, Columnist
BP Starts to Steer Away From the Financial Rocks
It isn't quite there yet.
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BP is paying its dividends out of debt again. This unhappy state of affairs may be on borrowed time.
The British oil major has one of the highest dividend yields among the U.K.'s biggest companies, at 6.8 percent. Investors are clearly skeptical about the group living within its means.