Blame the inability to reach political agreement on the budget, which puts downward pressure on the dollar in global markets, and has the knock-one effect of pushing precious metals prices higher.
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However, more drastic storms in areas more commonly associated with, say, flooding like Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans can have the opposite effect, pushing prices down in the long term as residents relocate to new areas altogether.
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In late August Yoshihiko Noda, the Japanese prime minister, was defeated in an opposition censure in the upper house, in effect killing his chances of pushing legislation through both houses of parliament during this session.
Instead, the Department of Commerce and e-commerce firms are pushing for a different solution: in effect, a new system of private laws, which would avoid the requirement to abide by the laws of the countries where their customers live.
The effect, he said, is like someone pushing down on your head.
Instead they are pushing states to adopt a system that is now in effect in Nebraska and Maine, where one electoral vote is awarded to the winner of each congressional district (and the state's at-large-vote winner receives two additional electoral votes, corresponding to the state's two senators.) In Minnesota, for instance, Gore won the state's ten electoral votes.
"This explosion... generated an effect on the structures of the floors of the building, first pushing them up and then causing them to fall, and that was the primary cause of deaths in the building, " he said.
As the race went on I knew as a team we were covered on all angles, so when Mo Farah came down the home straight I panned with him and got a great effect, with him showing incredible determination, gritting his teeth and really pushing for the gold medal dream.
In effect, a huge number of companies actively or passively are pushing customers away.
"I think it will be a domino effect, " said Richard Bronson, a former casino executive who now owns a firm pushing for online-gambling legislation in statehouses.
Mr Bush knows he is taking a risk in pushing ahead with measures which tie him firmly to efforts to revive the economy but which may not have the desired effect.
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