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(Bloomberg) Informa Economics Inc. said farmers will plant corn on 90.755 million acres, less than a November forecast of 93.055 million. S...

Mad Soybean’ Disease May Cut Some Brazil Output (Bloomberg) -- Soybean farmers in Brazil, the world’s second-largest producer of the oilse...

The Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing survey rose to 24.3 from 22.5 in November. Yields on 10-year notes have risen so far this month ...

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.1% in November (Guardian) Time’s poll found that almost six out 10 Americans believe Assange should face crimi...

Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange By Michael Moore Openness, transparency -- these are among the few weapons the citizenry ...

U.S. retail sales rose 0.8% in November, marking fifth straight monthly increase U.S. PPI rose 0.8% in November -- the biggest gain since...

Reclaim the Cyber-Commons For his film (Astro)Turf Wars, Taki Oldham secretly recorded a training session organised by a rightwing libertar...

Precious metals will probably give investors the best returns among commodities in the next year, and livestock the worst, Goldman Sachs  ...

GE raised its quarterly dividend to 14 cents a share from 12 cents a share, the second increase this year. China 's inflation surged t...

Global bond rout deepens on US fiscal worries The US tax deal adds $1 trillion of stimulus over two years, according to BNP Paribas. Ameri...

China November trade surplus narrows to $22.9 Bln. The U.S. Treasury sold $13 billion in 30-year bonds at a yield of 4.41% -- lower than...

Australia' s unemployment rate fell 0.2 % to 5.2% in November. Brazil held rates at 10.75%. New Zealand left rates at 3.0%. Japa...

Keith Olbermann comment on Bush tax

US stocks lost gains late in the session after rallying for most of the day on the back of the extension of the Bush tax cuts. YoY Bank l...

AkzoNobel has become man's best friend in China thanks to Dulux and its dog The winning allure, surprisingly, is Dulux's old Engli...

India 's gold imports this year are likely to be 700 metric tons, about 46% more than last year Standard Bank said China’s demand for...

Goldman: American soybean inventories potentially on course to fall to 4.0%, as a proportion of use, the lowest since the 1960s. U.S. pend...

Fed Beige Book: US economic growth continues to improve U.S Private-sector employment rose 93,000 in November, the largest gain in three ...

[William Sawyer], the [veteran] Florida toxicologist, said the government tests do not look for total petroleum hydrocarbons in the seafood....

YoY Sweden's GDP rose 6.9% in Q3. The Chicago Fed's Midwest Mfg Index rose 0.7% to 80.9, the highest reading since July U.K. hou...

EU rescue costs start to threaten Germany itself "Germany cannot keep paying for bail-outs without going bankrupt itself," said ...

Brazilian navy plans a fleet of 20 subs, six nuclear powered. The U.S. Justice Department filed a brief that declared, for the first time,...

China's demand for vegetable oils will "rise sizably" despite efforts to slow its economy, Oil World says. Nearly 70% of Am...

Portugal next as EMU's Máquina Infernal keeps ticking The eurozone will face its moment of existential danger the day that Portugal is...

Investors question whether international efforts to halt a full-blown Eurozone debt crisis are enough. The new Basel III banking rules w...

India may produce 8.7 % less Sugar than estimated as rain pests and disease reduce yields. (FT) Top mints have seen their silver coin sale...

Why America will come to regret the craven deal Obama is offering Netanyahu. By Christopher Hitchens This craven impotence will be notic...

China may impose temporary price controls on “important daily necessities” to counter the fastest inflation in two years, the State Council ...

The horrible truth starts to dawn on Europe's leaders He is admitting that the gamble of launching a premature and dysfunctional curre...

(Bloomberg) China may impose price limits on food and toughen punishment of those found speculating on agriculture futures including corn an...

(MarketWatch) -- German industrial giant Siemens AG raised its dividend for the latest fiscal year by 70% and outlined Thursday a new divide...

China posted a larger-than-forecast $27.1 billion October trade surplus. Exports gained 22.9 % YoY and imports rose 25.3 %. The CFTC plan...

(World Bank) Asian economies may need to turn to capital controls as quantitative easing by the U.S. threatens to spur asset bubbles... US...

The longer than usual Indian monsoon, which usually ends by mid to late September, is reducing exports of iron ore . (Market Watch) -- Sh...

YoY Colombia's coffee output is set to rise 11% in 2010/11 (October-September) to 9 million 60-kg bags, the country's exporters ass...

Doubts grow over wisdom of Ben Bernanke 'super-put' Bond funds are already restive. Pimco's Bill Gross says the great bull mark...

Volcker Rule to Hurt Shareholders, Competitiveness, Bachus Says The rule aims to reduce the chance that banks will make risky investments ...

Copper to Surge on ‘Mammoth Demand,’ Standard Chartered Says “Things are not looking very rosy on the supply side given Chile and Peru’s red...

U.S. factory orders in September rose 2.1%, the third consecutive monthly increase. The Fed will buy an additional $600 billion of Treasur...

Aussie dollar breaks the buck as Australia, India fight Fed with 'quantitative tightening' Australia's reserve bank said the ...

India boosted interest rates by a quarter-point to 6.25. Australia ’s central bank surprises the market with a 0.25 interest rate increas...