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Gustav Shakes Things Up

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Gustav to test lessons of Katrina

As officials ordered the evacuation of New Orleans, the oil industry shut down rigs and pulled back personnel as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Gulf coast on Sunday.

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Manufacturing jobs ‘now at risk’

An employers group urges the government to tackle economic concerns “head on” to reduce the impact on manufacturing jobs.
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Gas prices rise as Gulf coast evacuates

Gas prices continue to rise in states along the Gulf of Mexico as workers on offshore oil rigs abandon ship and residents flee their homes ahead of Hurricane Gustav.

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Housing market ‘needs more help’

Government must take “decisive action” to help the housing market, say the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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Millions due to gain tax rebate

New tax measures come into force this month that should see about 22 million people receive a rebate of around

Tesco is to change the wording of signs on its fast-track checkouts to avoid any linguistic dispute.
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Tesco is to change the wording of signs on its fast-track checkouts to avoid any linguistic dispute.
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Straw says UK can ‘weather storm’

Justice Secretary Jack Straw says Labour is best placed to see Britain through the current economic downturn.
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Fears over damage to US oil rigs

With Hurricane Gustav on course to hit the US Gulf, the damage it does to the region’s oil facilities could be a “worse case scenario”.
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Palin No Pushover on Pipeline Project

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Gulf Coast gas prices keep spiking

Gas prices zoomed higher in states along the Gulf of Mexico as workers on offshore oil rigs abandon ship ahead of Hurricane Gustav which became a category 3 storm on Saturday.

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Ringing the changes – BT puts phone boxes out for ‘adoption’
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Darling defends economy warning

Chancellor Alistair Darling says he stands by his comments warning that the UK is facing the worst economic crisis in 60 years.
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Zipcar: So Far, Profits Are Zip

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McCain’s Energy Intentions

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Extreme Experience: Septuagenarian CEOs

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Gustav: What’s at stake

The Gulf of Mexico is home to 4,000 drilling platforms and 33,000 miles of pipeline, which send 1.3 million barrels a day to the Gulf Coast’s 56 refineries. But a tropical storm threatens to deal a powerful blow to the oil-rich region.

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10th bank failure of 2008

State regulators shuttered a Georgia bank late Friday, marking the tenth bank failure this year.

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Income and poverty: Size up your state

It’s a title Michigan likely doesn’t want.

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Stimulus cash still going out

The government sent out an additional 2.4 million stimulus payments, totaling $1.5 billion, since July 11, according to a statement from the Treasury department.

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Fannie, Freddie: Damage Report

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