Nature, terror and oil top US fear list

Natural disasters, international terrorist attacks and a steep rise in oil prices top the list of the biggest near-term risks that concern US business executives, according to a study by Marsh, the insurance broker, that will be released on Thursday

But the one hundred-plus CEOs and senior directors of Fortune 1000 companies surveyed played down the risk of a housing market collapse or a pandemic disease within a decade.

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