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Stocks rally as oil, gas prices fall
Wall Street made a sturdy advance Friday as oil prices declined and investors
welcomed an upbeat outlook from chipmaker Texas Instruments Inc. as a sign that
consumer spending is still healthy.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/
Katrina and the broken window fallacy
How can it be true that major disasters like Katrina often  end up boosting
the economy? The answer lies in how we measure economic activity and
illustrates the 'fallacy of the broken window.'Â By MSNBC.com's Martin Wolk
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9271060/
Ex-Boeing chairman Lewis Platt dies
Boeing Co.â?Ts lead director and former chairman Lewis Platt has died, the
aerospace and defense company said on Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9270900/
Tourist industry losing $50 million a day
Tourist-dependent industries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are losing
$50 million a day in revenue because of Hurricane Katrina, which the main U.S.
travel industry body has declared the worst natural disaster to hit the
nation's travel sectors.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9268660/
Katrina's economic-damage estimates grow
Hurricane Katrina caused at least $125 billion in economic damage and could
cost the insurance industry up to $60 billion in claims, a leading risk
assessment firm said in updated estimates released Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9269627/
Airlines seek $600 million in jet-fuel tax relief
With jet fuel prices soaring in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, U.S.
airlines have asked Congress and the White House for $600 million in tax relief.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9268854/
Treasury's Snow sees brief Katrina hit to GDP
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow told Bloomberg Television Friday that U.S.
economic growth would probably dip by closer to 1/2 percentage point in the
second half of this year because of the Hurricane Katrina.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9268128/
WP: Katrina evacuees looking for work
A one-day job fair attracted about 3,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees settling
into Dallas. It also enticed a few local unemployed residents, some of whom
worry that the inflow of new workers will intensify competition for work.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9261909/
Louisiana real estate booms after Katrina
Hurricane Katrina has created a real estate boom in Louisiana's usually sedate
state capital, now bursting at the seams as rescue workers arrive and evacuees
scramble to get on with their lives.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9267885/
Fiat, Ford to work together on new models
Fiat Auto SpA has reached an agreement with Ford Motor Co. to work together on
new models of their small cars, the companies said Friday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9267406/
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