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...facing Louisiana started to settle in, especially among New Orleans' professional class. Experts predicted that dozens of conventions worth nearly $100 million would be canceled. University of New Orleans economist Timothy Ryan put the losses at about $1.8 billion and 45,000 jobs. "Louisiana," warned James Moffett, chairman of Freeport- McMoRan, the state's second largest public company, "wouldn't just be redlined by businesses around the nation and the world, we'd be X-rated...
...course, every store that has an outlet in Kittery has a companion in Freeport, home of L.L. Bean...
...Freeport is jammed every day of the year. There are no parking spaces to be found, but, luckily, not at night--and L.L. Bean is open 24 hours a day. At 1 a.m. or, even better, 3 a.m., the store is very empty...
...Fiorentino family of Freeport, N.Y., the debt party of the 1980s is over. Like many U.S. couples, Teresa and Greg Fiorentino both worked, bought a modest house and borrowed heavily on their credit cards to finance a rising standard of living. But after Teresa, 36, quit her job as an airline reservations agent to have children, the Fiorentinos found their debt payments were devouring 65% of their income. A few months ago, they decided to stop using their credit cards. Greg, 45, has joined a savings program, and the couple have vowed to reduce 90% of their debt within...
...history. Already the more progressive companies have embarked on efforts to ameliorate the eyesores their mining operations have created. The Pinson Mine on the Getchell Trend, in which Livermore has an interest, is actively transforming waste-rock dumps into gently rolling hills planted with sagebrush, bitterbrush and crested wheat. Freeport-McMoRan, for its part, has hired a wildlife biologist to take charge of its reclamation activities. It has laid ambitious plans to hide its footprints by recontouring and reseeding old exploration roads, waste dumps and leaching heaps...