Airfare to popular international leisure destinations should cost less this winter and next summer than a year ago as carriers add capacity, the CEO of Canada's WestJet Airlines told Reuters on Wednesday.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures inched down on Wednesday, retreating after rallying to the highest levels since August, as improved Brazilian weather outlooks bolstered supply prospects and overshadowed demand from record U.S. soybean crushings last month.
Coffee prices on ICE closed sharply higher on Wednesday as risk appetite improved thanks to easing inflation fears globally, while there were worries about excessive warm weather in top grower Brazil.
Argentina's agricultural core saw much higher than average rainfall during the first half of November and will likely see even more moisture in the coming days in a welcome boost for the sector, the Rosario grains exchange (BCR) said on Wednesday.
Rio Tinto on Wednesday dismissed the former head of its aluminium division Ivan Vella with immediate effect, an email to all employees sent by CEO Jakob Stausholm and seen by Reuters showed.
Chicago soybean futures inched down on Wednesday after rallying for the last several days to August highs, as Brazil's improving weather outlook overshadowed record U.S. soybean crushings last month.
U.S. soybean processors crushed a record amount of soybeans in October, while end-of-month soyoil stocks fell to the lowest in almost nine years, according to National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) data released on Wednesday.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned two trade associations and 12 dieticians and online influencers about social media posts promoting aspartame or sugary products without disclosing that they had been paid, the agency said in a statement on Wednesday.
Non-commercial market participants decreased their net short position in Euronext's milling wheat futures and options in the week to Nov. 10, data published by Euronext showed on Wednesday.
Italy has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the northeastern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday.
Raw sugar futures traded on the ICE steadied on Wednesday as risk appetite improved thanks to easing inflation fears globally. Coffee and cocoa also rose.
European companies are exploring ways to replace the gallium and germanium supply put at risk by China's export curbs after pressure from EU authorities, but the industry says incentives will be needed to make critical mineral production viable.
U.S. stock indexes were set to extend Tuesday's big rally after cooling producer prices supported views that the Federal Reserve has finished raising interest rates, while Target shares surged following an upbeat holiday-quarter forecast.
An independent safety review team named by the Federal Aviation Administration after a series of close-call air incidents called for "urgent action" and made a series of recommendations on Wednesday to boost safety.