This July 28, 2010 photo provided by the State of Michigan shows what Michigan officials say is a sheen of oil on Morrow Lake in Kalamazoo County. The lake is a key point where officials had hoped to stop oil from a spill into the Kalamazoo River that has coated wildlife with oil. (AP Photo/State of Michigan)AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of oil into a Michigan river boasts on its website of being "an industry leader in pipeline safety and integrity."


Reuters - The Senate plans to hold a procedural vote next Wednesday to test whether there is enough support to pass legislation clamping down on offshore oil drilling procedures and expanding alternative energy, a Democratic aide said on Thursday.
Reuters - A natural gas limited partnership IPO was priced at the top of the expected range on Wednesday while an investment technology platform company IPO was priced at the bottom of the range and sold fewer shares.

Cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion are seen in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Environmentalists are calling on the White House to speed up the restoration of the oil-damaged Mississippi River delta by getting BP PLC to pay $5 billion now for environmental damage caused by the spill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Crews took another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher, removing the plug they had popped in before clearing the area ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie last week, federal officials said Wednesday.


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AP - The California Department of Real Estate said Wednesday it revoked a record number of real estate licenses in its most recently completed fiscal year.

Visa credit cards are displayed in Washington October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Visa Inc , the world's largest credit and debit card processing network, posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, but analysts said new processing fee regulations could cut into future profits.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc , the world's largest credit and debit card processing network, posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, but analysts said new processing fee regulations could cut into future profits.


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A Canada goose covered in oil attempts to fly out of the Kalamazoo River in Marshall, Mich., Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Crews were working Tuesday to contain and clean up oil from a ruptured pipeline that poured into a creek and flowed into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan, coating birds and fish. An estimated 877,000 gallons (3.3 million liters) of oil leaked from a pipeline into the river. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette, Jonathon Gruenke)AP - Michigan's governor says efforts by the company responsible for a more than 800,000-gallon oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River are "wholly inadequate."


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc , the world's largest credit and debit card processing network, beat expectations with a quarterly profit of $716 million on Wednesday, as consumers resumed spending.


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Cypress trees killed by saltwater intrusion are seen in wetlands near Houma, La., Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Environmentalists are calling on the White House to speed up the restoration of the oil-damaged Mississippi River delta by getting BP PLC to pay $5 billion now for environmental damage caused by the spill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Crews took another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher, removing the plug they had popped in before clearing the area ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie last week, federal officials said Wednesday.