by blue aardvark
The news has been broken that BP is going to proceed with plans to pay out $10B/year ($2.5B/quarter) in dividends to shareholders. This naturally leads to questions. Such as: $10B would pay for a lot of cleanup in the Gulf, wouldn't it? And: Who gets this money? The answer to that second question is available here. Here is a linkto BP's regulatory filings in the UK. Follow me below the fold for discussion.
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