Market News: BP plc (NYSE:BP), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

Here is another batch of stock briefings which may affect trading on world markets later today. The following stocks should see some movement: BP plc (NYSE:BP), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Here is a more detailed look at the news that will affect each company when trading continues. BP plc (NYSE:BP) A huge bill has now been settled by BP plc (NYSE:BP) in relation to the oil spill response. A report released today by The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that federal and state agencies have spent $581 million so far on cleaning and renovation of natural resources spoiled by the spill. The GAO report is reviewing the financial risks facing the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which Congress approved in 1990 to pay the instant expenses of federal agencies responding to spills. An 8-cents tax per barrel petroleum finances the fund. Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) looks like it might be stepping up its war with Facebook over the next few days and weeks. As the rivals are to present their upcoming strategies on web-based services at a high-profile conference in San Francisco next week, the tech world is waiting to see the outcome of the next phase of the web war. It had been reported earlier that Facebook will soon introduce a revamped version of its messaging service, which could be a real challenge to Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)'s mail. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) The first PC made by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been valued at more than $160k at auction. The historic auction taking place at Christie’s, an exclusive London auction house, has valued the first PC from the Mac Maker between $161,600 – $242,400. The New York Times reported that “The original Apple I has the sort of specs that we associate with deficient calculators today — 8 KB of RAM, a MOS 6502 microprocessor with clock speeds between 1 and 2 MHz — but was nevertheless a feat of engineering for its day.” We could possibly see more movement when trading continues for BP plc (NYSE:BP), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).
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