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From as the company faces arguably the greatest crisis in its history and even today, mr. svanberg seemed at first reluctant to take the lead. as b.p. executives headed to the white house performing what "the new york times" memorably called a sort of perp walk across the driveway, carl-henric svanberg was lurking at the back of the group once again. leaving b.p.'s foot in mouth prone c.e.o. tony hayward to take the lead. it was only as the group got close to the famous doors of the west wing that mr. svanberg appeared to realize now was the time to be front and center. the 58-year-old svanber...

>> world cup stadium controversy completely, involving beer and mini skirts. tournament officials have ejected these dutch women along with more than 30 others for wearing these outfits during holland's game against the denmark. you see, the skirts had a small label advertising a dutch beer. not budweiser -- but budweiser is the only beer allowed to advertise in world cup stadiums. they say the women smelled of an ambush marketing campaign. world soccer governing body fifa reportedly filing criminal charges against the stunt's organizers. updating fox's top story tonight. b.p. agreeing to set ...

The water stay clean but so the business doesn't continue to take a hit and some of the hotels here off in business. the skimmers off shore and oil off there, it hasn't hit the beach as of yet. back to you. >> thanks very much. right now in destin's east pass, i've gotten word that booms are going up at this moment to try to protect the bays there. since the crisis erupted back in april, b.p.'s chairman, carl-henric svanberg has mostly kept out of sight. a minor player compared to his relatively vocal c.e.o. tony hayward. but svanberg is the one really in charge of this company and today, he o...

Steve, thanks. cleanup crews working to get alabama's beautiful white beaches again, white for father's day weekend and we're told they were closed until just a few hours ago with another stretch of tarballs washed ashore. happened on alabama's orange beach. a community that relies on tourism. the tarballs washed up as the chief operating officer from b.p. toured the area. >> there's some good news and some bad news. the bad news is there's a strip of oil not very big but not very far off shore so we came back early so we can make sure we get our skimers over there now before that gets deep. t...

American people. >> if that left the privacy loving chairman feeling stressed, he may head straight to his 69 foot yacht which he likes to sail not around the gulf of mexico but around the pristine waters of the south pacific. now, mr. svanberg has said, by the way, that being on a yacht is the best way to "get peace of mind and clean your brain." shep, if it were only so easy to clean a beach. >> carl-henric svanberg runs a company that is now facing some very serious financial issues. besides the escrow fund for oil spill victims, analysts are now saying the cleanup costs for b.p. could run ...