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Sandy's cost to economy: Up to $50 billion

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The estimated loss to the nation's economy from Superstorm Sandy has climbed to as much as $50 billion, making it one of the nation's most costly disasters. Eqecat, which does loss estimates from catastrophes for the insurance industry, puts the total losses at between $30 billion and $50 billion. Its initial estimated loss earlier in the week was only $10 billion to $20 billion. Eqecat said the higher estimate is due primarily to the large electric and utility losses, coupled with the transit and road closures that shut many businesses longer than expected. It also said further information about damage is raising the estimate. It now believes the insured portion of the loss could reach in the $10 billion to $20 billion range, up from its earlier estimate of a $5 billion to $10 billion in insured losses.

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The estimated loss to the nation's economy from Superstorm Sandy has climbed to as much as $50 billion, making it one of the nation's most costly disasters.

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Sandy's cost to economy: Up to $50 billion

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Mass. power outage hits area around Harvard, MIT | Reduction

Mass. power outage hits area around Harvard, MIT

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NStar utility spokesman Mike Durand says about 17,000 customers are affected by Thursday's power outage in an eastern part of Cambridge, just across the Charles River from Boston. He says the outage is related to a transmission line and is being investigated. NStar's outage website says about 27 percent of its Cambridge customers are affected. The area includes Kendall Square near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Square. Transit authority spokesman Joe Pesaturo says the area's Red subway line is experiencing delays because of the outage. He says no Red Line trains are stuck in tunnels. Traffic problems also are reported in the area.

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Mass. power outage hits area around Harvard, MIT

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A widespread power outage has been reported just outside Boston where MIT and Harvard University are located.

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