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U.S. ports start 100-day countdown clock to new strike, and automation is poised to be the dealbreaker

Dockworkers strike in a picket line outside of the Port of Houston Authority on October 01, 2024 in Houston, Texas. …

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Port strike ends as workers agree to tentative deal on wages and contract extension

A major union for U.S. dockworkers and the United States Maritime Alliance agreed on Thursday to a tentative deal on…

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U.S. job creation roared higher in September as payrolls surged by 254,000

The U.S. economy added far more jobs than expected in September, pointing to a vital employment picture as the unemployment…

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Panic buying amid U.S. ports strike is creating supermarket supply concerns

Stew Leonard, Jr., CEO of grocer Stew Leonard’s, told CNBC his grocery stores frontloaded what they could and are good…

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East and Gulf Coast ports strike chaos, and costs, are starting to rise

Striking workers at the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn gather before a visit by Mayor Eric Adams after members…

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U.S. bans Chinese firms in Uyghur region as Beijing fights forced labor claims

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem.  Gwengoat | Istock | Getty Images The U.S. has added two new Chinese companies…

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The East and Gulf Coast ports strike could be a no-win situation for the Biden administration

Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden and his administration are sticking to their position…

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East and Gulf coast ports strike, with ILA longshoremen walking off job from New England to Texas, stranding billions in trade

Workers picket outside of the APM container terminal at the Port of Newark in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday,…

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Powell indicates further, smaller rate cuts, insists the Fed is ‘not on any preset course’

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the recent half percentage point interest rate cut shouldn’t be interpreted as…

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East Coast port strike: Truckers, rails scramble to move billions in cargo before ILA union midnight shutdown

Shipping containers stacked at a storage yard outside of the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile,…

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