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  • Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Concerns rise about owning a shrinking mobile-only business as rivals bolster broadband and TV Source: Companies
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    January 21, 2015Telefónica seeks O2 engagement
    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    In at least three previous State of the Union speeches, President Barack Obama placed great emphasis on his "all of the above" energy strategy — one that includes both aggressive pursuit of…
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    January 21, 2015Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?
    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    A large focus of Microsoft's press event today other than high-concept holograms and Windows 10 itself was the personification of the OS, Cortana. We've seen the Halo-themed AI (complete with original…
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    January 21, 2015Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?
    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Microsoft debuted its new augmented reality tech at the Windows 10 live event today. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic
    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Xbox One users are gaining the ability to stream any Xbox One game to an in-network tablet or PC running Windows 10. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

Wm Morrison overcharged suppliers

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Company is first supermarket found in breach of code by Groceries Code Adjudicator, as sector seeks to maintain profitability by cutting costs Source: Companies
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Li & Fung’s strategy to make the maths work

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Li & Fung, the world’s biggest sourcing company, recognised that it needed a drastic overhaul because its business model was becoming unsustainable Source: Management
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Staying one flight ahead of jet lag blues

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Frequent travel poses unexpected health consequences and having your circadian clock out of sync with sleep schedules affects not only your brain Source: Management
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Cinven’s investment in Sebia to double

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Montagu and Astorg to buy back French medical testing company four years after they trebled their initial investment by disposing to Cinven Source: Companies
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Better to hire big fish from little ponds

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Exceptional talent may be rare, but great character is not, and companies are getting better at spotting it Source: Management
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Why Protective Life Corp. Shares Popped Today

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes — just in case they’re material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Protective Life Corp. are trading 11% higher today following news that Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Insurance is planning to spend approximately $5 billion to buy an American insurer. Protective Life is the only insurer named in most reports, but its current market cap ($4.6 billion) remains a bit below the rumored buyout price. So what: The news [...]
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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Earnings: Is the Housing Boom Ending?

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing On Wednesday, Hovnanian Enterprises will release its quarterly report, and shareholders aren’t at all certain what to expect from the homebuilder. Even as home prices have been on the rise, affordability has once again become a concern among industry trackers, and mixed results from rivals D.R. Horton and PulteGroup make it unclear whether Hovnanian will deliver the strong earnings growth investors expect. Two years ago, the homebuilding industry enjoyed a huge run-up, as investors celebrated the success of Hovnanian, PulteGroup, D.R. Horton, and their peers in surviving the worst of the [...]
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Why Is NVIDIA Charging $3,000 for the Titan Z?

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing After announcing the Titan Z dual-GPU graphics card back in March, NVIDIA has now released the $3,000 behemoth. While the card is marketed as the ultimate gaming graphics card, the price tag makes it completely uncompetitive for gaming, especially compared to Advanced Micro Devices‘ recent Radeon 295X2, and this leads to the question of what NVIDIA is trying to accomplish. The real target appears to be the GPU computing market, and if that’s the case, then the Titan Z actually makes plenty of [...]
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Will Google's Nest Disrupt the Smart Home Industry?

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Google‘s Nest thermostat and ADT‘s  home-security systems are two of the biggest names in the connected-home arena, but they are far from the only ones. Heck, there’s a whole conference dedicated to the market. Fresh from Connections — “The Premier Connected Home Conference” — Motley Fool Tech Bureau Chief Max Macaluso and Senior Tech Analyst Eric Bleeker discuss Nest, ADT, and the industry as a whole in the video below.  At the heart of their discussion is whether the well-established home automation and security market should fear the wave of new entrants like [...]
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These 3 Dow Stocks Reward Shareholders Best Without Risking Their Cash Flow

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Investors have for centuries flocked to large-cap stocks with histories of returning profits to shareholders. Many of America’s largest publicly traded companies continue to reward loyal shareholders with billions of dollars of dividends and stock buybacks each year. Many of these shareholder favorites are part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which tracks a number of of America’s largest and most profitable public companies. All told, the Dow’s 30 components have returned $292 billion to shareholders, in the form of dividends and buybacks, over the past four quarters. That’s nearly [...]
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Gene & Georgetti, Chicago

