Cotton Trading Higher on Monday
Cotton Trading Higher on Monday
Cotton futures are up 1 to 11 points on the Monday midday trade. Crude oil futures are down 2 cents per barrel to $60.07 on the day, with the US…
Cattle Post Monday Gains
Cattle Post Monday Gains
Live cattle futures posted Monday front month gains of $2.12 to $2.25. Cash trade has yet to be reported this week, with last week at $225-227 across the country, with…
Nat-Gas Prices Fall on Warm US Weather Forecasts and Ample Inventories
Nat-Gas Prices Fall on Warm US Weather Forecasts and Ample Inventories
December Nymex natural gas (NGZ25) on Monday closed down by -0.226 (-4.95%).Dec nat-gas prices fell sharply on Monday due to warmer-than-normal weather forecasts for Nov 22-26 for the eastern half…
Hogs See Mixed Action to Start the Week
Hogs See Mixed Action to Start the Week
Lean hog futures posted mixed Monday trade, with contracts up 7 cents to 20 cents lower across the front months. USDA’s national base hog price from Monday afternoon was up…
Sugar Prices Fall on ISO
Sugar Prices Fall on ISO
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26) today is down -0.16 (-1.07%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26) is down -7.70 (-1.81%).Sugar prices are lower after the International Sugar…
Cocoa Prices Undercut by US Tariff Cut
Cocoa Prices Undercut by US Tariff Cut
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25) on Monday closed down -23 (-0.44%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25) closed down -60 (-1.47%).Cocoa prices fell after the Trump administration announced last…
Grain Rally Extending to Wheat at Midday
Grain Rally Extending to Wheat at Midday
The wheat complex is trading with contracts higher across the three markets. Chicago SRW is up 15 to 16 cents at midday. KC HRW futures are 13 to 14 cents…
Africa tech: The Egyptian firm looking to cut energy bills
Africa tech: The Egyptian firm looking to cut energy bills
Egypt's Saving System says its technology can result in big savings on corporate electrical bills.At the heart of its product are special capacitors - devices which store electrical energy. Saving…
HMRC took ‘cavalier’ approach to stopping child benefit, MPs say
HMRC took ‘cavalier’ approach to stopping child benefit, MPs say
Josh MartinBusiness reporterThe UK tax office took a "cavalier" approach to child benefit checks when it decided to strip payments from thousands of claimants after wrongly assuming they had permanently…
UK bank customer protection if firm goes bust rises to £120,000
UK bank customer protection if firm goes bust rises to £120,000
Pritti MistryBusiness reporterCustomers with bank accounts in the UK will see a significant increase in the amount of money that is protected if their bank or building society collapses.The deposit…
A Chinese firm bought an insurer for CIA agents – part of Beijing’s trillion dollar spending spree
A Chinese firm bought an insurer for CIA agents – part of Beijing’s trillion dollar spending spree
Getty ImagesSince 2018, the United States has been tightening its laws to prevent its rivals from buying into its sensitive sectors – blocking investments in everything from semiconductors to telecommunications.But…
Will Trump’s tariff rollback lower food prices?
Will Trump’s tariff rollback lower food prices?
Natalie Sherman,Business reporter and Danielle Kaye,Business reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesWhen President Donald Trump last week removed tariffs on more than 200 products, it represented something of a political earthquake, and…