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New Orleans Braces as Gustav Set to Follow Hurricane Katrina - Bloomberg


New Orleans Braces as Gustav Set to Follow Hurricane Katrina
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Jerry Hart Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Almost three years to the day after Katrina devastated New Orleans, disaster-response officials are bracing for Tropical Storm Gustav's projected landfall there as forecasters predict it will strengthen into a major ...
Forecasters say the storm could strengthen, hit anywhere from ... Houston Chronicle
Louisiana declares emergency in advance of Gustav: report MarketWatch
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Energy worries mount onshore over Gustav's path - Houston Chronicle


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Energy worries mount onshore over Gustav's path
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour ago
By TOM FOWLER Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Forecasts that Tropical Storm Gustav could regain hurricane strength and cut a swath through the major offshore oil and natural gas production areas in the Gulf of Mexico also portend a significant threat ...
Oil price rises on hurricane fear BBC News
Gulf storm stirs fears of oil production problems Indianapolis Star
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Toyota Slashes Sales Forecast - Wall Street Journal


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Toyota Slashes Sales Forecast
Wall Street Journal - 54 minutes ago
By YOSHIO TAKAHASHI TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. slashed its global sales target for next year, its latest setback after cutting its sales projection for this year a month ago.
Toyota Cuts 2009 Sales Forecast on Lower US Demand (Update1) Bloomberg
Toyota lowers 2009 global sales target The Associated Press
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Xcel to Disclose Global Warming Risks - New York Times


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Xcel to Disclose Global Warming Risks
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE ALBANY - One of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants will give investors detailed warnings about the risks that global warming poses to its business under a deal with New York’s attorney general.
Xcel to Expand Greenhouse-Gas Data Wall Street Journal
Xcel to disclose pollution costs Denver Post
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Fannie's Mudd Shakes Up Management to Boost Investor Confidence - Bloomberg


Washington Post

Fannie's Mudd Shakes Up Management to Boost Investor Confidence
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Dawn Kopecki and Jody Shenn Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mudd replaced three top deputies in an effort to restore investor confidence after record losses and a 90 percent drop in the shares.
Fannie Shuffles Its Top Leaders Washington Post
Fannie Names New CFO, Risk Chief Wall Street Journal
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YouTube Praises Dismissal of Copyright Suit Against Veoh - New York Times


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YouTube Praises Dismissal of Copyright Suit Against Veoh
New York Times - 35 minutes ago
By Miguel Helft A federal court in California late Wednesday threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the IO Group, an adult entertainment company, against Internet video sharing site Veoh Networks, saying that Veoh was protected by the safe ...
Veoh Copyright Case Dismissed Wall Street Journal
Court: Veoh Not Guilty of Copyright Infringement NewTeeVee
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Lettuce Rejoice - Wall Street Journal


Lettuce Rejoice
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
These are salad days for the Food and Drug Administration, which announced last Friday that it will let food producers irradiate fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to kill e-coli and salmonella.
TomoTherapy says FDA OKs radiation technology Forbes
Safer Salad New York Times
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Big Shift in Accounting Rules Nears - BusinessWeek


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Big Shift in Accounting Rules Nears
BusinessWeek - 59 minutes ago
US execs welcome the clarity of the SEC's new timetable for switching from GAAP to international standards. But adopting new ways won't be easy or inexpensive by Nanette Byrnes and Keith Epstein Searching for what he called a "lingua franca" of ...
US SEC mulls 2014 for international accounting rules Forbes
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Durable-goods surprise doesn't spell recession - Los Angeles Times


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Durable-goods surprise doesn't spell recession
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
M. Spencer Green/AP Washing machines, on display at a Home Depot outlet in Chicago, are in the durable-goods category, which showed strength in July.
Report Signaling Consumer Confidence Lifts Markets New York Times
US Economy: Durable Goods Orders Unexpectedly Rise (Update2) Bloomberg
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MBIA Agrees to Backstop - Wall Street Journal


MBIA Agrees to Backstop
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By SERENA NG MBIA Inc. has agreed to stand behind $184 billion in municipal bonds that are currently guaranteed by FGIC Corp.'s Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
MBIA May Rise After Agreeing to Reinsure $184 Billion of Debt Bloomberg
MBIA to Aid Troubled Bond Insurer New York Times
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