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Port of Authority
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are two of the world’s leading generators of international trade. The two busiest ports in the U.S., billions of dollars worth of cargo pass through their harbors annually, supporting millions of jobs...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Agriculture
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Daily Deal: San Diego's Paradise Point package offers SeaWorld tickets
Make a splash at SeaWorld this month with a $338 vacation package at San Diego's Paradise Point Resort & Spa that includes a stay in a bungalow-style hotel room and two adult tickets to the park. Paradise Point, just across the street from SeaWorld,...
Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation, Transportation, Amusement and Theme Parks, Personal Service, Travel
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For Villaraigosa, no lame-duck treatment in Beijing
BEIJING -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa might be leaving office at the end of next month, but he nonetheless got a personal audience Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting came in advance of Xi’s scheduled trip to...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Barack Obama, Communist Party of China, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure
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L.A. is a leader in greening of ports, Mayor Villaraigosa says
California ports are going green. In a speech at the 28th World Ports Conference on Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the city's port is at the forefront of pushing for clean energy alternatives and reducing pollution. The...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Piracy, Maersk Alabama Hijacking (2009), Richard Phillips, Port of Los Angeles
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Summer Movie Sneaks complete list
The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...
Tags: Brandon T. Jackson, Riz Ahmed, Students, Ashley Greene, Brie Larson
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Study of shipping routes maps delivery of invasive organisms
When giant container ships sail into major ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, it's not just clothing and cars that they deliver. They also carry critters. The specimens — microscopic algae cells or larger castaways, such as eggs of fish or...
Tags: Mussels, Missing Persons, Ecosystems, Invasive Species, Environmental Issues
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Ports of L.A., Long Beach warn of delays if sequestration occurs
Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may slow if automatic spending cuts go into effect Friday, port officials said, as fewer U.S. customs officers would delay the flow of international cargo through the massive sea ports. Officials...
Tags: Anheuser-Busch, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, Strikes, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
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Clerks at L.A., Long Beach ports finally ratify labor accord
Members of a small clerks union said Thursday they had agreed to a contract with employers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, taking the potential for fresh strikes at the busy harbors off the table. Representatives for both sides released a...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Career and Workplace, Strikes, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
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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. The tentative contract, announced Dec. 4, intially...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Strikes, National Retail Federation, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Shipping Service
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Oil spills after two barges strike Mississippi River bridge
Oil spilled into the Mississippi River after two oil barges hit a bridge near Vicksburg, Miss., early Sunday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. The barges, laden with crude oil, were being pulled by the tow boat Nature's Way Endeavor when they...
Tags: Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Oil Spills, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard
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UPS guy steals homeowner's FedEx package -- on video
Getting holiday packages swiped from outside your door is an unfortunate risk of online shopping. Unless you’re Al Alverson, a Texas homeowner with a security camera. When he returned home one recent day to discover that the FedEx package he was...
Tags: Apple iPad, Holiday Vacations, Theft, FedEx Corporation, YouTube
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FedEx offers buyouts to cut costs
FedEx Corp., the second-largest shipping company in the world, will offer voluntary buyouts to U.S. employees in order to cut costs and boost efficiency, the company said Monday. The Memphis, Tenn.-based company didn’t say how many workers it hopes...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, FedEx Corporation, Companies and Corporations
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