Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked out for the first time since 1977 in a standoff over wages, benefits and job security. Ports, Strikes, Labor and Jobs, United States Economy, Wages and Salaries, Organized Labor, International Longshoremen’s Assn, United States Maritime Alliance, Ships and Shipping, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Gulf Coast (US), East Coast (US),…
A Treasury official will call for greater transparency over emergency currency “swap” loans to struggling countries by China’s central bank. Banking and Financial Institutions, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Renminbi (Currency), United States Economy, Currency, Developing Countries, Foreign Investments, Credit and Debt, International Monetary Fund, China, Treasury Department A Treasury official will call for greater transparency over…
The legislation would have made California the first state in the nation to require intelligent speed assistance technology in vehicles. California, Newsom, Gavin, Vetoes (US), Law and Legislation, Automobile Safety Features and Defects, Sensors, Speed Limits and Speeding, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Transportation Safety Board The legislation…
Federal regulators spent billions of dollars to avoid a spike in costs for older Americans that could have been politically damaging to the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris. Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government, Inflation Reduction Act of…
Tragedy turned Nadia Milleron, Ralph Nader’s niece, into an activist. Now she’s on a long-shot campaign for Congress. audio-neutral-informative, Content Type: Personal Profile, Elections, House of Representatives, Third-Party Politics (US), Boeing 737 Max Groundings and Safety Concerns (2019), Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Compensation for Damages (Law), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry,…
A porcupine fossil recovered in Florida was the key clue in solving a paleontological mystery. A porcupine fossil recovered in Florida was the key clue in solving a paleontological mystery. The Sciences All Articles | Discover Magazine
He helped popularize “I Am a Man” as a demand for respect during the 1968 strike by Black sanitation workers in Memphis. Lucy, Bill (1933-2024), Deaths (Obituaries), Organized Labor, Black People, Civil Rights Movement (1954-68), American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Memphis…
The normally unstoppable force of two veteran money reporters hit the immovable object of wretched industry conditions. Living in Brooklyn didn’t help. Personal Finances, Automobile Insurance and Liability, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Consumer Behavior, Content Type: Service The normally unstoppable force of two veteran money reporters hit the immovable object of wretched industry conditions. Living in…
Investors are cheering a possible tie-up between UniCredit of Italy and Germany’s Commerzbank, but politics may stand in the way. Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Banking and Financial Institutions, International Relations, Commerzbank, Unicredito Italiano SpA, European Union Investors are cheering a possible tie-up between UniCredit of Italy and Germany’s Commerzbank, but politics may stand in the way. NYT >…
Using the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), astronomers from Italy and Spain have carried out high-temporal-resolution optical spectroscopic observations of a transitional millisecond pulsar designated PSR J1023+0038. Results of the observational campaign, published September 19 on the pre-print server arXiv, yield essential information regarding the nature of this pulsar. Using the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), astronomers from…