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Disney Parks Consider Off-Peak Prices

For the first time in the 60 years since Disneyland opened, Walt Disney Co. is considering switching to demand-based pricing at its domestic parks, where tickets would cost less or provide added benefits on slower days and cost extra or come with more restrictions on dates when there tend to be too many people. “We have to look at ways to spread out our attendance throughout the year so we

U.S. announces $20 billion resolution with BP over 2010 oil spill

The United States on Monday announced a more than $20 billion settlement of federal and state claims against BP PLC over its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago. The agreement is “the largest settlement with a single entity in American history,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. The heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and the departments of Commerce and Agriculture joined her for the announcement.