Economic, Business & Labor

3+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1675+ words) RWANDA · EAST AFRICA A war next door, a US-brokered peace deal and a closed southern border shape how Rwanda deals with its region. The Rwanda neighbourhood is small on the map but crowded with history. Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the…...

6+ hour, 39+ min ago   (655+ words) WASHINGTON — Monday is Columbus Day, which is celebrated in some places as Indigenous Peoples Day. It is a federal holiday, which means that federal government offices will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. Because of the federal holiday designation, it's worth…...

16+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1653+ words) “For two centuries, South America searched for the centers of power by looking north and toward the Atlantic. In the twenty-first century, it may discover that a decisive part of its future lies on the other side of the Pacific....

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (551+ words) Excavators at a construction site in Liaoyang, Liaoning province, unearthed more than ten tonnes of ancient coins — 36 types spanning the Han dynasty to the Jin — and the hoard is now a museum 'money mountain' that maps the trade routes of…...

11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1035+ words) Article about the role of labor-management committees at the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, August 6, 1943. In an article titled “Class Bitterness Most Serious Problem for Labor, Management” in the Oakland Tribune September 9, 1943, Kaiser said “There is no such thing as labor relations....

15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1510+ words) Brewster F3A-1 Corsair landing on a WWII aircraft carrier. On Jan. 29, 1954, Henry J. Kaiser delivered the keynote address at the Seminar on Human Relations in San Bernardino, California. This conference, sponsored by the University of California and the United Steelworkers of America,…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1674+ words) Harry F. Morton was an instrumental figure at Henry J. Kaiser's side, setting the foundations of early labor beliefs and practices. In 1941, before the United States entered World War II, Henry J. Kaiser was already building cargo ships for the British war effort....

14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1186+ words) After World War II, the experience of the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan for union members led to their support in the early peacetime years. “Kaiser launches 747th — and last — wartime ship,” article in the Oakland Tribune, August 13, 1945. Expanding the shipyard workers…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1546+ words) The influence of Britain, a former colonial master, is engrained in Uganda’s socio-economic strata and body politic, binding the two countries that are geographically 6,500-plus kilometres apart, hip-to-hip. It starts with its conquest over monarchies and unitary societies to forge…...

8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1021+ words) October 9th, 2026 8:50 AM THE West Cork Technology Task Force has identified a site in Clonakilty for a proposed technology park. The site at Shannonvale Cross is currently designated as an agricultural zone in the County Development Plan. But the Assistant County…...