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France’s biggest longshoremen’s union is calling for two 24-hour strikes in January in the latest revolt against privatization of container terminals at seven of the country’s biggest ports.

The government lowered its estimate of U.S. economic growth in the third quarter
to 2.2 percent, saying businesses had scaled back investment and inventories at
a faster rate than previously reported. …

At a time when the United States needs to create jobs and get its economy moving
again, why isn't anyone in the federal government talking about international
trade? Leslie Schweitzer, senior trade adviser for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
(CofC), posed that question at the 8th Annual Northeast Cargo Symposium of the
Coalition of New England Companies for Trade (CONECT).

Moody's cut Greece's debt to A2 from A1 on Tuesday over soaring deficits, becoming the third major rating agency to downgrade the highly-indebted country's rating this month.