More Than 300,000 Vie for 3,000 LA Port Jobs
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More than 300,000 people participated in a lottery on Thursday for 3,000 well-paying longshore jobs at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where shipping volumes are booming, a Pacific Maritime Association spokesman said.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Cargo operations at the nation's largest port complex will be extended to nights and weekends in an effort to reduce traffic jams and air pollution, terminal operators said yesterday.
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By Helen Logan  A report adding weight to the campaign to build a pounds 300m deep sea container terminal on Teesside has been submitted to planning chiefs.
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A union representing clerks at the nation's largest port complex submitted a revised contract to employers yesterday that one labor official hoped would avert a possible shutdown of the docks.
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More than 300 communities consider launching local high-speed Internet service.
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A Londonderry-based software firm is creating 300 new jobs as a result of expansion plans in the city.
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More than 300 new jobs are being created by an Antrim-based firm which makes double glazing.
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Thousands of people are expected to turn out at 300 hunts in the UK at the start of this year's season.
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Number of users with high-speed connections has tripled in the last three years.
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SEATTLE, Washington  -- More than a million
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The request to shift more than $3 billion highlights the challenges of keeping order and rebuilding the economy.
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The Navy has added 391 contractors -- nearly half of them from Maryland, Virginia or the District of Columbia -- to its multibillion-dollar Seaport Enhanced multiple award contract.
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Workers scrambled to ready ports and the Beirut airport for a renewed flow of passengers and cargo.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 9--Three more people, including a Gulfport man, have pleaded guilty to crimes involving hurricane-related fraud.
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Business & money: Airports owner appeals to unions in hope of averting walkouts that would ground more than 1.3 million passengers next month
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As the US population clock approaches 300 million, experts examine a possible link between growth and prosperity.
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The mobile phone industry called on  Monday for regulators to open up the airwaves to make  high-speed third-generation (3G) services available to about  300 million more people.