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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) has agreed to pay $1,275,000 in penalties under a compromise agreement with the Federal Maritime Commission. The agreement between the FMC and MOL and its corporate affiliate Nissan Motor Car Carrier Co. (NMCC) resolves allegations that MOL and NMCC violated section 10(a) of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. § 41102(b), by acting in concert with other ocean common carriers with respect to the shipment of automobiles and other motorized vehicles by RO/RO or specialized car carrier vessels, where such agreement(s) had not been filed with the FMC or become effective under the Shipping Act.
Commission staff alleged that these practices persisted over a period of several years and involved numerous U.S. trade lanes.
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Jose Maria Villalta, a pro-union candidate for president, was a front runner in Costa Rican polls until a propaganda campaign was waged by the U.S.-backed oligarchy.At peak moments of the “war on drug trafficking” or for “humanitarian activities”, there may be dozens of ships at Costa Rican bases, from aircraft carriers to amphibious vehicles, as well fighter planes and at least three thousand soldiers, marines and intelligence agents. Costa Rica has become part of a strategic zone created by Washington for the purpose of maintaining control over a large territory rich in hydrocarbons, mineral resources and water. Strategic points of this zone are located in Florida, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, Haiti, and the islands of Curacao and Aruba… Costa Rica’s cooperation in the United States’ militarization of the region is perceived with alarm in Nicaragua, as there are unresolved territorial disputes in the countries’ bilateral relations, in particular, over the San Juan River. The problem is made more acute by the upcoming construction of the Great Nicaraguan Canal in an adjacent zone. It is theorized that Washington is deliberately trying to stir up conflict between...
Gavilon, owner of this elevator in Clovis, NM, operates on six continents.New Mexico: The Clovis City Commission, after discussing concerns it was too quick to offer economic development dollars, introduced an ordinance that could mean up to $100,000 for an area grain company.
The ordinance, introduced on a 6-2 vote, would allow the city to reimburse Gavilon Grain $20,000 for up to five years if it keeps at least 19 employees.
Mayor Pro Tem Len Vohs said the money needed to be tied to more than job retention. “We have a lot of businesses that have 19 jobs,” Vohs said.
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President Barack Obama is headed to Toluca, Mexico – hometown of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, next week for a North American summit.
A big topic of the meeting will be the Trans Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement that the Obama administration is negotiating and wants to see get approval from Congress, but that has strong opposition from labor groups and progressives.
Critics of NAFTA have opposed the TPP negotiations, and Obama’s attempts to fast track it through Congress as have Democratic leaders.
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