STEVE INSKEEP, host: NPR's business news starts with the costs of the Gulf oil spill.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: BP said today that it has now paid $8 billion to deal with the oil spill. That includes about $400 million paid in claims to people and businesses affected by the disaster. It also includes money spent containing the spill and drilling a relief well.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: The company says no new oil has flowed into the Gulf since mid-July.
BP says so far it's spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says the total includes $399 million paid to settle 127,000 claims from businesses and others affected by the oil spill.