Dec 13, 2024 | Markets
Bitcoin, meme tokens, speculative stocks continue to surge Momentum elsewhere recedes as S&P 500 edges lower on week A five-day runup in Treasury yields finally tamped down the post-election fervor in big US stocks this week. Not so at the market’s speculative...
Dec 10, 2024 | Markets
USDA cuts import forecast for 2024/25 season by around 13% Purchases likely to be less than half of levels in 2020/21 China’s corn imports are expected to total just 14 million tons in the current season, less than half of their peak during a buying spree a few years...
Dec 10, 2024 | Markets
NFIB’s November index jumps 8 points, the most on record Business conditions outlook surges to more than four-year high US small-business optimism surged in November to a more than three-year high in anticipation of more favorable economic policies after Donald Trump...
Dec 6, 2024 | Markets
Deal signals growing importance to military of AI technology Startups say they’re open to other companies joining effort Software company Palantir Technologies Inc. and weapons maker Anduril Industries Inc. plan to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in the...
Dec 6, 2024 | Markets
First round of testing at milk silos to begin week of Dec. 16 Dairy industry will be required to share samples on request The US will begin testing raw milk supplies across the country for the presence of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus that’s been spreading in...
