A U.S. beef inventory that continues to decline and strong consumer demand have led to expectations of continuing strength in the cattle markets. But some uncertainty remains for cattle producers.
What do the recent layoff announcements from major agriculture companies mean for the ag industry? Chad Hart, ag economics professor from Iowa State University, provides some insight.
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 2.54 percent - closing down 666 points - Friday and suffering its worst week in two years as concerns over rising interest rates and inflation from an overheated economy caused a long-feared sell-off.It wa...
McDonald's Corp. is seeing a jump in customers, a sign its new Dollar Menu is attracting penny pinchers.McDonald's share of U.S. traffic among fast-food and fast-casual restaurants rose to almost 18 percent in the week ended Jan. 21, an increase ...
Oilfield-service providers, happy to close the book on a largely unforgiving 2017, are eyeing a rebirth with higher crude prices sowing the seeds for a prolonged period of growth.Last year wasn't kind to these companies. The Philadelphia Oil Serv...
U.S. stocks rose to records as retail sales sparked optimism in the economy and JPMorgan Chase & Co. signaled tax cuts will bolster profits. The dollar weakened the most since March, sending the euro to a three-year high and the pound to its ...
Sean McAuliffe doesn't have much background in investing, aside from a couple of retirement accounts. But over Thanksgiving, as the price of bitcoin blew past $8,000 as part of a months-long rally, the 54-year-old construction manager decided to ...
WASHINGTON - The new Republican tax law counts on a small, little-known federal agency to ensure a tax provision aimed at helping small liquor producers does not become a loophole large foreign distillers can exploit.
The longest winning streak in two decades propelled cotton to 2017's biggest increase among crop commodities, and hedge funds are ready for more gains in 2018.Of the nine components tracked by the Bloomberg Agriculture Subindex, only cotton and w...
U.S. consumers may soon begin to feel some pain from the dollar's downturn, although the recent slide in the world's main reserve currency isn't bad news for everyone in America.
Two of the three China-based bidders for the Chicago Stock Exchange have withdrawn from the group trying to acquire the market, according to a person familiar with the matter.Chongqing Jintian Industrial Co. and Chongqing Longshang Decoration Co....
