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The East and Gulf coast ports strike could be a no-win situation for the Biden administration
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The East and Gulf coast ports strike could be a no-win situation for the Biden administration

Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden and his administration are sticking to their position of not invoking the Taft-Hartley Act to force International Longshoremen’s Association dock workers back on the job at East and Gulf coast ports where a strike is hitting day two on Wednesday, a political decision […]

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The East and Gulf coast ports strike could be a no-win situation for the Biden administration
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The East and Gulf coast ports strike could be a no-win situation for the Biden administration

Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden and his administration are sticking to their position of not invoking the Taft-Hartley Act to force International Longshoremen’s Association dock workers back on the job at East and Gulf coast ports where a strike is hitting day two on Wednesday, a political decision […]

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Port strike fallout: Blockbuster weight-loss drug supply from Wegovy to Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound, caught up in East Coast trade shutdown
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Port strike fallout: Blockbuster weight-loss drug supply from Wegovy to Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound, caught up in East Coast trade shutdown

An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen, March 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images As a port strike stretching from New England to Texas halted nearly half of all trade coming into the U.S., customs data shows that critical medical devices and drug components for the booming, expensive weight-loss and diabetes drugs […]

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Harris campaign launches small business battleground tour in a play for Latino, Black voters
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Harris campaign launches small business battleground tour in a play for Latino, Black voters

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during a campaign event, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., September 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Harris campaign surrogates are planning a series of stops with small businesses in at least six battleground states this week, according to a preview of the announcement first […]

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A historic strike is underway at U.S. ports — and the impact on global supply chains could be huge
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A historic strike is underway at U.S. ports — and the impact on global supply chains could be huge

A container ship departs the Port of Newark for the Atlantic Ocean on September 30, 2024 seen from New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images A massive dockworker strike at seaports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts is expected to wreak havoc on global supply chains and the economy, […]

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East and Gulf Coast ports strike, with ILA longshoremen walking off job from New England to Texas, stranding billions in trade
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East and Gulf Coast ports strike, with ILA longshoremen walking off job from New England to Texas, stranding billions in trade

 Shipping containers sit stacked in the Port of Newark on September 30, 2024 seen from New York City. A massive strike shutting down ports across the East and Gulf coasts began at midnight as members of the International Longshoremen’s Association continue to make salary and other demands to the United States Maritime Alliance, which controls […]

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Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell speak live on economy, policy views
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Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell speak live on economy, policy views

[The stream is slated to start at 1:55 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to speak Monday to the National Association for Business Economists during the organization’s annual conference in Nashville. The central bank chair is delivering […]

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East Coast port strike: Truckers, rails scramble to move billions in cargo before ILA union midnight shutdown
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East Coast port strike: Truckers, rails scramble to move billions in cargo before ILA union midnight shutdown

Shipping containers stacked at a storage yard outside of the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, US, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images With a potential strike at ports up and down the East Coast and along the Gulf Coast set to begin after […]

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Harris to unveil new manufacturing plans in ‘pragmatic’ pitch to business community
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Harris to unveil new manufacturing plans in ‘pragmatic’ pitch to business community

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., September 20, 2024.  Jim Vondruska | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris plans to announce new campaign proposals focused on boosting U.S. manufacturing in a Wednesday speech at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh, according to a senior campaign […]

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Trump floats expanded R&D business tax credits, says he would appoint ‘manufacturing ambassador’
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Trump floats expanded R&D business tax credits, says he would appoint ‘manufacturing ambassador’

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Johnny Mercer Theatre in Savannah, Georgia, on Sept. 24, 2024. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump unveiled several new manufacturing proposals at a rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday, part of an effort to sharpen […]

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