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"We acknowledge that some of the wording in our 2010 proxy statement may have been insensitive..."

--Transocean, owners of the oil rig that exploded in 2010 and caused the massive oil spill, in a statement to CNN after deeming in an SEC filing that 2010 was the "best year in safety performance in our company's history."

[h/t: NPR]

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