The beverage industry may be a dog-eat-dog world, but Jamie and Kevin Miller think they've found a niche -- and this one's for man's best friend.

WASHINGTON -- The sharp run-up in energy prices following the shutdown of Gulf Coast production facilities was an "an accident waiting to happen," Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said, while adding that it should not have the severe economic impact of the 1970s oil shocks.

WASHINGTON -- Wholesale inflation jumped by the largest amount in 15 years in September and there are worrisome signs that soaring energy prices from the hurricanes are beginning to spill over to the rest of the economy.

For students and parents, it's the first sliver of good news about college costs for several years: price increases slowed this year, growing at the lowest rate since 2001.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Safeway Inc.'s third-quarter profit plunged 23 percent as the costs of closing 26 Texas stores and shedding higher-paid workers in Northern California overshadowed an upturn in the long-struggling grocer's sales.

The beverage industry may be a dog-eat-dog world, but Jamie and Kevin Miller think they've found a niche -- and this one's for man's best friend.