Hot and cold.Hot and Cold: Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County's overall economic future looks bright, but the prospect of strikes in Hollywood is a major concern, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 2007-08 Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook. The report, which is prepared by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., said that while the L.A. County region should see job growth of 1.1 percent, the movie and television production industry could quickly lose jobs in 2008 if upcoming deals with the Writers Guild, Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild, which all expire in the next 18 months, are not finalized. The study also pointed to the new Transportation Worker Identification Credential The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (or TWIC) program is a Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative in the United States. , which will control access to the terminals for all port workers, including truck drivers, as a possible area of trouble. Many of the port truck drivers won't be able to get a TWIC TWIC Transportation Worker Identification Credential (US Transportation Security Administration) TWIC This Week In Chess TWIC This Week in Common (Earlham School of Religion) TWIC Transportation Worker Identity Card due to their immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. status, the LAEDC's Chief Economist Jack Kyser said. About half of the container traffic is moved out of the ports via trucks. |
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