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Brazil truck strike helps boost U.S. soybean prices
2015-03-02 03:54:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Trucks destined to haul Brazils soybean crop remained idle last week, as haulers continued to strike against high government diesel prices. The result was a double-digit rally in U.S. soybean futures prices and the potential for more foreign buyers of U.S. beans, notes Bob Burgdorfer, senior editor of Farm Futures. read more
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ILO upholds right to strike
2015-02-27 17:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The right to strike has been upheld as a fundamental right at work by the International Labour Organization (ILO), following a crucial tripartite meeting in Geneva earlier this week.
Labor Strike Offers An Investment Strategy In Exxon
2015-02-23 18:11:48| Chemicals - Topix.net
U.S. downstream operations only account for 6.7% of GAAP earnings so recent refinery problems should not significantly affect results, take advantage to buy ahead of earnings. Even on a steep decline in 2015 sales, performance should rebound next year and the shares offer an attractive cash yield and long-term potential.
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US oil-worker union widens biggest plant strike since 1980
2015-02-22 02:01:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The USW, with members at more than 200 refineries, fuel terminals, pipelines and chemical plants across the US, asked workers at Motiva Enterprises LLC's Port Arthur refinery in Texas, the nation's largest, to join a nationwide walkout on Saturday, and issued notices for three other plants to go on strike in 24 hours. This brings the work stoppage - which began on Feb 1 at nine sites from California to Texas and expanded to two BP Plc refineries in the Midwest a week later - to 12 refineries and 3 other facilities.
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US, Cuba Companies Strike Phone Service Deal
2015-02-21 13:27:21| Telecom - Topix.net
IDT Corporation, the largest US-based provider of international long distance calling, has reached an agreement with Cuba's ETECSA telecom company to provide phone service between the two countries as they normalize relations. The Cuban company, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A., said in a statement Friday that the deal enables "the reestablishment of direct communication between the United States and Cuba."
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