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Archive for October 1st, 2005
Saturday, October 1, 2005 Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in San Francisco By Dave Berns "The offer by the popular Mountain View search engine was one of more than a dozen competing bids received by the city before its deadline Friday. Officials will review the submissions and decide which, if any, of the candidates gets the green light to build the so called Wi-Fi service, which would be free or [...]
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 San Francisco Bay Area Too Expensive for Katrina Evacuees By Dave Berns "The Federal Emergency Management Agency said last week that it would give families $2,358 apiece over three months in renewable housing subsidies. The trouble for evacuees in the Bay Area is that the figure is based on a national average for what it costs to rent a two-bedroom apartment," reports The San Francisco Chronicle.
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 NPR Audio: Economic Role of Port of New Orleans By Dave Berns "Yra Harris of Praxis Trading in Chicago details the importance of the port city of New Orleans and the impact on seafood, cotton, coffee and wheat trading," according to NPR.
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 NPR Audio: Mixed Reaction to Record Oil Company Profits By Dave Berns "Some politicians are crying foul, especially after Katrina. But most analysts say it's the market at work," reports NPR's Scott Horsley.
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 Consumer Spending Plunges in August By Dave Berns "Katrina pushed gasoline, natural gas and heating oil prices higher at a time when many shoppers may be tapped out after pushing home and auto sales to record levels during the summer," reports The Washington Post News Service.
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 Growth in Air Travel Off Slightly With Rising Fuel Prices By Dave Berns "International passenger traffic rose 6.1% in August, down from a July increase of 8.5% and the eight-month average of 8.3%," reports Bloomberg News.
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 CNN Video Segment: Delay in Federal Loans to Small Businesses on Gulf Coast By Dave Berns The Small Business Administration has approved 28,000 loans but only one check has come through, reports CNN. The federal agency blames a computer glitch for the delay. (Scroll to 3:53 p.m. on 9-30 to view the segment.)
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 CNN Video Segment: Teacher Shortage Leads to Lack of Nursing Students By Dave Berns "The country will need about 3 million nurses in the next seven years," reports CNN. (Scroll to 4:48 a.m. on 10-1 to view the story.)
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 How Does Government Pay for Katrina, Rita Rebuilding Effort? By Dave Berns "On July 13, the White House predicted the deficit would shrink for the next four years. Few in Washington believe that is likely now, even though federal revenues have been rising handsomely," writes The Christian Science Monitor. "For fiscal year 2005, tax receipts are up 15.3 percent through August, while outlays have risen 6.8 percent. [...]
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Saturday, October 1, 2005 Mortgage Lenders Investigated for Possible Racial Discrimination By Dave Berns "The review, which involves several government agencies regulating different parts of the mortgage industry, was spurred by the release of new banking data last month by the Federal Reserve, which for the first time compiled statistics on high-cost loans," writes today's Washington Post. "The Fed analysis found that about a third of blacks got [...]
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