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In an indication of how quickly the United-Continental merger is moving, the European Commission this week gave its approval to the $3 billion acquisition, saying they found minimum overlap on trans-Atlantic routes flown by the two carriers. The “unconditional clearance” from European Union regulators is not a pre-condition for approval in the U.S., where the
Read moreLegislation in the House and Senate could jump-start investment in the nation’s maritime infrastructure and create thousands of good-paying jobs. Click here to tell Congress to invest in America’s maritime industry. In 1986, Congress established the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT), a user fee for deep draft coastal ports and harbors that is meant to fund
Read moreThe final draft of an independent report on the future of the U.S. space program finds significant shortcomings in the plan to restructure NASA as proposed by President Obama. The report, issued this week by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), faults the president’s reliance on commercial launch capabilities as being “issued without
Read moreComair Airlines Bargaining Committee members participate in mock negotiations during the Bargaining Prep class. Left to right: Kerry Stewart, Duncan Sprague and Michael Stadnik. District Lodge 142’s Comair Negotiating Committee are the latest members to participate in the intense training offered by the IAM William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center’s week-long Negotiation Preparation for Bargaining
Read moreCritics who bash Congress and the Obama administration’s stimulus and jobs programs as the cause of the nation’s high deficits ignore the main sources of the wave of red ink: the Bush-era tax cuts, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic downturn. A new study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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