Barack Obama: BP chief would be fired if he was working for me

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In the six weeks BP's well has spewed oil into the ocean, Hayward has made a name for himself as the 'Bumbler from BP'

Barack Obama put the survival of BP's Tony Hayward in even deeper jeopardy yesterday, saying he would have sacked the chief executive for downplaying the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. In the six...

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