due to strength in its packaged meats business and higher sales overseas. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)
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