HURRICANE RITA - US Treasuries ease as market awaits Rita's wrath

US Treasuries ease as market awaits Rita's wrath
Reuters - 1 hour ago US Treasury debt prices eased on Friday with investors unwilling to take big positions until it becomes clear how much damage Hurricane Rita inflicts on oil

Hurricane Rita closes in on Gulf Coast
USA Today - 1 hour ago Hurricane Rita continued Friday to edge closer to the Texas and Louisiana coasts, with rain and winds bringing renewed flooding to New Orleans as evacuees fled

German shares close higher as Hurricane Rita weakens, oil prices
Forbes - 45 minutes ago FRANKFURT (AFX) - Shares closed higher, with oil prices easing, as Hurricane Rita weakened slightly, calming fears of massive damage to oil-producing

Rita deluge spills over New Orleans levee
ABC Online, Australia - 1 hour ago New Orleans' hard-hit ninth ward neighbourhood is flooding again, as water whipped up by Hurricane Rita spills over a levee, the US Army Corps of Engineers says

Weakening Rita energizes markets
Seattle Times, United States - 3 hours ago By Ellen Simon. NEW YORK Wall Street lifted itself out of a fourth day of losses yesterday, closing higher as Hurricane Rita weakened slightly.