JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, South Carolina, May 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: As the giant C-17 Globemaster III from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, parked in its designated spot here, a half-dozen Reservists assigned to the 315th Aerospace Medicine Squadron from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., emerged from the aircraft to a heartfelt "welcome home" from family and fellow team members today, after responding to the call for medical personnel in New York City  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: New York City car dealer Bronx Honda and its general manager, Carlo Fittanto, will pay $1.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they discriminated against African-American and Hispanic car buyers and engaged in numerous other illegal business practices. According to the FTC's complaint, the defendants told sales people to charge higher financing markups and fees to African-American and Hispanic  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from the Economics Daily: Nonfarm payroll employment decreased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in April 2020. The largest percentage declines occurred in Michigan (-22.8 percent), Vermont (-19.6 percent), and New York (-18.8 percent). View chart for the "Percent change in nonfarm employment, March to April 2020" at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/nonfarm-payroll-employme  more

NEW YORK, May 27 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 16-00054): ABB INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. AND HYUNDAI CORPORATION USA, Defendant-Intervenors. Before: Mark A. Barnett, Judge OPINION [Sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's third remand results.] Melissa M. Brewer, R. Alan Luberda and David C. Smith, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, of Washington, DC, for Plaintiff ABB Inc. Joh  more

NEW YORK, May 22 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 19-00056): BORUSAN MANNESMANN BORU SANAYI VE TICARET A.S., Plaintiff, AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, et al., Consolidated Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY, et al., Defendant-Intervenors, and BORUSAN MANNESMANN BORU SANAYI VE TICARET A.S., Consolidated Defendant- Intervenor. Before: Jane A. Restani, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Commerce's Final Results  more

NEW YORK, May 28 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 19-00192): INVENERGY RENEWABLES LLC, Plaintiff, and SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP LLC, EDF RENEWABLES, INC. and AES DISTRIBUTED ENERGY, INC., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT E. LIGHTHIZER, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, and ACTING COMMISSIONER OF U  more

NEW YORK, May 30 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 17-00099): LOCKHART TEXTILES INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Before: Leo M. Gordon, Judge OPINION [Denying Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment; granting Defendant's cross-motion for summary judgment.] John M. Peterson, Richard F. O'Neill, and Patrick B. Klein, Neville Peterson LLP of New York, NY for Plaintiff Lockhart Textiles, Inc. Marcella Powell, Trial Attorney, Co  more

NEW YORK, May 28 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced a new format for the High School Fed Challenge, an annual competition designed to enhance and promote economic education. Starting in September 2020, the High School Fed Challenge will transition from its current in-person format to an academic paper competition in which teams of students will submit a paper based on an economic theme selected by the New Yor  more