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    Jun 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Auto dealers drive May retail sales up past expectations

    Retail sales improved in May as thawing temperatures and more cheerful shoppers caused a boost at car dealerships and home improvement stores, according to government figures.
    Retail sales improved in May as thawing temperatures and more cheerful shoppers caused a boost at car dealerships and home improvement stores, according to government figures. Last month, the gauge rose 0.6% from April to $421.1 billion in sales -- a 4....

    Tags: Economic Indicator, Vehicles, Money and Monetary Policy, Services and Shopping, Consumers

    2. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Cars, home improvement give April retail sales a boost

    Spring’s arrival late in April gave retail sales a light boost as Americans emerged from hibernation to spend on cars, gardening goods and building supplies.
    Spring’s arrival late in April gave retail sales a light boost as Americans emerged from hibernation to spend on cars, gardening goods and building supplies. From March to April, sales rose a slight 0.1% after declining a revised 0.5% from...

    Tags: Home Improvement, Economic Indicator, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Petroleum Industry

    3. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill

    WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration system.
    WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...

    Tags: Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez, John McCain, Republican Party, U.S. Congress

    4. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Despite sequestration, U.S. cargo volume to increase 2.3% in March

    Cargo volume at the nation's ports is expected increase in March, despite port slowdowns as a result of automatic federal budget cuts, according to a retail group. 
    Cargo volume at the nation's ports is expected increase in March, despite port slowdowns as a result of automatic federal budget cuts, according to a retail group.  A monthly Global Port Tracker released Monday by the National Retail Federation...
    5. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Is another strike looming for the ports of L.A. and Long Beach?

    Bargaining units for a clerical workers' union rejected a tentative labor agreement this week that that ended an eight-day strike that shut down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach late last year.
    Bargaining units for a clerical workers' union rejected a tentative labor agreement this week that that ended an eight-day strike that shut down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach late last year. The tentative contract, announced Dec. 4, intially...

    Tags: Strikes, Shipping Service, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace, International Longshore and Warehouse Union

    6. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. National Retail Federation applauds tentative ports labor pact

    The National Retail Federation is applauding a tentative contract agreement between the union that represents 14 East Coast and Gulf coast seaports and an alliance of shipping lines, terminal operators and port associations.
    The National Retail Federation is applauding a tentative contract agreement between the union that represents 14 East Coast and Gulf coast seaports and an alliance of shipping lines, terminal operators and port associations. The Federal Mediation and...

    Tags: Walmart, International Longshore and Warehouse Union

    7. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Port strike in eastern U.S. averted with 30-day contract extension

    The labor contract covering more than 15,000 dockworkers at 14 Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports has been extended for 30 more days, heading off a strike that could have begun as early as Sunday.
    The labor contract covering more than 15,000 dockworkers at 14 Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports has been extended for 30 more days, heading off a strike that could have begun as early as Sunday. George H. Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation...

    Tags: Collective Contract, International Longshoremen's Association, Shipping Service, Port of Los Angeles, International Relations

    8. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. What fiscal cliff? Shoppers push up retail sales, prices fall

    <em></em>Economic prognosticators spent the end of 2012 fretting about looming spending cuts and toxic tax increases. Consumers, however, spent it shopping.
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    Economic prognosticators spent the end of 2012 fretting about looming spending cuts and toxic tax increases. Consumers, however, spent it shopping. Retail sales across the nation rose 0.5% to $415.7 billion in December as Americans put fiscal cliff...

    Tags: Economic Indicator, Vehicles, Prices, Fiscal Cliff, Lifestyle and Leisure

    9. Nov 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Black Friday shopping hunt for deals starts earlier this year

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    The annual rush to shop this holiday season got underway in earnest Thanksgiving as retailers began early putting out their Black Friday specials and crowds showed up to check out the bargains....
    10. Dec 5, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. Port strike numbers are out to sea

    Big, round numbers always get people's attention. Numbers such as $1 billion, which has been bandied about as the economic loss per day nationally from the eight-day strike that shut down most of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
    Big, round numbers always get people's attention. Numbers such as $1 billion, which has been bandied about as the economic loss per day nationally from the eight-day strike that shut down most of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. That figure...

    Tags: Collective Contract, Strikes, Vehicles, Panama, Lobbying

    11. Oct 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Amazon.com to hire more than 50,000 extra workers for holidays

    Amazon.com, the online retailer that has many brick-and-mortar companies on the defensive, said it will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees nationwide for the holiday shopping season.
    Amazon.com, the online retailer that has many brick-and-mortar companies on the defensive, said it will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees nationwide for the holiday shopping season. That’s more than double the 20,000 full-time workers that...

    Tags: Target, Walmart, E-Commerce Industry, Holidays, Amazon.com Inc.

    12. Oct 16, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Best place to trick-or-treat? San Francisco, study says

    Trick-or-treating connoisseurs should head to San Francisco come Halloween for a ghoulish jaunt that involves the least walking, the most candy and the safest streets for kids, according to a new report.
    Trick-or-treating connoisseurs should head to San Francisco come Halloween for a ghoulish jaunt that involves the least walking, the most candy and the safest streets for kids, according to a new report. Despite its hilly geography, San Francisco tops...

    Tags: Halloween, Holidays, Theme Park Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Trips and Vacations

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