calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 11/17/2008
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Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the combined loaded inbound and outbound traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles in TEUs (TEUs: 20-foot equivalent units or 20-foot-long cargo container). Although containers tell us nothing about value, container ...
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 11/17/2008
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emptywheel.firedoglake.com —
Flint I was talking with mr. emptywheel about
what one of the bad--but by no means worst--case...
scenarios in a GM bankruptcy would be. This scenario is just one of several that might happen--by no means guaranteed, and Congress would fight the ...
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We Are All Flint, MI Now
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Less on Exports
Newshoggers.com —
... Calculated Risk posted the export shipping volumes from Southern California ports, and it is declining as well. This data does not show the value of exports, just the number of containers, but over the short run it is a good data set. ...
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