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BP slow to pay oil spill claims, stats show
Posted: 06.18.2010 at 4:30 PM
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Boat captain Brent "Hollywood" Shaver looks at the oil that has fouled one of his fishing reels as he works on his boat at Cotton Bayou in Orange Beach, Ala., Thursday, June 10, 2010. Shaver, a long time charter boat operator, is shutting down his inshore fishing business because of the gulf oil spill.  / AP Photo
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BP has paid less than 12 percent of claims submitted by people and businesses harmed by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the federal government said Friday, while the new chief of the independent payment office promised to speed the process up.

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