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It is a terrible time for nations and businesses that rely
on commodities for income.
Not exact matches
DAKAR, April 24 - Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary of Glencore, blaming the
commodities giant
for high debts that have weighed
on the mine
for more than 10 years.
Vivienne Lloyd,
commodities strategist at Macquarie Group, speaks about the impact of sanctions
on Russia
for the price of aluminum.
WASHINGTON, May 1 - U.S. factory activity slowed
for a second straight month in April, with manufacturers complaining about rising
commodity prices in the wake of the Trump administration's tariffs
on steel and aluminum imports.
Historically, options contracts were created to help farmers and other
commodity producers lock in a sales price
for their crops before they were ready to sell
on an open market.
Another weak year
for commodity prices took its toll
on Caterpillar.
The latest
commodity trading prices
for oil, natural gas, gold, silver, wheat, corn and more
on the U.S.
commodities & futures market.
Decreasing growth in other economies can have a negative effect
on Canada
for a very simple reason: our mass production and export of
commodities.
People trade the
commodity on sentiment — if they think the global economy is headed
for disaster, they load up
on gold.
«The VIX has been suspect
for at least seven years,» Bart Chilton, former commissioner of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission said
on «Squawk Box.»
A bank famous
for investments in
commodities, Goldman Sachs's equity research team initiated coverage
on a slew of major names, complete with company - by - company synopses and price targets.
«Two years after
commodity prices started returning to life in the spring of 2016, many long - standing themes
for the North America metals and mining industry look familiar
on the surface but are in fact richly different
on a closer view,» explained Goldman analyst Matthew Korn.
When the news broke late
on Wednesday in Moscow, Russian and western media trumpeted it as the energy deal of the year: Glencore (glncy), the world's biggest
commodities house, and the Qatar Investment Authority had agreed to buy a 19.5 % stake in Rosneft, Russia's national oil champion,
for 10.5 billion euros ($ 11.1 billion).
In the
commodities space, oil prices are headed
for their eighth consecutive week of falls
on Friday, the longest losing streak since 1986, according to Reuters, after the news of a sharp drop in Chinese manufacturing increased worries over the health of the world's biggest energy consumer.
In particular, «agricultural
commodities are supported by the dynamics of water shortages in Asia and the Western United States, the declining payback from the green revolution in terms of improving crop yields and the increasing demand from Asia
for a diet based more
on grains and meat as the population becomes wealthier,» the group responded by e-mail.
Porras now sells every El Faro bean that meets Starbucks» standards to the company
for $ 1.45 a pound, about 35 cents a pound more than the coffee fetches
on the
commodities market.
Iron ore miner BC Iron has fallen into the red with a net loss of $ 158.5 million
for the financial year,
on the back of impairments and falling
commodity prices, and has declared no dividend payout.
Diversified miner Independence Group has booked a $ 58.8 million net loss
for the 2016 financial year,
on the back of acquisition costs and lower
commodity prices.
Hedge funds and money managers raised their net long position in COMEX gold
for the second straight week in the week to March 28, and boosted it slightly in silver,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed
on Friday.
ANALYSIS: Positive news
on employment and among some key
commodities appears to mark a positive trend
for the state's economy, and Business News» BN30 stock index backs that up.
Lee - Chin was criticized
for missing out
on the tech boom, then the rise of income trusts, then the rush to
commodities.
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.
«In 1740,» writes Banner, «South Carolina imposed the death penalty
on slaves and free blacks
for burning or destroying any grain,
commodities, or manufactured goods;
on slaves
for enticing other slaves to run away; and
on slaves maiming or bruising whites.»
«
For commodity products with low differentiation, where price is higher
on the list and it's a smaller item that's easy to deliver, that's probably something that Amazon can be competitive at,» Hammond said.
Neither cut was a particular surprise: Buffett had previously said he erred in buying Conoco at a peak price
for oil (though now, of course, the
commodity's rising price is putting a different cast
on the investment) and he had publicly protested Kraft's 2010 purchase of Cadbury, which he thought not in the interests of Kraft's shareholders.
For one thing, increases in
commodity prices take time to trickle down to the consumer, and hikes depend largely
on the willingness of retailers to absorb added costs.
DAKAR, April 24 (Reuters)- Congo's state miner Gecamines is starting legal proceedings to dissolve its Kamoto copper and cobalt joint venture with a subsidiary of Glencore, blaming the
commodities giant
for high debts that have weighed
on the mine
for more than 10 years.
The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates
for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower
commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid
on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.
Oil is
on course
for its biggest weekly gain in six years, while
commodities surge after Glencore announces production cuts.
April 12 -
Commodity trader Noble Group Ltd said
on Thursday it passed the approval threshold required
for its $ 3.4 billion restructuring plan.
But the post-crisis changes have been starkest
for Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, the top two
commodities players
on Wall Street since at least the 1990s.
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.
Gundlach said in mid-December
on CNBC's «Halftime Report» that his best investment idea
for 2018 is
commodities, such as oil and metals.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports
on what's next
for gas after climbing higher from increasing inventories from the
commodities desk.
What everyone can agree
on is that around the turn of the millennium, emerging - market demand
for commodities took off.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports
on what's next
for crude as the stock has its worst day in three weeks from the
commodities desk, with the «Futures Now» traders.
«There's underlying demand
for gold as a hedge against political uncertainties
on both sides of the Atlantic,» said Ole Hanson, head of
commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.
While coal experiences more ups and downs than other
commodities — the weather can have an effect
on prices — the black rock has been in use
for centuries.
On top of all that, Iran isn't making it easy
for oil prices, as they recently had sanctions removed and are back pumping oil, adding even more of the
commodity to the oversupplied market.
Goldman Sachs strategists have become even more bullish
on commodities and say the «strategic case
for owning
commodities has rarely been stronger.»
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Wednesday
on CNBC's «Halftime Report» that his best investment idea
for the new year is
commodities, such as oil and gold.
The Central Bank of Hungary kept its key interest rate at 1.35 percent
on the back of falling
commodity prices, boosting demand
for forint bonds.
The idea that data could be a valuable
commodity just wasn't
on anyone's radar yet and, in fact, wouldn't be
for decades.
This past week, at the Eurofi High Level Seminar in Sofia, Bulgaria,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Brian Quintenz shared his views
on the «tokenization revolution» and the evolving US regulatory framework
for cryptocurrencies.
ETF.com recently spoke with Gold to discuss the latest outlook
for commodities, including his view that the asset class may be
on the cusp of another supercycle.
On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell — a defendant in the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission's case against CabbageTech, Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets)-- submitted a letter to Judge Roanne L. Mann of the US District Court
for the Eastern District of New York.
Governing Council considered carefully the implications of the
commodity price shock
on potential output because it is important to gauging the outlook
for inflation.
«Working in agriculture exposes you to some of the most severe and rewarding prices paid
for commodities,» Chris goes
on.
On Dec. 11, the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued interpretative guidance addressing a potential compliance issue
for intermediaries that do business with investment managers in Europe...