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Jimmy Hoffa still missing after failed search at reputed burial site
The FBI on Wednesday closed its latest search for the remains of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, ending a dig in a rural field near Detroit where investigators failed to find a trace of the man who has been missing for almost 40 years. The latest...
Tags: James P. Hoffa, Unions, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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New tip sends investigators digging for Jimmy Hoffa -- again
Jimmy Hoffa, arguably America's missingest man, gets another dig. Federal investigators, armed with shovels and a warrant, swarmed a field in Oakland Township outside Detroit on Monday in search of the body of the former Teamsters boss after yet another...
Tags: New York University, FBI, James P. Hoffa, General Motors Corp., Organized Crime
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Gov. Brown targets enterprise-zone tax credits
SACRAMENTO — A battle is raging over a California program that grants businesses tax breaks for creating jobs but prevents the public from knowing who got them and why. At issue are enterprise zones, which were established to boost employment in...
Tags: Government, Taxation, Robert J. Lopez, Small Businesses, Credit and Debt
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Spending in L.A. mayor's race breaks records
Spending in the hotly contested two-year race for Los Angeles mayor exceeded $33 million on Saturday, breaking previous records as unlimited outside money continued to play a dominant role in Tuesday's contest. Candidate super PACs and so-called...
Tags: AEG, Wendy Greuel, Eli Broad, Eric Garcetti, Local Elections
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'Living wage' at issue in L.A. mayoral campaign
The pickup truck tooled around Highland Park on Saturday morning, loudspeakers in back crooning in Spanish: "Wendy, la Wendy. We're gonna vote. $15 an hour we'll make. Wendy, la Wendy, we're gonna dance. Eric Garcetti start crying." A political mailer...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Unions, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Los Angeles Hotels, Eric Garcetti
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Julian Burke dies at 85; former MTA chief
Julian Burke, a corporate turnaround expert who brought a steady hand and political savvy to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority when it was teetering financially and facing federal scrutiny for poor bus service across Los Angeles County, died...
Tags: Corporate Officers, U.S. Department of Justice, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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Marvel filming most of latest 'Captain America' movie in L.A.
On the fourth floor of a vacant wing of St. Vincent Medical Center near downtown Los Angeles, some 150 crew members crowded the hallways, joining actors Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson as they prepared to film a scene for "Captain America: The Winter...
Tags: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (movie), Taxation, Music Industry, Photography and Video, Chris Evans
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Greuel, Garcetti courted big labor group for endorsement
L.A. NOWAs she sought the endorsement of the county’s most influential public employee union Tuesday, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel dismissed criticism of her backing from organized labor, saying unions are not political "baggage." “When I go out... -
L.A. Votes: Hollywood, Texas billionaire weigh in on mayor's race
L.A. NOWLos Angeles' election day is rapidly approaching. That's clear from the candidates' frenzied schedules, the money pouring into increasingly ubiquitous television campaign ads and the glossy pitches and hit pieces piling into mailboxes.... -
New independent fundraising group backing Garcetti
L.A. NOWThis post has been corrected. See below for details. Supporters of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti are launching an independent campaign to raise and spend money on his behalf in an effort to even the playing field with his...... -
Poor management, not union intransigence, killed Hostess
Let's get a few things clear. Hostess didn't fail for any of the reasons you've been fed. It didn't fail because Americans demanded more healthful food than its Twinkies and Ho-Hos snack cakes. It didn't fail because its unions wanted it to die. It...
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Unions, Marketing, Employment Opportunities, Interior Policy
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FBI: Search for Hoffa ends; no remains found
Detroit Free PressDETROIT The umpteenth dig for Jimmy Hoffa may have unearthed zilch, but the FBI's decades-old search for the famous Teamsters leader is far from over. "It remains an open investigation," FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said Wednesday, shortly after a nearly...Tags: James P. Hoffa, Building Material, Arts and Culture, Justice System, Anthropology
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