But whatever final loss the airline industry suffers from the storm, industry experts say the carriers are not likely to raise airfares to make up for the financial blow.
Merrill had an active relationship with Magnetar, whose massive CDO program (named after constellations like Pyxis) has taken Wall Street by storm (industry sources and our own analysis suggest Magnetar's CDOs drove the demand for at least 35%, but more likely 50%-60 50%-60bprime demand in 2006).
Others, in areas like retail and financial services, are in the eye of the storm, while industries like oil and gas and consumer goods see this more as an issue on the horizon.
Mr. McGrath said he, too, wondered if this storm of industry-funded work might be threatening the integrity of the process.
In at number five is the 'Austen fools publishers' story, a perfect storm involving industry incompetence, underdog cheekiness and one of the top 100 books of all time (see above).
Driven of late by freakish storms, this industry is growing fast, well beyond the fringe groups that first embraced it.
Armed with its special structure, Starwood stormed the industry, acquiring properties and companies that today give it hotels or casinos in 70 countries.
The storm-preparation industry has also rolled out more decorative options — colonial or Bahamian shutters in various colors — as well as impact-resistant windows that can stand up to fierce winds.
If 2007 seemed like the year in which real-life celebrity gossip turned gothic, it's probably because new-media outlets that stormed the industry — outlets like TMZ and PerezHilton.com — had by then ditched the business of worshiping celebrities for the more lucrative business of persecuting them.
Chairman Alistair McGeorge and his team have set a benchmark for how to respond to the storm engulfing the industry.
After a bit of an industry storm, the raw file was examined and Hansen was exonerated, leading to raw camera files now needing to be submitted.
