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Date Added: April 27, 2008 02:31:02 PM

With the price of fuel up since last year, large companies in Hampton Roads are looking at ways to cut costs. Consumers are hurting. Truckers are hurting. Farmers, grocers, restaurants, airlines. They're all hurting. Touching nearly every industry, record-high fuel costs are causing a ripple effect throughout the U.S. economy.

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