June 2, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
This institution in the River North neighbourhood is a place for power lunches but the kind that might involve cocktails and getting a little loose Source: Management
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Iran's domestic art scene thrives despite economic sanctions

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) – Iran’s smart set turned out in force for this year’s Tehran Art Auction, spending a record amount as the country’s modern and contemporary art scene thrives despite economic sanctions. Source: Financials
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Why Precious Metals May Be On The Verge Of A Big Move

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Silver and gold are in a narrowing trading range that may foreshadow a powerful “breakout” move ahead. Source: Markets
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Companies set to shift £20bn of pension liabilities

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Deals move responsibility for paying final-salary schemes to third parties such as insurers as appetite for de-risking spreads to smaller companies Source: Companies
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Looking at the Middle Kingdom with Fresh Eyes

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Below is the May 31st “Thoughts from the Frontline” newsletter, republished in full. Source: Markets
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UPDATE 1-Etihad Airways takes steps toward Alitalia investment

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Deal involves cutting up to 2,900 jobs- source (Adds details) Source: Financials
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Deutsche Bank says Oleo e Gas lawsuit "without merit"

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
FRANKFURT, June 1 (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank said a lawsuit filed against it in a New York state court by minority bondholders of bankrupt Brazilian oil company Oleo e Gas Participações SA was without merit. Source: Financials
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China overtakes Japan as top robot buyer

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Rising wage costs and growing competition is forcing the former manual labour ‘workshop of the world’ to turn increasingly to technology Source: Companies
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'Maleficent' casts $70 mln spell over box office, halts 'X-Men' uprising

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) – “Maleficent,” Walt Disney’s special-effects laden take on “Sleeping Beauty’s” wicked fairy godmother, captivated moviegoers collecting $70 million in ticket sales to win the weekend box office stakes. Source: Financials
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Private equity investors ask tougher questions

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Scrutiny stepped up after SEC speech highlighting poor practice at private equity firms Source: Companies
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Leader of the great escape

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The chief executive of the UK drugmaker outlines his strategy after repelling Pfizer’s unwelcome bid Source: Management
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Why You Can Expect to Pay More at Your Favorite Restaurants

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Retail restaurants in the casual, fast-casual, and quick-service sectors are facing pressures from rising food costs, especially the cost of beef. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the Consumer Price Index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 1.5% in April. Over the last three months the CPI for these foods is up 3.9%, while the index for meats rose 2.9% for its largest increase since November 2003. Finally, the index for food away from home rose 0.3% in April, the third-straight such increase, and has increased 2.2% over [...]
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SEC urged to tackle oil and gas payments

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The 2010 US Dodd-Frank financial reform bill required the new rules requiring oil companies to disclose payments to foreign government Source: Companies
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PepsiCo to Critics: We're Doing Just Fine, Thank You

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Consumer-products giant PepsiCo may seem like a boring company, but its history of enriching shareholders is anything but boring. PepsiCo has made its investors boatloads of money over a long period of time, thanks to its effective management, world-class brands, and products that are bought every day across the world in a good economy or bad. That’s the formula that has allowed PepsiCo to provide such impressive returns to investors over the course of its history. The company recently increased its dividend for the 42nd consecutive year. Its track record is [...]
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Apple's $3 Billion Beats Buy: Searching for Its Lost Music Soul

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing In the following video, tech analyst Eric Bleeker and Max Macaluso discuss Apple‘s $3 billion buyout of Beats. The deal was formally announced last Wednesday and has left Wall Street analysts and Apple observers scratching their heads. It was Apple’s largest purchase ever by almost an order of magnitude, and it wasn’t one that had been heavily speculated on before news of the impending deal leaked.    Focusing ion why Apple felt compelled to purchase Beats, Eric discusses an interview with Tim Cook hosted at the CODE conference the day the deal [...]
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Poaching on the rise in accountancy

