Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has approved a $690 million payment to French retailer Casino and other owners of a supermarket chain nationalized earlier this year, state media said on Saturday.
BP has placed a new blowout preventer at the top of the well that unleashed the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and it is moving forward with a procedure to bring about its final demise.
AP - BP crews faced delays Saturday as they slowly raised the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, taking care not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.
Afghans continued pulling money from Kabul Bank—their country's largest bank—Saturday, despite assurances from top officials that the lender was financially secure.
AFP - Brussels will say in November if it is to extend support for troubled European banks, but will move more quickly on the troubled Anglo Irish Bank, the EU's competition commissioner said Saturday.
BP said it successfully replaced a damaged blowout preventer at the well that unleashed the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, so responders can finally kill the well.