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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Industrial production declined in April by the most in eight months, reflecting broad-based cutbacks in U.S. manufacturing that show factories will provide little support for the economy.
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By Christine Buurma, Bloomberg |
May 9, 2013
Natural gas, the worst-performing and most volatile commodity of the past decade amid a glut in supply, is replacing gold as a haven for commodity investors as the metal slumps.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
April 29, 2013
Consumer spending in the U.S. rose more than projected in March, reflecting a jump in outlays for services that is unlikely to be repeated as the biggest part of the economy softens this quarter.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
January 3, 2013
The worst U.S. drought since the 1930s Dust Bowl is damaging wheat crops across the world’s biggest supplier, at a time when managed funds are the most bearish on prices in seven months.
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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.
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg |
August 16, 2012
Drought affected 87 percent of U.S. corn, 85 percent of soybeans, 63 percent of hay and 72 percent of cattle through last week, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
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By Whitney McFerron, Bloomberg |
August 1, 2012
Wheat fell in Paris and Chicago on speculation that global supplies of the grain will be enough to offset a plunge in the U.S. corn harvest as Midwest crops suffer from the worst drought in a half century. Corn also declined.
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By Nicholas Larkin and Whitney McFerron, Bloomberg |
July 20, 2012
Corn and soybean traders are bullish for a 13th consecutive week on mounting concern that yields will keep dropping amid the worst U.S. drought in a half century.
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By Andrew Rummer, Bloomberg |
July 19, 2012
Stocks rose for a third day, copper gained and the dollar weakened amid better-than-estimated corporate earnings and speculation monetary easing by global central banks will spur economic growth.
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By Christine Buurma, Naureen S. Malik and Matthew Brown , Bloomberg |
April 26, 2012
U.S. natural gas for delivery this fall is trading at a record premium, signaling the fuel may be poised to rebound from its worst quarter in two years because of production cuts and rising demand from power plants.
