Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene “plowed” through the Eastern seaboard recently, as of the weekend of Aug. 27, leaving behind a widespread trail of damage that was bad, but not as bad as expected by hyped-up news teams and forecasters. And as a result of the damage that was incurred, from August 29 through...

Retail sales were generally strong this morning, despite the impact from Hurricane Irene at the end of the month. As such, we are generally seeing a favorable reaction in pre-market trading to many of the names. Costco (NASDAQ: CSOT) shares reported August same-store-sales rose 11% year-over-year...

The corpses from the deadly Hurricane Irene not even in the ground yet, and Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor is already playing politics with the relief money. The Virginia Republican, who is quickly becoming the most obnoxious Republican in Congress, does not want to pay out any emergency...

Michele Bachmann raised eyebrows again last weekend when she claimed that Hurricane Irene was God's way of sending a message to American politicians to listen to the American people. Although the allegation that God would kill Americans in order to get politicians to listen to those same Americans...

With reports that Hurricane Irene killed at least 20 people, knocked out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses and left many towns flooded over the weekend, presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) stood by his controversial belief that the federal government should reduce its...

According to Kinetic Analysis Corp., Hurricane Irene's estimated cost to insurers is about $2.6 billion, which is significantly below last week's projections which estimated the cost could be as much as $14 billion. “Insurers may get off pretty easy,” Charles Watson, Kinetic's research and...

Florida residents may beg to differ with Jimmy Buffett. Hurricane Irene, originally scheduled for a rough Florida landing, has instead turned north. When it finishes ravaging the Bahamas, it is expected to follow the coastline north and land somewhere between North Carolina and the Northeast....