China imported 13.04 million metric tons of soybeans for the first two months of the year, the lowest for the period in five years, customs data showed on Thursday.
China's unwrought copper imports rose 2.6% during the first two months of 2024 from the year-earlier period, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Thursday.
Chicago wheat slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, with the market dropping to its lowest since August 2020 as fierce competition among exporters provided headwinds to prices.
California, Arizona and Nevada on Wednesday offered what they described as significant concessions on how much Colorado River water they claim, as their counterparts nearer the river's source proposed more modest changes that would protect their rights.
Federal prosecutors in Brazil have recommended that the country's environment agency Ibama suspend blasting work in the bay of Paranagua port pending an investigation into the death of a diver, according to a statement on Wednesday.
Mexico is waiting for the United States to prove imported genetically modified (GM) corn is safe for Mexicans, said Deputy Agriculture Secretary Victor Suarez on Wednesday, as a dispute between the two countries plays out under an international trade pact.
Exactly two years ago, Chicago wheat futures stamped all-time highs after top exporter Russia invaded fellow supplier Ukraine, immediately throwing almost 30% of global wheat exports into question.
Benchmark Chicago wheat futures tumbled to their lowest point in more than three years on Wednesday as low prices in an Algerian import tender this week highlighted stiff global export competition from Black Sea grain supplies, traders said.
FXEmpire.com - Natural gas consolidates near highs with an inside day today, Wednesday. It continues to show strength as it has been testing a key near-term resistance zone for the past several days. The price zone ranges from around 1.95 to 2.01. It includes the long-term downtr
Robusta coffee futures on ICE rose more than 4% on Wednesday to reach the highest price in at least 16 years, buoyed by tight supplies, while raw sugar futures recovered partly from recent losses.
A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday seemed poised to ask New Jersey's top court to decide whether a state law barring employment discrimination against cannabis users gives workers the ability to sue for violations in a case involving Walmart.
The high probability of a strong La Nina arriving by October has put grains farmers on alert in Argentina, where the climate phenomenon usually brings dry weather with lower rainfall, the Rosario grains exchange said on Wednesday.
Benchmark Chicago wheat futures tumbled to their lowest point in more than three years on Wednesday as an Algerian import tender this week highlighted stiff global export competition from Black Sea grain supplies, traders said.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday that Boeing has not provided some documents and information sought in its ongoing investigation into the Jan. 5 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 mid-air cabin door emergency.
Brazilian mills in the main sugar region of Centre-South (CS) are projected to produce 4.8% less sugar in the new season that starts in April, compared with the previous crop, consultancy Datagro said in a presentation on Wednesday.
Lobbying groups representing airlines, hotels and restaurants on Wednesday warned that changes proposed by Alphabet's Google to comply with EU landmark rules may drive users to large online search services at their expense.
Private equity firms made billions of dollars betting on major U.S. retailers, clothing and accessories and restaurant chains, reshaping the consumer sector from the 1990s to the early 2010s. But over the past 10 years the big firms, including Carlyle and Warburg Pincus, collectively pulled back on investing in the sector, reflecting changing consumer tastes and competition from corporate buyers and family offices.
More than 90 top Canadian business leaders have signed an open letter to the country's finance minister and her provincial counterparts on Wednesday, urging the need to address the decline in domestic investments by pension funds.