

News bites: BP's earnings increase
BP's fourth-quarter earnings were about $5 billion, up from the year before, Bloomberg reports.
Reuters reports that BP is getting ready for oil spill lawsuits.
A Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial is set to begin Feb. 27, The Associated Press reports.
Electric
car maker Fisker Automotive said it halted work at a Delaware factory
because the Energy Department will not let the company draw from its
$529 million loan, Bloomberg reports.
The Wall Street Journal found a Canadian official who opposes the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
Bloomberg says the United States is inching closer to energy independence.








