Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa has a titanic task ahead of him: convincing voters to back a Peronist coalition that has overseen inflation top 138% and a painful cost-of-living crisis push two-fifths of the population into poverty.
U.S. coffee chain Starbucks has rolled out a new smaller cup size in China, its second largest market, in an aim to attract customers as competition in the country intensifies.
India raised the price at which it buys locally produced new-season wheat by 150 rupees or 7% to encourage farmers to expand the growing area as New Delhi tries to increase production.
Prices for copper and other base metals rose in London on Wednesday after better-than-expected economic data from China brightened the demand outlook in the world's top consumer.
The British Museum said on Wednesday it planned to digitise its entire collection citing the need to secure public access its vast catalogue after it reported in August that 2,000 artefacts had been stolen or were missing.
India on Wednesday extended its restriction sugar exports beyond October, as the world's second-biggest producer tries to bring down domestic prices by increasing supplies ahead of key state elections.
Leading South Korean animal feed maker Nonghyup Feed Inc. (NOFI) purchased about 60,000 metric tons of animal feed wheat to be sourced from worldwide optional origins in an international tender on Wednesday, European traders said.
Russia's EPT grain export company has entered into a contract with the China Chengtong state corporation to supply 70 million tons of Russian grains, legumes and oilseeds to China, EPT said on Wednesday.
Ukraine has increased its road grain shipments in the first half of October, aiming to send abroad as much as possible of its bumper grain and vegetable oil output, brokers said on Wednesday.
Shares in Adidas gained 4% at the open on Wednesday after the sportswear company raised its guidance for the year in a surprise third-quarter results pre-release.
Australia will ask its competition watchdog to monitor domestic passenger flights in a bid to boost competition in a sector dominated by national carrier Qantas, which is under scrutiny for alleged anti-competitive behaviour.
This year's grain maize crop in France, by far the European Union's largest producer, is set to reach 13.1 million metric tons based on a yield up more than 20% on last year's drought-hit crop, maize growers group AGPM said on Wednesday.
Prices of most base metals gained on Wednesday as better-than-expected economic data from China brightened the demand outlook of the world's top consumer.
Chicago soybean futures gained more ground on Wednesday, climbing to a three-week high, as strong demand in the U.S. domestic market underpinned prices.
China's pork output in the third quarter rose 4.8% from a year ago to 12.69 million metric tons, the highest for the quarter in at least a decade, Reuters calculations based on official data showed.
Copper prices rose on Wednesday ahead of the release of China economic data, with bright demand outlook and concerns about longer-term supply supporting the market.
U.S. soybean oil supplies have declined significantly in the last couple of months, but so have prices, which is counterintuitive. Increasing volumes of vegetable oil being imported could at least partially explain this.
Chicago soybean futures gained more ground on Wednesday, with prices trading close to the previous session's highest in more than two weeks, as strong U.S. demand underpinned the market.
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