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From the Pueblo Lands blog:
Workers and community members at the gate of Terminal 59, Port of Oakland, leased by SSA (a subsidiary of Carrix, Inc.). A coalition of port workers, including members of the unions SEIU 1021 and Unite HERE, and Oakland residents with the Coalition to Stop Goldman Sachs, plus organizers with Occupy [...] 
CNBC reports: ‘With corn prices having rallied almost 50 percent since early June, soybean prices up 30 percent and wheat prices having risen some 40 percent, commodity traders like Louis Dreyfus are in for bumper profits.’ The U.S. drought sent grain prices to record highs and destroyed a large part of this year’s grain production. [...] From the Journal of Commerce: The threat of labor disruptions on the East Coast is fueling a disparity in the direction of spot freight rates for shipments from China to ports on the U.S. West and East Coasts. While the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index for the trade from Shanghai to the U.S. West Coast increased [...] |
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