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Month: October 2011

Bunge Ltd. 3rd-quarter profit falls 32 percent

Bunge Ltd. said Thursday that its third-quarter net income tumbled 32 percent as its agribusiness, sugar and bioenergy, and milling products units turned in lower-than-expected performances. The White Plains, N.Y., agribusiness...

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Sailors’ protest strands tanker in Sydney

A protest by nine sailors has left a tanker ship stranded in Sydney’s Gore Bay. Shell Petroleum decided in April to contract the jobs to Canadian company Teekay, and says that firm subsequently made the decision to...

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BNSF lands labor agreement for L.A. terminal

BNSF Railway Co. and the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council have announced they finalized a project labor agreement worth more than $255 million for the construction of the proposed Southern...

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Tanzania: Dockworker strike hits container dock

The following editorial was published yesterday in the Tanzania Citizen, on the second day of a strike: Resolve grievances at Ticts Reports to the effect that a strike by employees of the Tanzania International Container...

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