01 Sep 2005
Katrina: a shock too many for economy?

Note what's missing from this article - not a word about this. Even though it promised to cut off consumer credit (and thereby consumer spending) when Katrina was just a swirling depression off the coast of West Africa.

All in all, it's just another brick in the wall.

Hurricane Katrina's second wave -- soaring gasoline and home-heating prices -- may be less deadly and destructive than the storm itself but poses much greater risks to the world's biggest economy. U.S. economic health is so dependent on keeping its increasingly indebted households shopping that another drain on their already-stretched budgets could batter the economy.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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Windows Firewall flaw may hide open ports

I need a new category: Microsoft Security Flaw of the Day.

A flaw in security application may prevent users from seeing all the open network ports on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 computer.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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Human remains link to BSE crisis

Man eating cattle ... indeed. How much lower can the Agricultural-Industrial Complex sink?

BSE could have reached cattle via feed containing contaminated human remains, says new research.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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