In terms of stocks, dividend stocks have been in the eye of the storm, as investors mull the possible effect of higher taxes on dividends.
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Hurricane watches were up for the north coast of Haiti and the northwestern Bahamas, while tropical storm warnings were in effect for much of the rest of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Hurricane watches were posted for much of western Cuba, and a tropical storm warning was in effect for the southeastern Cuban province of Granma.
But with a state of emergency still in effect through most of Massachusetts, public transportation shut down and the roads closed by a storm that dumped as much as a yard of snow on some areas, the NHL decided to postpone Saturday's game between the Lightning and the Bruins.
Tropical storm warnings were in effect for the Pacific coast of Central America from Costa Rica to El Salvador.
No coastal watches or warning were in effect, though a tropical storm watch could be issued for parts of the coast later Saturday, the Hurricane Center said.
The effect would have been substantially steeper if the storm would have hit the Gulf of Mexico.
This may be partly due to the effect of small, unresolved variations in the atmosphere, such as internal waves, that weakened the storm.
Tropical storm warnings were in effect for Dominica, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the islands of Guadeloupe, Desirade, Les Saintes and Marie Galante, meaning that tropical storm conditions were expected within 36 hours.
Even though some of their mice survived the storm, Barcellos-Hoff says they could never account for the effect that the week and a half the animals spent in the dark might have had on the results.
Mr. DELAINE: I have no doubt that if you had a storm right behind it right now, I think you'll probably see more of a detrimental effect further north than what you got the first time around.
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