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Euro-Area Economic Growth Gathers Pace

Euro-area economic growth accelerated to its fastest pace this year as growing order books prompted companies to add more workers and raise prices. A Pu...

Rail Jam Stalls Bumper Crops in Ukraine

As if Ukraine’s battered economy and political conflicts with Russia weren’t dismaying enough, a logjam on the country’s Soviet-era rail...

Colruyt Group Uses Rail To Cool Emissions

Colruyt Group announced that they will be shipping tonnes of citrus fruit from Spain each week via new company Cool Rail, a produce-specific transport vent...

Funds Go Short On Cocoa For First Time In Four Years On Surplus

Hedge funds have finally lost their appetite for cocoa. As traders from Cargill, Inc. to Olam International Ltd forecast good crops this season, funds t...

Brexit Threatens To Ignite European Skirmishes Over EU Budget

The European Union may get a preview of the impact Brexit will have on its bottom line when EU governments tackle the bloc’s budget this week. And it...

EU Sees Trump Freezing Talks on TTIP

European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said EU-U.S. negotiations on a free-trade agreement would probably be put on hold indefinitely because...

India's Sweet Tooth Suffers As Sugar Output Slides

Satisfying the sweet tooth of the world’s biggest sugar-consuming country is getting a lot more expensive. At a time when demand in India is the h...

No Rain In Plains Turns Hedge Funds Bullish On Winter Wheat

It’s been so hot and dry in parts of the U.S. Great Plains that young wheat plants are having a hard time staying green. In fact, the crops that Mich...