The various efforts to deal with the crude were, as of May 5th, costing BP about $6m a day.

到5月5日为止，各种对付原油的措施使英国石油公司每天花费600万美元。

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President-elect Park Geun-hye is to take office in late February, and her efforts to fulfill a campaign pledge to provide greater social welfare programs costing billions of dollars could provide a boost jump-start those stake sales, bankers say.

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