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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
December 13, 2012
Treasuries fell for a third day as a decline in U.S. unemployment-insurance claims and a gain in retail sales sapped demand at the government’s auction of $13 billion of 30-year bonds.
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By Jeff Wilson |
December 11, 2012
Three straight years of smaller U.S. corn harvests are driving inventories of the world’s most-consumed grain to a 39-year low.
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By Andrew Harris, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
A former MF Global Inc. broker pleaded guilty to federal commodities act violations after the U.S. accused him of making unauthorized trades that caused the now-defunct futures company to lose more than $141 million.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
December 11, 2012
Three consecutive years of smaller U.S. corn harvests are driving inventories of the world’s most-consumed grain to a 39-year low and spurring Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to predict that prices will rise near record highs.
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By Alanna Byrne |
December 6, 2012
Shareholders of scores of public companies can expect to get some holiday bonuses this year, as many of these firms rush to issue special dividends before a potential 2013 tax hike linked to the fiscal cliff kicks in.
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By Christine Buurma |
November 13, 2012
Natural gas futures rose to a one-year high in New York on speculation that U.S. inventories will drop for the first time this season.
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By Alanna Byrne |
November 1, 2012
Agriculture always has been a part of Chris Myers’ life. The founder of M6 Capital Management grew up on a 2,000-acre farm in Mississippi, where his family grew row crops and raised catfish.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
October 9, 2012
U.S. debt has shrunk to a six-year low relative to the size of the economy as homeowners, cities and companies cut borrowing, undermining rating companies’ downgrading of the nation’s credit rating.
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By Joshua Zumbrun and Aki Ito, Bloomberg |
October 9, 2012
An unexpected drop in the jobless rate last month illustrates the hurdles faced by Federal Reserve officials seeking to link monetary policy to specific economic indicators.
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By Shobhana Chandra and Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
October 1, 2012
Weakening demand is forcing new and accelerated cost reductions at companies from Bank of America Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to Staples Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co., dimming the outlook for an already struggling U.S. labor market.
