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HURRICANES AND U.S. ECONOMY
Society has become more vulnerable to hurricane impacts. Hurricane-related damages have risen dramatically in recent years. In the aftermath of any extreme event there is a demand for a bottom-line measure of damages in dollars. Sectors impacted are retail, hospitality, construction, agriculture/farming, infrastructure and last but not the least Finance and most likely the insurance sector.
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times what it was in 2005. It peaked in 2006, when an influx of Louisiana residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina...
Despite a 9% increase in sales, Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. reported a 6% earnings loss in its third quarter.
year's credit binge. People are hunkering down. Security, not consumption, is the order of the day. A hurricane may be...
way of describing today's economic environment without resorting to expletives. In comic book terminology, it is a...
filtration water bottle, was designed specifically to save lives. The LIFESAVER Bottle was developed in the wake of...
Kroger Co. reported Tuesday its quarterly profit fell 6% from a year ago, hurt by charges related to Hurricane Ike,...
A well-known hurricane prediction team at Colorado State University just about hit the mark this year.
forecasters say is in a 14-month recession, forecasters say (Agencies) Updated: 008-11-18 11:17 NEW YORK -- The US...
Commentary A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Slideshow Vivid scenes of nature from Hurricane...
The latest on the storm's track in a moment and whether or not it could become a hurricane. It's eight minutes after...
100 over the past year. Louisiana shed 17,500 jobs in September, a figure not 'substantially' affected by Hurricane...
stock markets moved modestly lower Tuesday along with Wall Street on renewed fears about the outlook for the U.S.
Thursday as major U.S. banks reported huge losses and other companies painted a grim outlook for the battered U.S.
spending is often among the first areas where consumers and businesses cut back, according to analysts. 'Indeed, the U.
the highest recorded since the 517,000 claims filed in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The hurricane...
after a recent slew of gloomy data that has overshadowed OPEC's talk of possible production cuts and a hurricane that...
after a recent slew of gloomy data that has overshadowed OPEC's talk of possible production cuts and a hurricane that...
a government so shrunken in skill and mandate that our gravest problems - financial collapse, natural hazards like...
$103.90.'While the impact from Rosh Hashanah was felt last week, the major concern over the bailout of the U.S.
$93.36. 'It was a surprise that Congress rejected the bailout and it's just reinforcing the belief that the U.S.
$93.36. 'It was a surprise that Congress rejected the bailout and it's just reinforcing the belief that the US economy...
$93.30. 'It was a surprise that Congress rejected the bailout and its just reinforcing the belief that the U.S.
inflation. During the recession in 2001, spending simmered at a 1 to 2 percent growth rate. And when Hurricane Katrina...
Hurricane Ike's winds left misery for parts of the region's economy but will spur opportunity in the months ahead for...
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