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U.S. consumer spending up 0.7% in December The ISM said Monday its gauge of business activity rose to 68.8 in January from 66.8 in Decembe...

China should steadily increase its holdings of gold , silver and other precious metals, People's Bank of China adviser Xia Bin was quo...

Warning shot for America and Europe as S&P downgrades Japan Dylan Grice, a noted Japan bear at Societe Generale, said the country'...

(Bloomberg) -- Stocks worldwide plunged the most since November, crude oil jumped and the dollar gained against the euro after protests in E...

Japan ’s credit rating was cut by S&P one step to AA- Pending U.S. home sales were up 2% in December U.S. orders for durable goods...

The Egyptian (the world’s biggest wheat importer) authorities have moved to ban demonstrations. Sales of U.S new single-family homes ros...

(Bloomberg) -- The La Nina weather pattern that caused flooding in Australia and a dry spell in South America may persist through August, cu...

(Standard Chartered) Global GDP will rise to $143 trillion by 2030 from $62 trillion in 2010. Justice Thomas said the employment of his w...

A Tribute to Olbermann: Why He Is Different from the Pundits at Fox News Really, I want to use this space to say "thank you" to ...

The International Grains Council estimates 2010-11 record-high world rice production, up 2.8% YoY. IGC says world wheat stocks for 2010-11...

The EIA said: Supplies of crude oil fell 2.6 million barrels for the week ended Jan. 14. Analyst’s s had expected a decline of 2.2 million ...

"Drought conditions in both the U.S. and China's winter wheat areas are a serious cause for concern and could be a key factor inhi...

The NY Fed index rose to 11.9 from a revised 9.9 in December. The National Association of Home Builders index flat at 16 for the third st...

The world refined copper market is expected to have a 500,000-metric-ton to 600,000-ton deficit in 2011, even with a significantly weaker d...

Japan pledged to buy bonds backed by European governments. (MW) Speculation intensifies that Portugal will be forced to seek a bailout. P...

China's soybean imports will likely expand 5%-10% a year over the next five years, with imports in 2011 around 54 million-55 million ton...

U.S. Payrolls increased 103,000, less than the median projection of 150,000 (Reuters) - Algeria is to suspend customs duties and value add...

Europe unveils sweeping plans to govern reckless banks The plans allow oversight bodies to place a "permanent presence" of insp...

Australian Bureau of Meteorology: The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) value for December of +27 is the highest December SOI value on record...

U.S. payrolls expanded by 297,000 in December as companies boosted payrolls by the most since records began in 2001. Record high food pr...

Regulators Resist Volcker Wandering Warning of Too-Big-to-Fail “I wouldn’t lend you a dime if I knew you loved to gamble at a casino,” sa...

12/20/10 China's soybean imports in November rose 47% compared with October and 90% YoY, to 5.48 million metric tons, the General Admi...

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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...

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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,...