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A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity plummeted to its lowest level in 26 years in October as the credit crisis and Hurricane Ike disrupted businesses from plastics companies to lumberyards.

Consumer spending dropped in September by the largest amount in four years, while incomes suffered because of Hurricane Ike.

Spending dropped by the largest amount in four years while incomes suffered because of Hurricane Ike, the government reported.

Lines eased somewhat Tuesday in Atlanta, the largest city hit by a hurricane-induced gas shortage in the southeast, as Georgia's governor waited for a White House answer to his request to release more crude oil.

Nearly 4 million customers were without power and the electricity supply to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico was still limited Tuesday in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

President Bush warned Monday that people will face a “pinch” because of Hurricane Ike’s disruption of energy production.

If the mortgage meltdown is like a financial hurricane, then think of Lehman Brothers as a casualty that waited too long to cry for help.

Federal officials say it appears Hurricane Ike destroyed a number of production platforms and damaged some of the pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico.

From Florida to Tennessee, and all the way up to Connecticut, people far from Hurricane Ike's destruction nonetheless felt one of its tell-tale aftershocks: gasoline prices that surged overnight - to nearly $5 a gallon in some places.

From Florida to Tennessee, and all the way up to Connecticut, people far from Hurricane Ike's destruction nonetheless felt one of its tell-tale aftershocks: gasoline prices that surged overnight — to nearly $5 a gallon in some places.