Thread: BP trashed unfairly by Yanks?

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Originally Posted by Muadib

The Brits are getting heat because BP is a British company... That and the fact that BP's negligence has caused the worst man-made ecological disaster in the history of mankind... Deal with it...

It pays taxes in Britain, but who makes up the majority of its board of directors and its shareholders. I have no idea of the answers, but i'm sure that Americans if don't hold the majority of shares or have more than half of the directors certainly have a high % on both accounts.

Originally Posted by astasinim

Arent eight of the fifteen top execs in BP merkin? Also, I think im correct in saying two thirds of its employees are merkin too.

I quite sure my post was reasonably accurate.