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BP boss in Mideast talks as weather hampers cleanup

ABU DHABI/HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP boss Tony Hayward met officials from an Abu Dhabi state investment fund on Wednesday, the latest stop on an international quest for money to ward off takeovers and help pay the huge costs of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

ABU DHABI/HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP boss Tony Hayward met officials from an Abu Dhabi state investment fund on Wednesday, the latest stop on an international quest for money to ward off takeovers and help pay the huge costs of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Hayward, BP's chief executive, was also seen by Reuters with a senior official from another Abu Dhabi fund, and a report said Saudi investors were looking to buy 10 percent to 15 percent of the oil company.

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