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Grain exporters raided again in Argentina tax probe

Argentine soybeans

Argentine tax inspectors raided the premises of some of the country’s largest multinational grains exporters on Thursday as part an investigation into alleged evasion, the AFIP tax agency said.

The local offices of agribusiness giants Bunge Ltd and Cargill were among those raided, a source close to the probe said on condition [...]

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STX Group aims for top 7 conglomerate ranking by 2020

STX Group ranked 12th last year among Korean conglomerates excluding state-run corporations. It also had 12 subsidiaries and 58,000 employees.

Along with its tenth anniversary celebration, STX also held a ceremony to declare “Vision 2020,” a plan for attaining 120 trillion won (112 billion dollars) in sales and joining the list of the top seven [...]

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Appeals court to hear arguments on Clean Trucks Program

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled June 10 to hear oral arguments surrounding controversial aspects of the Port of Los Angeles’ version of the Clean Trucks Program.

At stake is whether the Port of Los Angeles should be allowed to limit the types of truckers allowed to haul goods into its terminals.

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Grand China Shipping Begins Its Calls To Long Beach Port

Grand China Shipping, one of the fastest growing ocean carriers in China, made its inaugural call to the Port of Long Beach on Tuesday at Total Terminals International’s Pier T shipping facility.

The Red Strength kicked off its new service Tuesday and it is expected that the ship will carry to these shores 140,000 twenty-foot [...]

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Radioactive cars from Japan arrive in Chilean port

The Hyundai 106 had loaded the cars in Korea and then called on Yokohama, 300 miles from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, before proceding to Chile.

The Associated Press reports that:

Chile says the radioactivity was found in 21 of nearly 2,500 cars that arrived in Iquique aboard the Hyundai 106 cargo [...]

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