ECB cuts rates, keeps next move under wraps
The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time in five years on Thursday but kept investors in…
Latin American US refined products imports fall to pandemic lows
Latin America is the least dependent on US refined products since the start of the pandemic, thanks to a general…
Japan buys 103,767 tons of food wheat via tender
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) bought a total of 103,767metric tons of food-quality wheat from the United…
South Korean importer bought 65,000 T corn in private deal, traders say
A South Korean importer is believed to have purchased about 65,000 metric tons of animal feed corn expected to be…
Global financial institutions speed up investment in China
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has reportedly agreed to purchase a 10 percent stake in China Asset Management Co (ChinaAMC), the…
Small business may show a coming US hiring slowdown
Like many firms during the pandemic Worxbee, a small business that provides virtual executive assistant services, brought on bodies when…
Author Talks: Can thinking like an artist improve your decisions?
As artists arrange objects on a canvas, they do four things deliberately that other people don’t. Elspeth Kirkman says doing…
Charter owners’ share of fleet has fallen to 40%, lowest since 2002
The charter owners’ container fleet has grown at an average annual rate of 3.2% for the past twelve years and…