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Hurricane Sandy: Live Storm Reports

<em>Bloomberg Businessweek</em> staff file up-to-date news of Hurricane Sandy and its effects on services, health care, the economy, and our readers' lives

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Mayor Bloomberg: 'People Just Don't Understand How Strong Nature...

New York's Mayor Bloomberg warned New Yorkers that services are stressed and that recovery of health, transit, and communications services will take a number of days

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Some Bridges Reopen, but MTA Has No Timetable

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has made no promises when it comes to restoring mass-transit service in New York

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Artists Find Inspiration in Hurricane's Fury

Stirred by Sandy, creative Americans try to find and share relief in witty works

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Who Will Pay For That Dangling Crane?

Costs of the crane's near-collapse may fall to a web of insurers

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Under Financial Duress, Post Office Delivers

Vicious rains, floods, and even blackouts stopped few carriers from delivering the mail, but the financially plagued U.S. Postal Service will probably get little credit

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Storm-Surge Damage May Not Be Covered by Some Insurance

Companies and homeowners are about to become intimately acquainted with the fine print in their insurance policies

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Does Mitt Romney Want to Get Rid of FEMA?

Pressed by reporters, the Republican candidate for president repeatedly refuses to say if he wishes to cut—or privatize—the Federal Emergency Management Agency

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SeeClickFix Helps Citizens Report Damage

Storm-battered residents can report downed trees, power outages, and even lost pets via a website that, in municipalities including Boston, Washington, and New Haven, transmits their reports directly...

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Brown, Warren Tussle Over Storm-Delayed Debate

Having agreed to cancel a debate that had been set for Tuesday, Massachusetts senate candidates in a tight race now disagree about holding a make-up event

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An Anxious Wall Street Readies Its Reopening

As New York's stock exchanges race to reopen on Wednesday, what could possibly go wrong?

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Flashlights Still a Hot Commodity in Manhattan

A housewares store owner was ready for the storm with a supply of batteries and flashlights

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Sandy Grounds Northeast Air Travel

Water on the runways shuts down airline service in parts of the storm's path

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Swarmed Supermarkets Wait for Resupply

Deliveries may not reach New York City's food shops for a couple of days

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Evacuated Hospital Patients Find Beds Throughout City

NYU Langone Medical Center sends patients uptown to St. Luke's Hospital

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In Sandy's Wake, an Aid Website Gets a Big Test

Recovers.org is designed to help logistics efforts for local disaster relief

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Sandy Puts Mobile Workers to the Test

The storm's impact may show that some companies have not done enough to promote the flexibility of working from home

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For Many, Twitter Replaced Traditional News Sources During Storm

With Twitter, news hounds got a rolling, constantly updated distillation of crucial information from a wide range of sources

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NYC Rats: Stronger Than Sandy

Rats displaced by flooding have one expert concerned about a possible increased spread of rat-borne diseases

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