The International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) Board of Directors has announced that Steve W. DeHaan, CAE, is the organization’s new president & CEO. DeHaan brings a long history of successful advocacy campaigns and ...
Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) announced Tuesday the selection of Richard Chriss as its new Executive Director, replacing David Phelps, who is retiring. Phelps served as the Institute's Executive Director and later ...
Tags: Steel, steel industry, metallurgy, aiis
Global steelmakers, metallurgical coal miners and merchant coke producers are feeling the heat thanks to sluggish steel and coal prices coupled with the prospect of higher energy costs in the US due to regulation, participants said Tuesday ...
Tags: steel, Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral
Today, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) issued the following statement commending the Friends of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Caucus and their efforts to bring increased attention to and support for a successful TPP ...
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Commenting on the introduction of a new patent reform bill by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Senior Vice President for Government Relations at National Retail Federation - David French said, “Patent trolls intentionally ...
Tags: NRF, Patent Reform Bill
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its top ten list of trucking industry concerns this week. The 2013 survey, which was commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), had a 41 percent increase in ...
Tags: Trucking Industry, Transportation
Deal or no deal, the US Congress' dance with default impressed policymakers and investors in China and Japan with just how vulnerable their own economic revival plans are to the next political tantrum on Capitol Hill. The 11th-hour ...
Tags: Dollar Drama, Economy
The International Mountain Bicycling Association joined other outdoor nonprofit advocacy groups and clubs in voicing its concern about the impact the federal shutdown is having on public land access. In a letter sent to congressional ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, Mountain Bicycling
The National Retail Federation told a congressional committee holding a hearing on the terrorist attack at a Kenyan shopping mall that the safety of employees and customers is retailers’ top concern. “Retailers face many ...
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The bike industry in this famous riding area is scrambling to adapt to the federal government shutdown, which has closed the nearby national parks and other federal facilities during high season for mountain bike tourism. So far, the ...
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Even when the government is out of business, it is still messing with our business. It is interesting to see how the government shutdown impacts folks. Of course, congressmen and senators are still getting fat paychecks while 800,000 ...
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Two congressmen have introduced bipartisan legislation that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to write a regulation covering sleep disorders, rather than issue a guidance as it is planning to do. Reps. Larry ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, sleep products
ICE October Brent dipped to its lowest level in a week then settled $2.40 lower at $113.72/barrel Monday, while NYMEX crude also fell as uncertainty over a potential US strike against Syria remained. In after-hours trade, October Brent ...
Tags: Chemicals
EPA agents are wearing body armor and carrying guns to check on Clean Water Act violations? In late August, agents of the Alaska Environmental Crimes Task Force descended on several mines around the town of Chicken, and may have been there ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food