Energy prices bite as businesses and households brace for 2006
Tomah3 Products copes with higher natural gas costs and 50 percent pricier petrochemicals, cutting output by 5 percent to offset expenses. Family Dollar shifts stock to essentials as energy bills threaten profits and consumer spending. Economists forecast oil near $58 in 2006 with a later year price dip, while higher rates temper growth and spending.
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Old Grandchamp
Tomah3
King
Milton
Wis
Reserve
Family Dellar
Matthew
N.C
Family Dollar
Skip Arnold
Energy Outreach Colorado
U.S
Nariman Behravesh
Global Insight
Federal Reserve
Behravesh
Gulf of Mexico
Tom Kloza
Wall
N.J
The Year 2005 Global Toll of Disasters and Conflicts
A sweeping retrospective notes 2005 as a year of natural and manmade calamities. It recalls the Indian Ocean tsunami's devastation, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq’s path to democracy, Saddam Hussein’s trial, Israel’s Gaza pullout, and bombings in London New Delhi Bali and Amman. It also cites bird flu fears and the Songhua River chemical spill shaping policy and public concern worldwide.
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Christendom
America
Iraq
Britain
Bali
Indian Ocean
New Orleans
Cancun
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean
Central America
South Asia
Asia
Europe
China
Songhua
Saddam Hussein
Pentagon
U.S
Middle East
Israel
Gaza Strip
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
U.N. Security Council
North Korea
United Nations
London
al-Qaida
New Delhi
Amman
Jordan
Rafik Hariri
Syria
Lebanon
United States
CIA
al- Qaida
Bush
Condoleezza Rice
Gautam Singh Rani Amma
Nagappattinam
Tamil Nadu
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Notable deaths of 2005 roll call of leaders artists and icons
Pope John Paul II Rosa Parks Simon Wiesenthal Shirley Chisholm Fred Korematsu Arthur Miller August Wilson Saul Bellow Philip Johnson Anne Bancroft Johnny Carson Peter Jennings William Rehnquist Westmoreland McCarthy Nelson Drucker Johnson DeLorean Schmeling Lopez Chisholm Eisner Kennedy Forman Mayo Winston Woods Carson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Davis Herman Miller Hariri Dee Thompson Raskin and others marked a year of high profile losses across religion civil rights arts politics business and sports with a cross section of global figures remembered.
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John Paul II
Rome
Poland
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King
Simon Wiesenthal
Shirley Chisholm
Fred Korematsu
Arthur Miller
August Wilson
Saul Bellow
William H. Rehnquist
William Westmoreland
Eugene McCarthy
Gaylord Nelson
Peter F Drucker
John H. Johnson
John DeLorean
Max Schmeling
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Paul Sakuma
Chevron
San Francisco
Philip Johnson
Anne Bancroft
Johnny Carson
Peter Jennings
Congress
Will Eisner
Rosemary Kennedy
Kennedy
James Forman
Civil Rights Organization
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Virginia Mayo
Hollywood
Walter B. Winston
Citicorp
Rose Mary Woods
Nixon
Joe Louis
Ossie Davis
George Herman
CBS
Marilyn Monroe
Beirut
Sandra Dee
Hunter S. Thompson
Las Vegas
Jef Raskin
John Paul li
Caine
Rerdue
Scameling
Senng
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