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This image from Costa Rica's Frente Amplio party shows members of ANEP, the local equivalent of the AFL-CIO, rallying against privatization recently in Costa Rica. At the microphone is member of Parliament José María Villalta. Costa Rica is once again charged by workers’ organisations as well as some governments and employers at this year’s [...]  The economic collapse reduced imports into the Port of Oakland by 18 percent from April 2008 to April 2009, figures show. Exports fell by 4 percent during the same period. But worldwide trade is picking up again, meaning there are more boats streaming through the Bay every day, Port of Oakland figures show. Imports rose [...] Singapore-listed Chinese shipping firm Cosco clinched $440 million worth of ship-building contracts from four European shipowners to build 15 bulk carriers. The bulk carriers, of which 4 are 82,000 dead weight ton each and 11 are 57,000 dwt each, are expected to be delivered between the end of 2011 and mid- 2013. From Reuters, June 15, [...] |
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