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By Scott Moritz, Bloomberg |
September 24, 2012
Sprint Nextel Corp. shares have outperformed Apple Inc. this year, along with all but one other stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Can this be real?
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By Rich Nelson |
September 12, 2012
Both hogs and cattle are biased on the upside, but serious drought-related gains may not manifest until 2013 when the effects on herd growth are felt.
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By Jeff Wilson and Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
September 11, 2012
The smallest U.S. soybean harvest in nine years will leave inventories in the world’s largest exporting nation at the lowest in four decades.
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By Nicholas Larkin and Whitney McFerron, Bloomberg |
August 31, 2012
Corn and soybean traders extended their longest bullish outlook in at least 11 months on speculation rain in the U.S. will come too late to revive crops after the worst drought in a half century.
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By Steve Matthews and Sara Eisen, Bloomberg |
August 31, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said policy makers should wait for more data before deciding on “big action” to boost the economy.
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By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Drajem, Bloomberg |
August 29, 2012
As Tropical Storm Isaac moves up the Mississippi River Valley with drenching rain, it will probably miss the drought-parched areas of the Midwest that need water most while ruining crops in other areas waiting for harvest.
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By Naureen S. Malik, Bloomberg |
August 27, 2012
Natural gas fell to a two-month low in New York on speculation that production cuts in the Gulf of Mexico because of Tropical Storm Isaac will do little to ease a supply glut.
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By Whitney McFerron, Tony C. Dreibus and Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
August 23, 2012
The worst U.S. drought in a half century and record feed prices are spurring farmers to shrink cattle herds to the smallest in two generations, driving beef prices higher.
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
August 23, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said recent signs of improvement in the economy would prompt him to oppose any new program by the Fed to buy bonds to reduce borrowing costs.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
August 20, 2012
U.S. corn farmers hurt by the worst drought in a generation probably will harvest smaller crops than the government forecast this month, based an analysis of dry spells in the past 42 years.
