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Tabloid Paid BP Chief's Gay Lover

$80,000 primed tell-all that led to Lord Browne's resgination

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted May 3, 2007 9:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – There is growing sympathy in London's financial community for Lord Browne, the CEO of energy giant BP who resigned Monday after being caught lying to a court about how he met his gay lover. The Guardian reports that the British tabloid, Mail on Sunday, paid... Read full story »

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