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By Jack Scoville |
January 14, 2013
Orange juice futures closed higher in reaction to the USDA reports that showed more production losses in Florida due to the greening disease.
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By Jack Scoville |
January 10, 2013
Cotton was a little lower again as traders get ready for the USDA January reports that will be released on Friday morning. Some are wondering if planted area might be lower next year because of weak prices against competing crops.
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By Jack Scoville |
January 9, 2013
Sugar, cocoa and other softs are trending lower as good production numbers continue to roll in and demand remains weak.
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By Ye Xie, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
China’s economy has the potential to grow 8% annually over the next 20 years should the nation reduce support for state companies and unshackle banks, according to Lin Yifu, a former World Bank chief economist.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s new normal, the prediction that global economic growth and investment returns would tumble, is proving half right.
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By Neal Armstrong and Wes Goodman, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
Economists cut their forecasts for Treasury yields in 2013 to the least since Bloomberg began compiling the predictions as notes were little changed after data showed the unemployment rate was higher than expected.
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By Bloomberg News |
December 26, 2012
China’s economic rebound is uneven, with improvements in retailing, real estate and mining countered by rising inventories and lower corporate borrowing.
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By Michael Shanahan and Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
December 19, 2012
U.S. stocks fell, pulling the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index down from a two-month high, as federal budget negotiations deteriorated. Global equities reached a 17-month high and the euro rose as German business confidence grew.
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By Dakin Campbell, Bloomberg |
December 18, 2012
Wells Fargo & Co. bought a stake in Rock Creek Group LP to provide more hedge-fund offerings to clients amid a push to double the asset-management unit within seven years.
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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.
