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...And here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today and over the weekend: Economic data: The US Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics releases monthly import and export statistics and the University of Michigan...
...That’s a key part of the argument being made in a new petition for trade relief and state support of the US shipbuilding industry under a so-called section 301 case filed by the United Steelworkers union...
...So far, however, the US jobs market has yet to show overall signs of weakness. The US Department of Labor says there were still more jobs than workers available in November....
...In the US the Federal Reserve is publishing its third Beige Book of the year, while at the end of the week the Bureau of Labor Statistics issues the state unemployment data for March....
...This month, the US State Department gave its approval for the potential sale of 24 Super Hercules military cargo aircraft to Australia, a deal worth almost $6.4bn....
...The former secretary of state urged Xi Jinping to restart climate talks with the US, saying he was “hopeful” the countries could “get back together”....
...“God didn’t bring us this far to leave us,” said Jennifer Bates, an Amazon worker at the plant, and one of the leaders of a campaign for her colleagues to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store...
...Apple probed over alleged whistleblower retaliation The US Department of Labor is investigating the iPhone maker over claims that it retaliated against employee Ashley Gjovik, a former senior engineering...
...The Department of Labor will release initial claims for state unemployment benefits and continued jobless claims for the week that ended July 31....
...The resignations from Mr Trump’s administration included Elaine Chao, the US transportation secretary who is married to Mitch McConnell, Republican Senate majority leader....
...Today the US Department of Labor releases data for the week ending March 12. (FT, WSJ) Earnings round-up The world’s largest maker of athletic gear, Nike, has results today....
...Elaine Chao, the transport secretary, said during a press conference: “No state has the authority to opt out of the nation’s rules, and no state has the right to impose its policies on the rest of the country...
...Mr Acosta was picked by President Donald Trump in 2017 to head the Department of Labor....
...China’s industrial policies also benefited a shipping company owned by the family of US transportation secretary Elaine Chao....
...A Department of Labor spokeswoman said on Monday: “We will defer to DOJ [the Department of Justice] for comment.”...
...Elaine Chao, US transportation secretary, said: “These pilot projects will help develop the know-how to safely integrate drones into our national airspace — and that means ensuring that the development of...
...Wilbur Ross, commerce secretary, made a request to Congress for more funds to pay for the increased workload, but he was turned down, and the department has been redeploying staff from other activities to...
...However Elaine Chao, transport secretary, has been asked to streamline regulations for commercial space flight launch and re-entry operations....
...The Department of Labor recently delayed until mid-2019 the implementation of key provisions of its fiduciary rule that applies to transactions with retirement account clients....
...In a court filing on Wednesday, the US Department of Labor said it had submitted a proposal to postpone elements of the so-called “fiduciary rule” for an additional 18 months....
...However it is still substantially lower than in the United States, which given the size of the country and the large gaps between rural and urban China is striking....
...Earlier this month, Elaine Chao, transport secretary, told investors at the Milken conference that the White House would hit $1tn by experimenting with a mixture of direct federal funding, tax reform, the...
...Instead of stopping the fiduciary rule, the Department of Labor will review whether it needs to be changed or scrapped after it goes into effect....
...The Commerce Department also reports revised wholesale inventories numbers....
...His most concrete action so far has been a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to review the fiduciary rule....
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