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...In its last financial year, Cargill sold a pork business for $1.45bn, a stake in a steel mill venture for $720m, and a crop insurance agency for an undisclosed amount, among other disposals....
...On the charts they show up as service jobs, which economists instinctively treat as superior to jobs that involve making things....
...Whirlpool on Thursday reported a 9 per cent fall in operating profit as it struggled to offset rising energy and steel prices with price increases....
...Investors picked up where they left off last Friday, chasing the mining and steel stocks that outperformed last week while awaiting further direction from the US reporting season....
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