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(photo: WN / nilufer)
Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
Philadelphia Daily News
| MIKE BAKER | The Associated Press | BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of New England, a weakened but stil...
Pedestrians wait to cross a street in front of an electric board in Tokyo as Japan's key stock index plunged a stunning 9.6 percent Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 to close out its worst week in history. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled 881.06 points to 8,276.43, its lowest since May 2003. It was its biggest one-day percentage loss since the stock market crash of October
(photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar rise on signs recovery on track
The Guardian
* Risk assets rally on jobs report, falter on other data * Dollar rallies versus yen after U.S. jobs data * U.S. bonds fall sharply, then pare losses on ISM report * Oil flip-flops, falls after services sector news (Updates with close of European markets) By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) -...
Hurricane Earl downgraded to a tropical storm as northeastern U.S. escapes damage and flooding
The Daily Mail
| The remnants of Hurricane Earl headed for Nova Scotia early today after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared, dumping wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages. | Officials planned to sur...
Earl weakens to storm; damage less than feared
The Star
| HYANNIS, Mass (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl, which earlier in the week was a storm of major proportions that threatened the U.S. East Coast, weakened to a tropical storm on Friday as it swirled offshore towards Canada. Hurricane Danielle is (L) is see...
Stocks, commodities gain on labour market report
Business Report
| By Herbert Lash | New York - Stocks jumped and commodities rose on Friday after data showing fewer US job losses than expected reinforced other reports this week to ease fears the American economy is on the cusp of a new recession. | The US dollar ...
Hurricane Earl slowly weakening on northward trek
The Star
| HYANNIS, Mass. (Reuters) - A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl churned toward the Massachusetts coast on Friday, en route to Canada's Maritime provinces, after slapping North Carolina with heavy wind and rain but causing less damage than ...
Interior of the Pannier Market in Barnstaple, North Devon, England. The interior of the Pannier Market. Barnstaple has been the major market for North Devon since Saxon times.
Creative Commons / Smalljim
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 16:00 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 16:00 ET | 15:59 | CBOE CBOE Holdings' C2 Options Exchange to Launch in Late October; Exchange w...
Etterbeek Medieval Market in 2007
Creative Commons
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 15:00 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 15:00 ET | 15:00 | VMED NASDAQ 100 (NDX) strength & weakness- Media name (VMED) still leads ...
Vehicles get stuck in a traffic jam on the Lal chowk  Road in the heart of Srinagar as the main markets went abuzz with activity on Sunday on 08, August 2010.  People went on a shopping spree after separatists announced a week-
WN / Imran Nissar
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 14:00 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 14:00 ET | 13:49 | EXC Exelon's PECO reaches gas and electric delivery rate case settlements (40...
Earl becomes tropical storm on way to New England
Breitbart
| A Coast Guard vessel is seen off the coast of Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurri... | Kim Harper drags a workbench back to her home across flooded Hwy 12 in... | Scott Kerns kayaks down flooded Hwy 12 in Frisco, NC on Friday, Sept. 3,... | MIAMI (AP) - ...
Coast Guard again blocks planned Mass. LNG project
The Boston Globe
| FALL RIVER, Mass.-The Coast Guard has dealt another setback to a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal. | The project proposed by Weaver's Cove Energy LLC has drawn opposition from residents and officials in Massachusetts and Rhode Island who say...
Coast Guard denies LNG appeal for Rhode Island terminal
The Examiner
| The U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday that it has denied Weaver’s Cove Energy’s appeal and affirmed that the waterway is navigationally unsuitable for LNG shipments into a land-based Fall River facility. In a press release issued by Senator Ree...
Exploration
Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.
(photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Oil sheen spreading after rig blast, fire
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| A 2KM-LONG oil sheen spread overnight from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill. | Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 30 metres wide, was spotted near the platform owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy Inc. | He said Mariner had deployed t...
Opec
Iraqi workers are seen at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the city of Basra, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.
(photo: AP / Nabil al-Jourani)
Opec to invest $40b in refineries
Gulf News
| Dubai: Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will be investing heavily in downstream activities over the coming years despite uncertainty about the global economic climate, Opec Secretary General Salem Al Badri said in the latest Opec Bulletin. | "Over the next decade, members were expected to invest around $40 ...



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