NAPERVILLE — Chicago corn bulls were deflated on Wednesday as futures dropped below a key level for the first time in seven months, and that comes after the most-active contract’s largest monthly decline in nearly a year. Read More
America just committed $40 billion to Ukraine. Actually, scratch that: America actually just committed $40 billion to several US military corporations (like Raytheon Technologies, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, etc) who, after deducting their certainly fat margins, will ship weapons to Ukraine. The $40 billion came out of the US budget, […]
WASHINGTON — The administration of President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba imposed by his predecessor, including ending a prohibition on U.S. airline flights to Cuban airports other than Havana. Read More
After forecasting normal rains in April, the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) updated long range forecast holds out the prospect for more normal rainfall from the southwest monsoon between June and September. Overall precipitation is expected to be 103% of the new long period average (LPA) of 868.6 mm, up from the 99% forecast in April. […]
By Indranil Sen Gupta The recovery can be expected to remain shallow with the CLSA Activity Index still weak. After all, it is constrained by weak demand and a slowing US economy thanks to Fed tightening to reduce inflation. The only support for growth comes from soft real lending rates. Despite rising growth risks, the […]
Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities managing director, discusses what Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as COO means for the future of Meta Platforms. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: The Close.”
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (India) announced on Wednesday that Ashwani Bhatia – former managing director at the State Bank of India (SBI) – had taken charge as a whole-time member (WTM) on Tuesday. For the last seven months, the regulator had operated with only two whole-time members, S K Mohanty and Anant […]
President Joe Biden says “Operation Fly Formula” is helping high quality baby formula get to store shelves quickly in the US. He spoke during a meeting with formula manufacturers.