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One of the largest steelworks in the U.S., JSW Steel's Baytown mills have been busy in the last few years because of a pipeline building boom. The current economic storm, however, may affect that.

Federal breaks to U.S. biodiesel industry were supposed to help wean the nation from foreign oil, and a new law in 2009 will bolster the effort, but the money has fueled a controversial side business.

The Internal Revenue Service has tweaked standard mileage deductions for 2009.

OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments' national budgets.