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...Earthworm now works with 30 major suppliers in Europe that provide agricultural products like grains, oil seeds, potatoes and sugar beet to different food brands....
...Michael Magdovitz, senior analyst at Rabobank, is bullish about the prospect for Chinese imports for feed grains and soyabeans, predicting demand to continue until 2030, pushing up imports to record levels...
...Green bond issuance has risen rapidly in recent years, climbing to $262bn worldwide in 2019, according to data from S&P Global....
...The Nasdaq Composite delivered a similar performance to set a high of 8,030.039, up 0.2 per cent. The dollar index is 0.1 per cent weaker and down at levels last seen in early August....
...West Somerset, within which part of Exmoor sits, was the worst performing area in the whole of Britain in November 2017’s report by the social mobility commission....
...HP Inc, Salesforce.com, Michael Kors, PVH, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Costco and Ulta Beauty are among those reporting results. UK markets will be closed for a bank holiday on Monday....
...The consensus expectation for Friday’s data is for a robust 190,000 increase in non-farm payrolls....
...The shellfish farms of Sriracha, the Thai seaside town that gave the world its eponymous hot chilli sauce, are awash with plastic....
...The first “pure” volatility derivative appears to have been a deal structured by a UBS banker called Michael Weber in 1993....
...The Illinois-based group has been forced to repeatedly cut its profit forecast for this year as bumper crops, weak grain prices and slowing global demand put pressure on farm incomes, compelling farmers...
...On the railways criss-crossing the western US farm belt, grain trains are so abundant you can’t give one away....
...Mr Moi is working with Afgri, a South African grain handling company that has set up a facility some 8km from his farm....
...Bumper harvests have weighed on grain prices and the Department of Agricultural said this week that US net farm income was forecast to decline 38 per cent in 2015....
...The S&P 500 slid 0.6 per cent to 2,067.64, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.7 per cent to 17,440.59. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1 per cent to 5,039.78....
...“The index value had declined to such a low level that it became prohibitive for people to price products on it,” recalls Michael McGlone, a former S&P senior director of commodity indexing....
...Intraday – Europe to slide, US non-farm payrolls In the US, the non-farm payrolls report due for release at 1.30pm could seal the deal on whether the Federal Reserve this year increases official borrowing...
...Manufacturing PMI; est. 51.3 (prior 51.5) It’s a big week for economic data, culminating in US non-farm payrolls on Friday. There’s a roundup at ft.com/weekahead ....
...But Michael Gapen, economist at Barclays, said: “Altogether, we do not view this report as significantly shifting opinions within the Fed about the timing of the first rate hike....
...A Kiwi master of fusion cuisine, Gordon brilliantly melds flavours from all over the globe with grains, cheeses, meat, poultry, fish and shellfish....
...Former Portugal international player Luis Figo and Dutch FA’s Michael Van Pragg want to make their case ahead of the May 29 vote for football’s top job but have not been invited to speak....
...The S&P 500 ended the session flat at 2,039.82, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1 per cent to 17,634.74 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2 per cent to 4,688.54....
...With the grains and oilseeds markets suggesting prices will remain low, there were also concerns about profit margins for next year....
...Fossil Group, the maker of Burberry, Michael Kors and its own namesake watches, led the declines on the benchmark S&P 500....
...The deals that contributed to Blackstone’s earnings included the sale of Biomet and the initial listing of Michael’s Stores....
...After rising earlier, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 both closed marginally lower. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3 per cent....
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