- One-day strike begins in France
- Insurers being sued over Katrina
- Oil stoked by winter chill fears
- Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief
- Bosses rapped on pensions divide
- Storm triggers mass US evacuation
- Ford sells Hertz in $5.6bn deal
- Swiss banks returning Abacha cash
- High Street sales under pressure
- Katrina “set to slow US economy”








