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Employers Seeking More Telecommuting Options, AT & T Says
Courant Staff WriterWith job growth lagging in Connecticut, telecommunications companies are under pressure to develop new technologies that increase worker productivity and cut real estate and energy costs through telecommuting, industry officials said at an economic...Tags: Television Industry, Employees, Productivity, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Commuting
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Ethanol: energy's golden child dodges more darts
AP Business WriterEthanol's wild ride has brought it quickly from political golden child to scapegoat for everything from soaring food prices and world hunger to pork-barrel spending. This week, the Republican Party in its national platform called for an end to ethanol...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Rick Perry, Environmental Politics, Elections, Political Candidates
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Price Drops In Oil, Metals May Signal Bubble Has Burst
Associated PressInvestors are fleeing commodities in another massive exodus, reviving debate about whether the futures bubble has burst or is just going through a temporary contraction. A steep drop in oil prices Tuesday started the latest selling wave, and gold,...Tags: Metal, New York Mercantile Exchange, Marketing, Economy, Energy Saving
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Inflation: threat or reality?
For most of the last year, Americans have been wondering: Is inflation taking off? Many decided it was as soon as gasoline hit $4 a gallon, and last week's Consumer Price Index report is bound to confirm that view. By this measure, prices have risen 5.6...Tags: Economic Policy, Employees, Prices, Ben Bernanke, Economy
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Oil down sharply as Gustav seen weakening
Oil prices fell sharply Monday as weather forecasters said Hurricane Gustav was weakening as it advanced toward Louisiana. A stronger dollar also helped reverse the course for oil prices, which had risen by nearly $3 a barrel earlier in the session....Tags: BP Plc, Wright Express Corporation, Foreign Exchange Market, AAA, Meteorological Disasters
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Gustav takes it easy on oil prices
Bloomberg NewsCrude oil fell to its lowest price in more than four months after Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a weaker storm, easing concern of major damage to rigs and refineries. Oil companies halted 96 percent of offshore oil production and about 10 percent...Tags: Wright Express Corporation, New York Mercantile Exchange, AAA, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters
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As gas rises, traffic fatalities fall
Of The Associated PressRoll back the calendar to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded. The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline prices reached 31 cents a gallon. And the number of people killed in U.S. traffic accidents that year...Tags: Transportation, Pennsylvania, Road Transportation, Vehicles, John F. Kennedy
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Hurricane Gustav strikes southern Haiti
Associated Press WriterHurricane Gustav dumped torrential rains across southern Haiti on Tuesday, killing at least one man and threatening crops amid protests over high food prices. Global fuel futures soared on fears Gustav could move into the Gulf of Mexico as an "extremely...Tags: Pennsylvania, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Natural Gas
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Falling gas prices may halt, reverse course
The "party" of falling gasoline prices might be almost over. American drivers still are using less gasoline than a year ago, but a decline in gasoline supplies and an increase in crude oil prices could halt and reverse the drop. Regular gasoline...Tags: Economy, Long Island, Energy Saving, New York Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Markets
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Expect grocery pain to continue
As prices for crude oil and other commodities ease, consumers have gotten a small dose of relief at the gas pump. But don't expect less pain at the grocery counter.
Food inflation is here to stay — and will probably get worse for some things....Tags: Riots, Groceries, Prices, Animals, Agriculture
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Food fight: Grocers battle on prices as shoppers tighten budgets
South Florida Sun-SentinelPrice is the new battleground in the grocery business, as higher food costs and pocketbook woes make service, quality and other classic selling points less critical to shoppers. Publix Super Markets Inc. is cutting prices on "essential" grocery items,...Tags: Coral Springs, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Groceries, Food Industry, Publix Super Markets Incorporated
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