Employee of the Week-- BPT

The BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust Company is this week's stellar employee.  BPT was up 5.7% for the week outshining the rest of the motley Fiat Fantasy crew.  Slap me upside the head as I'm getting giddy what with the pundits talking about my BPT.

Also, there is news of talks between Apache and BP over the sale of some BP assets to Apache.  Those Gulf oil spill payments must hurt.   Bottom line-- I bought BPT primarily for it's 7% dividend and now we're apparently in the midst of buyout negotiations.  As Fagin once said in Oliver, one of my favorite shows, "I'm reviewing--- the situation".