Negotiators trying to resolve labor strife at West Coast seaports took Thursday off, as dockworkers gathered to rally against employers they say are trying to exploit a crisis of cargo congestion at harbors that handle about $1 trillion worth of goods annually.
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West Coast seaport talks resuming after hiatus, rallies
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Labor strife at seaports along the West Coast prompted thousands of dockworkers to rally against employers they say are trying to exploit a crisis of cargo congestion at harbors that handle about $1 trillion worth of goods annually.
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UPS takes a hit during the holidays, cuts outlook
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The huge cost of ensuring timely deliveries cost UPS during the holidays and the shipping company is now cutting its outlook for the year.
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Deere to lay off more than 1,000 workers in Iowa, Illinois
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Deere is laying off about 910 workers indefinitely from factories mostly in Iowa and will sideline another 500 employees in Illinois until late summer, as the agricultural equipment maker adjusts to demand for its products.
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6 Reasons Why YOU Should Create an eBook
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By Anneke Steenkamp The past few weeks I’ve been assisting a client in the editing and proofing phase of creating his eBook. Although eBooks have been around for ages, I’ve never really considered writing my own. For some reason I’m still seeing myself as a ‘beginner’ when in fact I’ve advanced quite a bit in […]
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Empower Network Releases New Blogging Platform
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Blogging software and Web marketing company Empower Network launched Kalatu, its new blogging platform. Kalatu features custom plugins that enhance the overall experience for its more than 260,000 customers.
The new features are part of Empower Network’s overall efforts to create a better experience for its members. The company is converting its existing blogs and platform to Kalatu, a WordPress-based platform, and setting up its new members on Kalatu. With the custom plugins and widgets they’ve developed, Empower Network removed unnecessary extra steps for its members wherever possible to make blogging fast, easy and profitable.
The custom Empower Network plugins are available exclusively on the new platform. Some of the featured new plug-ins include:
The 21-Day Blogging Challenge: This plugin walks users through the process of creating a blog post step by step; users are asked a short series of questions that are designed to help create effective posts.
Opt-in Simple: Users are able to more easily acquire visitors’ contact information to grow their contact lists.
Linkify: A user can easily shorten links using his or her own domain name, which also tracks each hit on the URL and provides a full, detailed report of where every hit originated.
Social Pop: Visitors can share users’ content with ease
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Activists turn out in Olympia as lawmakers weigh medical pot
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The Cannabis Patient Protection Act found little support among cannabis patients Thursday as lawmakers considered the proposal for overhauling the state’s medical marijuana system.
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Apple's CEO Cook gets hefty bonus for 2014
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Apple CEO Tim Cook got a hefty cash bonus that brought his total compensation to $9.2 million last year.
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Microsoft's Surface Hub Could Be the Future of Videoconferencing
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McDonald's faces employee lawsuit over franchisee behavior
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Several fired McDonald’s employees who say they were subject to racial discrimination and sexual harassment have sued the fast-food chain’s corporate parent, which they say controls nearly every aspect of how franchisees operate.