>>BP must sell assets: No one will buy them, take on the risk:
Asset sales by BP are more likely than a takeover of the company because it’s too soon to estimate how much the spill and its aftermath will end up costing, said Gianna Bern, founder of Brookshire Advisory & Research Inc. in Flossmoor, Illinois, and a former BP crude trader.
“A potential investor would think twice because this is unprecedented and it would take a decade to sort out liability and any potential litigation,” Bern said.
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