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Prospective headhunting almost trebles in a year as competing firms seek to capitalise on a pickup in the UK economy and a rise in corporate activity Source: Companies
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Samsung: Disruptive Health Care Tech Coming to Your Wrist

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing At a press event in San Francisco recently, Samsung  revealed a prototype of the Simband — a wearable device that can track biometric data, such as heart rate, body temperature, oxygen levels, and hydration. That’s a big step up from most fitness bands, which monitor simpler information like steps taken and calories burned. The Simband can also be charged from a small battery pack that clips to the device, so it doesn’t have to be removed while charging. Unlike Samsung’s consumer-facing Galaxy Gear and Galaxy Gear 2 smart watches, the Simband is [...]
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Warren Buffett Reveals How You Can Manage Your Money Better Than He Has

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Want to manage your money better than billionaire Warren Buffett has? It’s easier than you think. Just do this one simple thing. Massive mistakes It’s tough to believe the man on top of the $315 billion Berkshire Hathaway, who himself is worth more than $65 billion, has ever made a single mistake when it comes to managing money. After all, since he took over in 1965, Berkshire Hathaway has grown by a staggering 693,518%, from $19 a share to $134,973. But Buffett, like us, is human, and he has made mistakes, [...]
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Picking Stocks in Non-Trending Markets

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
With half the year almost over, there are many different opinions about how the stock market might finish the year. One thing that both retail and professional investors and traders can agree on is that the choppy market has made it difficult to make money. Many of the top hedge funds saw double-digit losses in the first quarter and the preliminary data on the 2nd quarter does not look much better. Of course, many were heavily invested in what is referred to as momentum stocks and suffered as a result. One of the many fine technical tools that Welles Wilder [...]
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Saudi mall owner Othaim plans debut local currency sukuk -sources

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Al Othaim Real Estate and Investment Co, owner of five shopping malls in the kingdom, plans to issue its debut local currency sukuk as early as this month, two sources aware of the matter said on Sunday. Source: Financials
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Feedback: Corporate boomerangs

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Readers’ responses to Emma Jacob’s piece on people who leave the rat race for a dream job, only to return when they find that they miss it Source: Management
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How to fit in with a brilliant misfit

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Tolerance can pay off when dealing with the gifted staffer who cannot or will not play by the rules. But there are limits Source: Management
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A lesson from kids on executives’ bonuses

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
To reward senior executives for working late or reading the briefing papers doesn’t seem quite right Source: Management
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Hidden 4% UST Bond Yields Provide Return And Protection

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Think bond yields are too low? Yield curves are hiding attractive, higher yielding components. Source: Markets
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Five Graphs To Allay Investors' Employment Report Worries

June 1, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Positive employment trends are solidly in place. Total employed now reaching previous peak levels, so expect more improvement ahead. Source: Markets
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UPDATE 1-Mickelson plays on amid news of U.S. probe into possible insider trading

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(Updates throughout with Mickelson at Memorial Tournament) Source: Financials
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Turkish police fire teargas against protesters on anniversary of mass demos

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
ISTANBUL, May 31 (Reuters) – Turkish police on Saturday used teargas in central Istanbul to disperse protesters seeking to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in decades. Source: Financials
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REFILE-DEALTALK-Sterling purchase of the Clippers among top investments in memory

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(Refiles to add dropped year in which Jobs died in fifth paragraph) Source: Financials
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REFILE-RPT-DEALTALK-Sterling purchase of the Clippers among top investments in memory

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(Refiles to add dropped year in which Jobs died in fifth paragraph) Source: Financials
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Rocket Internet eyes Frankfurt listing – paper

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
FRANKFURT, May 31 (Reuters) – The owners of German firm Rocket Internet aim to list the venture capital company behind online brands such as retailer Zalando for a market valuation of up to 5 billion euros ($6.8 billion), the Financial Times reported on Saturday online. Source: Financials
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Is the Recall Tide Finally Turning for General Motors Company?

