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Station Owners Want Help, Price Cut From BP

Hit by boycott, business down 10% to 40%

(Newser) - Tension is mounting between BP and the neighborhood retailers that man the gas pumps. As more Americans shun BP gasoline as a form of protest over the Gulf oil spill, station owners from Georgia to Illinois say sales have declined 10% to 40%. They want BP do more to explain...

Music Stars Join Together in BP Boycott

Lady Gaga, Korn, others won't use BP fuel

(Newser) - A coalition of artists including Lady Gaga, the Backstreet Boys and Creed won't be filling the tanks of their tour buses at BP stations this summer. Korn's Jonathan Davis is leading the drive to get as many musicians as possible on board for a boycott of all BP fuels. News...

Protesters Descend on BP Stations

Anger at Gulf spill sparks boycotts

(Newser) - Public anger at BP's failure to stop the Gulf leak has spilled over into boycotts and protests at BP gas stations around America and the world. Station managers say protests and boycotts haven't dampened sales. "People don't care," a clerk at one Florida station tells the New York ...

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