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...airports, shipping ports and border crossings could disrupt the just-in-time supply chain that has been one of the key accelerators of growth during the past decade. Companies could be forced to carry higher, costlier levels of inventory. With critical parts delayed at the U.S.-Canada border, Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and Toyota have had to idle assembly lines and reduce production. And some florists have had trouble getting their regular supplies from South America. "The biggest economic cost of being victims of terrorism is through lost productivity," says Neal Soss, chief economist at Credit Suisse First Boston...
...wives (he is rumored to have since added a fourth) and some 10 children, bin Laden moved again to Afghanistan. There he returned full time to jihad. This time, instead of importing holy warriors, he began to export them. He turned al-Qaeda into what some have called "a Ford Foundation" for Islamic terror organizations, building ties of varying strength to groups in at least a few dozen places. He brought their adherents to his camps in Afghanistan for training, then sent them back to Egypt, Algeria, the Palestinian territories, Kashmir, the Philippines, Eritrea, Libya and Jordan. U.S. intelligence officials...
...fast. Stock prices usually rise well in advance of any such turn. That's probably too much to hope for this week as the stock market reopens. Those industries clearly hurt by the attacks will get a tough ride--airlines, hotels, media, insurance and financial firms. General Electric and Ford on Friday warned of lower profits because of fallout from the terror attacks. Amid the early tumult, few investors will want to buy. That leaves sellers in charge of the market trend, at least for a little while...
...shock and anger following the terrorist attack has also resulted in calls to lift the longstanding American policy against state-sponsored covert assassinations. A ban on covert assassinations of foreign leaders was first imposed by President Gerald Ford in 1976, and an executive order signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 prohibits direct or indirect involvement in assassinations...
...around the country offered to help anyone stranded by the grounding of the nation's planes. All over Los Angeles, offices and government buildings were shut down and surrounded by police: city hall, the Federal Building in Westwood, even shopping malls. At the Federal Building, armored rescue vehicles and Ford cars ringed the entrances and exits, with FBI staffers decked out in black and brandishing MP5 assault rifles. Even Express Mail trucks were searched by the FBI before they were allowed onto the premises. Gas pipeline companies were beefing up security at key transmission stations. Grand Coulee Dam in central...