Cost of Doing Business: BPs $730 million in fines, settlements + 2 criminal convictions http://coto2.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/cost-of-doing-business-bps-730-million-in-fines-settlements-2-criminal-convictions/

BP is a London-based oil company with the worst safety and environmental record of any oil company operating in America. In just the last few years, BP has pled guilty to two crimes and paid over $730 million in fines and settlements to the US government, state governments and civil lawsuit judgments for environmental crimes, willful neglect of worker safety rules, and penalties for manipulating energy markets.