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing GM’s unprecedented pace of recalls has mostly focused on its older models, but a few newer ones have been called back as well: The much-praised all-new 2014 Cadillac CTS sedan was recalled earlier this month for a windshield-wiper issue. Source: General Motors Co. It was another tough week for General Motors  as the company endured more withering criticism for its long-delayed recalls — and as big lawsuits against GM moved forward. GM is in hot water because it delayed a recall of defective ignition switches for years. The switches in several [...]
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Two-Thirds of Consumers Believe Theme Parks Are Ignoring This Key Feature

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing With Memorial Day officially in the rearview mirror summer has been given the all-clear to take shape and blanket much of the country. Heading into the summer means an increase in outdoor activities, vacations, and trips to the local, or even far away theme park for families around the country. Understanding the theme park business The theme park business can be very lucrative for those companies that truly understand how to cater to consumers’ desire to be entertained. Of course, there is no magic formula from one person to the next, [...]
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Can China Be the Answer to Nissan Motor Co.'s Electric-Vehicle Dilemma?

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Jun Seki, head of Nissan‘s Chinese joint venture with Dongfeng Motor, has recently told Bloomberg that “China is serious about pushing the adoption of new-energy vehicles, and no other country can compare with the subsidies that it’s giving out”. This aptly summarizes the situation at the Middle Kingdom where the government is battling alarming air pollution levels that have followed the waves of urbanization. Automakers from all around the world are sensing enormous opportunity in the Chinese green car market that has triggered the start [...]
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How Can We Gauge the Health of the Automotive Industry?

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing General Motors’ iconic Renaissance building in Detroit. Source: General Motors.  To put it bluntly, the automotive industry can be a scary investment for your hard-earned money. Investors that have been putting money into the market for more than a decade remember the horrible mismanagement that brought Detroit automakers Ford Motor Company , General Motors and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles  to their knees. Investors new to the market are likely already hesitant to invest in automakers after witnessing General Motors‘ recall debacle this year, which now amounts to 30 individual recalls covering 13.8 million vehicles [...]
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Tesla Motors, Inc. Gives Antiquated Auto Peers a Lesson on Design

May 31, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Electric-car maker Tesla Motors is still new to the auto industry, but that doesn’t mean it’s not already teaching its antiquated competitors a thing or two about vehicle design. Sure, the Model S is a great looking car. But what about its functionality? In both aerodynamics and safety, Tesla’s Model S is among the best. Aerodynamics Not all electric cars have to be ugly. After General Motors‘ Chevy Volt proved electric cars could at least look normal, Tesla went a step further and introduced a stunning and sporty design in the [...]
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Engine incident blow for Bombardier

May 30, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Canadian aerospace group’s efforts to develop revolutionary midsize jet suffer setback after spending more than $4bn in development costs Source: Companies
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Valeant lifts Allergan bid to $53bn

May 30, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Canadian drugmaker has underlined its determination to buy the maker of Botox by raising the cash component of its offer to $72 a share Source: Companies
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Daily Dividend Report: EE, BLK, RTN, DEI, EAT, BWS, BLK

May 30, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
El Paso Electric (EE) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.28 per share. The dividend was declared on May 29, 2014 and is payable on June 30, 2014 to shareholders of record on June 13, 2014. At the new rate, the indicated annualized cash dividend would be $1.12 per share for the following year, up from $1.06 paid in the last four quarters. Source: Markets
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Los Angeles sues JPMorgan over mortgage lending practices

May 30, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
May 30 (Reuters) – Los Angeles on Friday sued JPMorgan Chase & Co, accusing the largest U.S. bank of engaging in discriminatory mortgage lending practices that drove up foreclosures. Source: Financials
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UPDATE 1-Weak CBOT wheat spread poised to trigger storage rate hike

May 30, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
CHICAGO, May 30 (Reuters) – Weak demand for U.S. soft red winter wheat and ample global supplies have pressured the front Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures contract to a point where the exchange might need to raise storage rates for the first time in three years. Source: Financials
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