share, cut in half. that's pretty much steady in london trading. it has lost roughly $90 billion in market value. $90 billion disappears. how big is that? that's about the combined size of the economies of kenya, uraguay and costa rica or twice the size of bulgaria. think of that, there are countries that don't have as much money as this company has lost. the big questions, as much about politics as costs, how far will the u.s. government go to punish bp for this horrific spill, will bp be forced to cut its dividend, what about the future of bp's lucrative big contracts, what about its leases in the gulf, can bp pay. animal cysts say even under the more pessimistic scenarios, yes, it can. washington wants that cash, $20 billion in an escrow account and supervised by someone other than bp. they said bp is in the oil of getting oil out of the ground, they're not in the business of paying claims and they're not