http://www.annistonstar.com/business/as-business.htm Business headlines from The Anniston Star. StarScraper 1.45 Copyright (c)2008 Consolidated Publishing. All rights reserved. http://www.annistonstar.com/rss/images/as-logo_business.gif 14450 http://www.annistonstar.com/business/as-business.htm Business en-us 20 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:40:31 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5213.htm NEW YORK — As the economy worsens, one group of Americans is turning to an Earth-friendly way of life as a hardline strategy for saving. The Compact started a few years ago in San Francisco as a group of people who vowed to shun consumer culture for a year in the name of conservation. http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5213.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:40:31 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5129.htm WASHINGTON — A federal rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers $25 billion, congressional budget experts said Tuesday, as lawmakers put finishing touches on legislation that would tap the troubled mortgage giants' profits to help save homeowners from foreclosure. http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5129.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:40:31 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5248.htm CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Surprisingly large second-quarter losses at Wachovia Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. have quickly revived concerns that the financial sector still has a long way to go before it recovers from the year-old credit crisis. http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5248.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:40:31 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5307.htm With gasoline and oil costing once-unthinkable barrels of cash, the notion that things in our petroleum-addicted world soon will get worse — maybe much, much worse — is spreading fast. http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5307.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:40:31 CDT http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5058.htm NEW ORLEANS — With Hurricane Dolly moving toward the lower Texas coast, petroleum companies were evacuating production platforms and drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday. http://www.annistonstar.com/business/2008/as-biz-0723-0-8g22v5058.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:40:31 CDT