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Turberculosis is making a global comeback, including in the United States. Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, discusses the concern surrounding the disease.
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Dec 17- U.S. West Coast refiners are increasingly interested in tapping cut-price domestic crude, and some in Washington State have begun receiving barrels from North Dakota's Bakken play by rail. Rapid growth of oil production in the United States and Canada has created a glut of crude in the Midwest.
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*Work stoppage cost Southern California an estimated $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 5- The largest U.S. cargo shipping complex resumed full operations on Wednesday after harbor clerks and management settled an eight-day strike that left two Southern California ports mostly idle, sapping the region's economy of an estimated $8 billion.
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*Work stoppage cost Southern California an estimated $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 5- The United States' largest cargo shipping complex was set to resume full operations on Wednesday after harbor clerks and management settled an eight-day strike that left the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach mostly idle, sapping the region's economy of an estimated $8 billion.
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*Labor dispute cost Southern California about $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Striking harbor clerks reached a tentative deal with management at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday night, settling an eight-day labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo-shipping complex.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Striking harbor clerks reached a tentative deal with management at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday night, settling an eight-day labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo-shipping complex.
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Striking harbor clerks reached a tentative contract deal with management at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday night.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Striking harbor clerks reached a tentative contract deal with management at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday night, settling a week-old labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo-shipping complex.
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*Work stoppage cost Southern California an estimated $8 billion. LOS ANGELES, Dec 5- The largest U.S. cargo shipping complex resumed full operations on Wednesday after harbor clerks and management settled an eight-day strike that left two Southern California ports mostly idle, sapping the region's economy of an estimated $8 billion.
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BRUSSELS/ BEIRUT- NATO told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that any use of chemical weapons in his fight against encroaching rebel forces would be met by an immediate international response.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Union and management negotiators have agreed to the intervention of a federal mediator in a bid to settle a week-old strike by clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.
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Both parties in the port strike, Los Angeles and Long Beach, have agreed to federal mediation, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 4- Union and management negotiators have agreed to the intervention of a federal mediator in a bid to settle a week-old strike by clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 3- Freighters with no place to unload cargo lined up at anchorages off Los Angeles and Long Beach for a seventh day on Monday as shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.
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CNBC's Jane Wells reports the latest from the port of Los Angeles in Long Beach where it is the 7th day of the port strike.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 3- Freighters with no place to unload their cargo lined up at anchorages off Los Angeles and Long Beach for a seventh day on Monday as shippers and striking clerks resumed talks to end a labor dispute that has idled most of America's biggest container port complex.
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CNBC's Jane Wells has the latest details on labor talks at the Port of Los Angeles, as the strike enters its seventh day.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 2- Union solidarity can have different faces. On a rainy Sunday morning it's the drawn and weary face of longshoreman Jack Bagliazo, caught between his nearly 40 years in the union and the steady work at the Port of Los Angeles he needs as Christmas approaches.
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*Port strike at Los Angeles and Long Beach enters sixth day. Dec 2- A national coalition of U.S. business groups is urging an end to a strike at the twin California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach amid fears that a prolonged stand-off will cost the American economy many billions of dollars, and could even spread to the east coast.
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REUTERS BUSINESS SCHEDULE AT 2:30PM ET/ 1930 GMT. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pushes Republicans to offer specific ideas to cut the deficit, and predicts that they will agree to raise tax rates on the rich to obtain a year-end deal and avoid possible economic doom ( USA- FISCAL/, moving shortly, by Aruna Viswanatha and Thomas Ferraro, 800 words).
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 1- A strike by clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled most of the busiest U.S. cargo shipping complex for a fifth day on Saturday as container-laden vessels waited to be unloaded and marathon contract talks stretched into the night.