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Cleaning Up on the Oil Spill

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We keep hearing about the economic devastation that the oil spill will cause—and for Gulf fishermen and BP shareholders, that’s certainly true. But there are some companies specializing in oil spill cleanup that will be making a mint off the biggest  environmental disaster in U.S. history. In this week’s TIME paper edition—oh, and iPad—my colleague Stephen Gandel has a good piece on firms like Marine Spill Response Corp., which has skimmer boats patrolling the Gulf. You can’t access the full piece online because of our (currently unbreakable) paywall, but you can see an abridged version here.