ATU Images | The Image Bank | Getty Images Sugar is getting a lot less sweet for buyers. Sugar prices surged 21.5% in August, marking its strongest monthly gain since October 2010, when it rose 24%. The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization Food Price Index also rose in August amid broad-based increases, led by…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Ricardo Moraes | Reuters Emerging markets are likely to see a surge in investor money as they seek new opportunities after the U.S. Treasury’s bond buyback plans weakened the dollar,…
A batch of exported urea fertilizers is being concentrated at the port for shipment at Yantai Port in Shandong Province, China on March 26, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images An unusually powerful El Niño later this year could exacerbate food security fears as disruption caused by the Iran war strains supply for…
Seattle Seahawks Sam Darnold (14) in action, under center vs New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA on Feb. 8, 2026. Jamie Schwaberow | Sports Illustrated | Getty Images The Super Bowl is ended last week, but plans for the 2026 NFL season are already in place. In the days leading up…
Google announced this on Thursday Buying 200,000 MT to remove carbon from candlestickA forest restoration company based in Brazil. The project would buy agricultural land in the Amazon and reforest it. The deal was done through Symbiosis AllianceAn advance market commitment that aims to develop a market for nature-based carbon removal plans that is supported…
The United States is launching a pilot program that could require some inbound travelers to pay bonds of up to $15,000 to enter. The 12-month program is aimed, in part, at visitors from countries with historically high visa overstay rates, according to an unpublished temporary final rule posted in the Federal Register on Tuesday….
The S & P 500 pulled back from record highs on Friday as investors dealt with this week’s renewal of tough tariff rhetoric from President Donald Trump. In a series of letters, the White House informed a slew of U.S. trading partners about the levies they would face if trade agreements were not reached by…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with visiting African Leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. will slap a 50% tariff on Brazil‘s imports, partly in retaliation for…
