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August 31, 2005 Damage to Economy Is Deep and Wide As Hurricane Katrina plowed through the Mississippi River basin, shutting down ports, flooding cities and cutting power lines, economists warned that

8/30 headlines August 30, 2005 Census Bureau Holds News Conference The U.S. Census Bureau will host a news conference today at 10 a.m., which will focus on two new reports, "Income, Poverty, and

August 29, 2005 Experts Warn Debt May Threaten Economy The average American saves barely $1 of every $100 earned. Our profligate ways at home are mirrored in Washington and in the global marketplace

August 26, 2005 United Parent Gets $3 Billion Offer UAL Corp., parent of bankrupt United Airlines, has received proposals for up to $3 billion dollars in exit financing, above the $2.5 billion the

August 25, 2005 Bankruptcies Set Record The number of bankruptcies in the United States surged to an all-time high in the second quarter of this year as financially troubled consumers scrambled to

August 24, 2005 EPF to Hold Pension Hearing The Employment Policy Foundation will hold a news briefing on the state of EPF employee benefits in the American workplace, with an overview of pension and

August 23, 2005 Sunnier Skies for Atlas One year after emerging from chapter 11 bankruptcy, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. has found relatively sunny skies in returning to profitability, the

August 22, 2005 Russell-Stanley Files for Chapter 11 in Delaware Russell-Stanley Holdings Inc., a maker of industrial containers, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and agreed to sell itself to a joint

August 19, 2005 Trial Date Set in Pension Case A Butte, Mont. judge has set a March 20, 2006, trial date for a lawsuit filed by nearly two dozen former Montana Power Co. workers whose supplemental

August 18, 2005 Pension System Fiasco Heats Up San Diego’s city manager says he will heed the city attorney’s call to resign—if the city attorney does the same, San Diego’s Channel 10 reported today