Southern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled hundreds of flights amid warnings of landslides and floods as Typhoon Doksuri churned past the island en route to China where it will make landfall later this week.
Malaysian palm oil futures dipped for a third straight session on Thursday, dragged down by a firmer ringgit, although losses were capped by stronger rival edible oils and crude oil.
Australia will update its critical minerals list by the end of the year, its resources minister said on Thursday, potentially opening the way for developers of copper and nickel mines to tap government incentives to speed up project development.
U.S. spring wheat crops in northwest and north-central North Dakota are expected to produce lower yields than last year but higher than the five-year average, the Wheat Quality Council said on an annual tour on Wednesday.
Chicago wheat futures edged higher on Thursday, recouping some deep losses from the previous session, although a forecast for higher U.S. spring wheat production curbed the upside potential in prices.
A group of 22 states and U.S. territories on Wednesday moved to block a proposed $10.3 billion settlement that would resolve claims against 3M Co over water pollution tied to “forever chemicals,” claiming the deal fails to adequately hold the company accountable.
A group of 22 states and U.S. territories on Wednesday moved to block a proposed $10.3 billion settlement that would resolve claims against 3M Co over water pollution tied to “forever chemicals,” claiming the deal fails to adequately hold the company accountable.
Airline executives are fuming about the prospect of grounding planes and trimming flight capacity amid a busy summer travel season after fresh problems arose with some of RTX's Pratt & Whitney engines.
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice
Department's bid to restrict JetBlue Airways and
American Airlines from entering into any partnerships
with other carriers akin to their now-scrapped Northeast
Alliance.
Chicago corn and wheat futures slid on Wednesday on technical trading and news of a better-than-expected spring wheat forecast in parts of North Dakota, even as a heat wave stretched across the U.S. Midwest and part of the Mississippi Valley, traders said.
NATO said on Wednesday it was stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia's exit from a deal assuring the safe passage of ships carrying Ukrainian grain.
The first of 12 fiscal 2024 spending bills overcame a procedural hurdle in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as lawmakers edged toward a looming showdown with the Democratic-led Senate that could trigger a government shutdown this autumn.
Mastercard has told financial institutions to stop allowing marijuana transactions on its debit cards, dealing a blow to an industry already on the fringes of the financial system in the United States.
Chinese buyers are currently loading dozens of vessels with around 750,000 metric tons of sugar at Brazilian ports, the first large import movement from the Asian country in 2023, according to shipping data compiled by Reuters.
Amazon.com’s cloud division has drawn thousands of customers to try out its service vying with Microsoft and Google in a key area of artificial intelligence, an executive told Reuters.
Europe's Airbus on Wednesday posted higher-than-expected underlying operating profit for the second quarter and reaffirmed financial goals for the year, while removing an interim industrial target on the route to record jet output.