Sentences with phrase «of global commodities»

With globalization and the invasion of information technology in our lives, postal services nowadays increasingly serve the flow of global commodities rather than personal communication, which in turn vanished into the digital realm.

Its starting point are works by artists Alice Creischer about the circulation of global commodities and by Sudhir Patwardhan who records the impact of the textile industry on Mumbai.

Producers of global commodities like oil, metals, etc., typically do well here.

Glencore Plc's billionaire Chief Executive Officer, Ivan Glasenberg, underscored his belief in the longevity of the global commodities boom by beating his biggest rivals in handing out surplus cash to investors.

The signs of economic weakness in China contributed to a steep drop in the prices of global commodities as well.

Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities and derivatives research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said he is expecting Brent crude to average $ 50 per barrel next year, and WTI slightly less.

Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, discusses OPEC and how Saudi Arabia and Russia are driving...

«In fact one reason why we set up the business in 1929 is [because] tea is one of the global commodities that didn't come under big pricing pressure.

In the new study, Kharrazi and researchers at IIASA applied an approach first developed to study ecological networks in order to better understand the dynamics and properties of the global commodity trade system.

Not exact matches

Combine that with weak commodity prices, flat global trade and the governance risk associated with companies in many of these countries, and safety - minded investors are perhaps best served by limiting their exposure to the grouping at this time.

«If Trump abandons the deal, he risks a spike in global oil prices,» said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, adding that re-introducing U.S. sanctions could remove 300,000 - 500,000 bpd of Iranian oil from global supplies.

«The internationalization of the DCE iron ore contracts will give greater access to the global commodity community to trade in the world's biggest onshore ferrous market,» Lee Kirk, managing director at Cargill Metals, said in an email.

Unlike oil, gold and copper, for which prices are set in London and New York, iron ore is one of the few commodities whose global pricing takes its cue from China.

Tom Cornacchia, the global cohead of fixed income, currency and commodity — FICC — sales at the bank, is leaving.

«China's strong and sustained growth over the past several years has served as a linchpin for global trade, benefiting exporters of commodities and capital goods,» the fund said in a report.

In the days to come the Fed will have to prove that a new set of tools for managing interest rates will work as expected; see how higher U.S. rates affect domestic and global financial conditions; and hope that weak world demand and commodity prices do not lead to an overall bout of deflation and force the Fed to reverse course.

«Shale is the reason we're not trading over $ 100 a barrel, way more than $ 100 a barrel,» said Francisco Blanch, global head of commodities and derivatives at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

«If Trump abandons the deal, he risks a spike in global oil prices... The re-introduction of U.S. sanctions would hurt Iran's ability to transact in dollars,» said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.

While fluctuations in the global price of coffee on the commodity markets led industry behemoth Starbucks to boost its per - cup price tag last month, a growing share of consumer dollars are going to higher - cost specialty or craft coffee.

If anything, it shows that thanks to a boom in LNG production, natural gas is on the verge of becoming a truly global commodity unbound by the physical constraints of pipelines.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

It was the second straight session of sharp gains for nickel, adding to Wednesday's 7.5 - percent spike, spurred by worries over tighter global supply for a commodity already in deficit.

Ethanol demand has been vital to farmers who are buffeted by low commodities prices and the threat of a global trade war.

HOUSTON, Feb 27 (Reuters)- Global commodity trader Koch Supply & Trading has cut dozens of workers across at least four offices worldwide, several sources said on Tuesday, as the firm restructures its business.

Bloomberg's former global head of commodities has come up with an alternative to the widely - used trading platform.

«Shifts in global financial architecture and regulations, commodity demand and availability, environmental cataclysm, the fickleness of geopolitics — and, yes, human caprice — will all play a hand, in unexpected ways.

Falih exceeded expectations by securing Nigeria and Libya's cooperation, according to RBC Capital Markets» Global Head of Commodity Strategy Helima Croft.

«First, the lagged reporting of inventory data and OPEC's own inertia create risks that the group exits the cuts well after inventories have normalized,» wrote a team led by Jeffrey Currie, Goldman's global head of commodities research.

Perhaps symptomatic of the tough global economy, commodities and heavy industry didn't do so well for this year's biggest losers, whose net worth declined an average 31.4 %.

The deal was part of a broader trend of Chinese resource companies making foreign acquisitions as part of a global strategy to gain better access to the key commodities needed to fuel China's economy, the world's second biggest.

The usual proxies for global growth — oil and other commodities, emerging market currencies, energy and mining stocks — are almost all sharply lower as investors bail out of any kind of trade predicated on growth in China and the rest of the emerging world, which accounts for 85 % of the world's population.

HOUSTON, Feb 27 - Global commodity trader Koch Supply & Trading has cut dozens of workers across at least four offices worldwide, several sources said on Tuesday, as the firm restructures its business.

HOUSTON / NEW YORK, Feb 27 - Global commodity trader Koch Supply & Trading has cut dozens of workers across at least four offices worldwide, several sources said on Tuesday, as the firm restructures its business.

HOUSTON / NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters)- Global commodity trader Koch Supply & Trading has cut dozens of workers across at least four offices worldwide, several sources said on Tuesday, as the firm restructures its business.

A weakened global economy is hammering commodities, and that's hurting the finances of this famed commodities bull.

Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, discusses the four countries cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar and how it will affect the oil stocks.

They are uniquely positioned to feed and benefit from global economic growth via their relative commodity advantages, yet at the same time they have massive domestic market expansion opportunities due to a surplus of under - utilized land or people.

A series of letters between JPMorgan's lawyers and the Fed, released to Reuters through a Freedom of Information Act request, show Wall Street's primary regulator took a tough stance on the bank's efforts to hold onto the global network of Henry Bath & Sons warehouses, part of the larger RBSSempra commodity trading business it bought in mid-2010.

But the breadth of Trump's tariffs in March, which slapped global penalties on imports of common commodities, was severe enough to prompt the resignation of the president's top economic advisor, Gary Cohn.

May 2 - U.S. soybean sales to China ground to a halt after Beijing threatened tariffs on imports, the CEO of agricultural trader Bunge Ltd said on Wednesday, the latest sign of mounting trade tensions upsetting the global flow of commodities.

If global commodity demand dips — something that looks increasingly likely — you could kiss today's predictions of razor thin GDP growth goodbye.

«As seen in 2004, we expect gold to lead a commodity recovery,» Stephen Walker, head of global mining research at the group, said in a report on Thursday.

Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, is wondering whether the price of oil goes to $ 26 on oversupply issues.

Esposito, who is based in London, is chief strategy officer of the securities division and cohead of global fixed income, currencies, and commodities sales.

Before becoming global cohead of securities in 2012, she was global head of commodities.

We supply most of the energy and food consumed at home, providing a cushion against swings in global commodity prices.

«If Trump abandons the deal, he risks a spike in global oil prices,» said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, noting that reintroducing U.S. sanctions could remove 300,000 - 500,000 bpd of Iranian oil from global supplies.

With global synchronized growth underway and demand outstripping supply in a number of cases, not to mention the U.S. dollar in decline and inflation on the rise, commodities are poised to be among the best performing asset classes in 2018.

There are other headwinds affecting the global markets: somewhat slower growth in China, declining commodity markets, the uncertainties surrounding the coming end of QE2, and more restrictive fiscal policies in many countries.

Overall, the global outlook has weakened further over the last six months — exacerbated by China's relative slowdown, lower commodity prices, and the prospect of financial tightening for many countries.