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Stocks move up on forecast of lower gas prices
Government predictions of lower gasoline prices pushed stocks modestly higher
Wednesday, helped by a fresh drop in crude oil futures.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Ford, Toyota recall pickups, SUVs
Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday recalled 3.8 million pickup trucks and sport
utility vehicles for a cruise control switch suspected of causing engine fires.
It is the fifth largest auto industry recall in U.S. history.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9241475/
Katrinaâ?Ts economic impact seen limited
Despite the devastating human suffering left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina,
financial market economists generally are sticking with their conclusion that
the the national economy will feel only a relatively small ripple from the
deadly Gulf Coast flooding.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9231551/
Consumers face chill from winter heating bills
Already reeling from high fuel prices at the pump, consumers face another round
of energy-price sticker shock: the sharply higher cost of home heating bills
expected this winter. -- By MSNBC.com's John Schoen
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9077145/
Katrina relief efforts expand across the nation
As the unprecedented scope of Hurricane Katrina's devastation becomes more
apparent every day, companies, foundations and agencies from around the country
are rolling out relief efforts large and small.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9242950/
Delta to sell jets, cut jobs as bankruptcy looms
Delta Air Lines will fire 1,000 employees as part of service cuts in
Cincinnati, its second-largest hub, and sell 11 wide-body jets in what the
carrier said on Wednesday was a bid to restructure faster.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9240238/
Forbes.com: No homes for New Orleans?
>From modest manufactured homes to waterfront estates, no structure that sat in
>Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast path was wholly spared. In places, entire
>swaths of housing have been blasted from the earth. And in coming months, a
>massive rebuilding effort will have to take place.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9230268/
Oil prices fall further as recovery continues
Crude-oil prices cooled further Wednesday, as production continued to recover
in the hurricane-battered U.S. Gulf Coast, but traders were keeping a close eye
on another storm brewing off Florida.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
WP: Surviving Katrina's huge damage claims
Hurricane Katrina seems likely to become the most expensive natural catastrophe
in U.S. history, but the insurance industry should be able to pay the claims
without threat to its own solvency, industry experts said yesterday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9234158/
WP: Will Katrina drive up your grocery bill?
Grocery bills across the country are expected to edge upward in the coming
weeks as food companies grapple with soaring fuel costs, damaged facilities and
choked-off transportation routes.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9234948/
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