Forecast big blow won&#39;t deter fleet
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SYDNEY-Hobart race organisers yesterday declared they would not delay today&#39;s race despite the worst weather warning for the classic since the 1998 disaster.
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British Airways&#39; chief executive, Rod Eddington, warned yesterday that he was preparing for a long, hard winter as the high cost of fuel eats into the national flag carrier&#39;s profits.
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Next year's Atlantic hurricane season will again be more active than usual but is unlikely to be a repeat of this year's disaster, a noted storm forecaster said on Friday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. &#x2014; A poor weather forecast continues to threaten a Thursday launch attempt of the space shuttle Atlantis, but NASA mission managers haven't thrown in the towel yet.
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WITH gale-force winds buffeting the fleet, Sydney to Hobart crews slipped from racing to survival mode last night with the frontrunners head-butting their way south to a possible finish today.
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American Chrysler is not a basket case, despite all the news. Too bad that may not stop its dismemberment.
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Sure, next year&#39;s season likely will have more storms in the Atlantic region than an average year, Colorado State University forecaster William Gray said.
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Big Lots Inc. (BLI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday forecast a larger-than-expected third-quarter loss and said full-year profit could also fall short of Wall Street&#39;s
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It appears to be avoiding dire predictions of a sharp rise in unemployment and a loss of business confidence.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Knight Ridder late Thursday warned its third-quarter profit from operations will fall short of most analysts&#39; estimates due to advertising losses related to the impact of three hurricanes on its newspapers in Florida and Georgia.
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All the trade is storm-related today,&quot; said Stephen Briggs, managing director of Intermarket Group. &quot;Obviously, people are speculating we may see some platforms closing in the Gulf.
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Oil prices steadied on Tuesday, holding Monday&#39;s losses as forecasts for a swift end to this week&#39;s US cold snap eased worries over thin fuel stocks in the world&#39;s biggest energy consumer.
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Most veteran forecasters say they expect a familiar sales trend in the US automotive market next year: continued gains by Asian brands at the expense of Detroit&#39;s Big Three.
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LOS ANGELES  - Some things just elude   prognostication. Middle East politics, Midwest weather patterns   and college basketball's March Madness tournament, for example,   are so unpredictable that to impose any set of expectations on   what the future might bring is futile.
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Prices that outsourcers charge their customers are unlikely to go up as a result, but profit margins will be affected, one executive says.
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Lagging sales and lower-to-flat net vehicle pricing has General Motors Corp. searching for ways to trim costs, but the world&#39;s largest automaker doesn&#39;t expect drastic operational changes
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A recovery in the economy later this year will keep U.S. vehicle sales from plunging as deeply as the most bearish forecasts suggest, according to an outlook released on Sunday by the group representing U.S. auto dealers.