Wheat prices rose 2.6 per cent yesterday as questions persisted about how much dry weather has affected the crop in Kansas.
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A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of US consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
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The Central Bank said yesterday that the latest data released by the Central Statistical Office pointed to a marked acceleration in the rate of inflation.
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The energy sector is in decline and a state of emergency for the sector needs to be called, said Robert Mayers, chairman of KSBM Asset Management Ltd in an interview.
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Another flare-up in Europe’s debt crisis knocked US markets lower yesterday. This time, it was more trouble at a major Spanish bank.
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Overall market activity resulted from trading in eight securities of which four advanced, two declined and two traded firm.
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The president of the Vatican bank was effectively ousted yesterday after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers for having leaked documents and failed to do his job at a critical time in the Holy See’s efforts to show...
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European leaders insist they want to keep Greece in the eurozone, but are putting off any agreement on how they hope to accomplish that.
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Overall Market activity resulted from trading in 12 securities of which four advanced, two declined and six traded firm.
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Corn prices dropped four per cent yesterday because of weak export sales and improving weather in parts of the Corn Belt.
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