Corn futures saw continued long liquidation heading onto the weekend, with contacts down another 2 ¼ to 7 cents. July was down 29 ½ cents (-45 cents in 2 weeks), with December falling 29 cents. A wetter forecast, lack of news on China and weaker world FOB offers as the...
Corn futures saw continued long liquidation heading onto the weekend, with contacts down another 2 ¼ to 7 cents. July was down 29 ½ cents (-45 cents in 2 weeks), with December falling 29 cents. A wetter forecast, lack of news on China and weaker world FOB offers as the...
Climate Change: No. 1 Problem Of No Nation? Despite claims of new records for global high temperatures every few years now, the topic of climate change has still not reached the top of the agenda for many people. As Valentine Fouurreau reports, data from Statista Consumer Insights shows respondents in none of the 32 nations covered by the survey collectively rated climate change as the most import...
Climate Change: No. 1 Problem Of No Nation? Despite claims of new records for global high temperatures every few years now, the topic of climate change has still not reached the top of the agenda for many people. As Valentine Fouurreau reports, data from Statista Consumer Insights shows respondents in none of the 32 nations covered by the survey collectively rated climate change as the most important problem for their own country when asked to name the issues that were of the biggest significance to them. You will find more infographics at Statista Of the countries included in our infographic, Japan comes closest with climate change being named as a severe issue by the fifth-highest number of respondents, followed by China and India in rank 7. Generally, this is more of an expression of the few problems of Japanese and Chinese people, as still only 27 percent and 21 percent, respectively, rated the climate change issue as severe. Despite ranking only seventh in India, climate change was recognized as a big problem there by more people, 34. Among developed nations such as France, Germany, South Korea or the U.S., worry about climate change hovered between 23 and 28 percent. Tyler Durden Fri, 06/05/2026 - 20:30
A second case of the deadly New World screwworm parasite has been confirmed in a Texas calf, the US Department of Agriculture said. A one-month-old calf tested positive in Zavala County, the agency said in a late Friday statement. The infected animal is about 5.6 miles away from the first confirmed case earlier this week, which marked the first time the pest had been detected in the US in nearly a...
A second case of the deadly New World screwworm parasite has been confirmed in a Texas calf, the US Department of Agriculture said. A one-month-old calf tested positive in Zavala County, the agency said in a late Friday statement. The infected animal is about 5.6 miles away from the first confirmed case earlier this week, which marked the first time the pest had been detected in the US in nearly a decade.
US prosecutors dropped a $300 million fraud indictment against a former executive at Prophecy Asset Management accused of working with Brian Kahn, the disgraced founder of Franchise Group Inc. , to cheat investors in their hedge fund. Prosecutors offered no explanation Friday in asking a judge to dismiss the case against Jeffrey Spotts, who had faced a July 6 trial in federal court in Trenton, New...
US prosecutors dropped a $300 million fraud indictment against a former executive at Prophecy Asset Management accused of working with Brian Kahn, the disgraced founder of Franchise Group Inc. , to cheat investors in their hedge fund. Prosecutors offered no explanation Friday in asking a judge to dismiss the case against Jeffrey Spotts, who had faced a July 6 trial in federal court in Trenton, New Jersey. Both Kahn and another former Prophecy executive, John Hughes, pleaded guilty and were expected to testify against Spotts. But the case foundered this year when prosecutors said evidence involving Kahn included classified information they couldn’t identify publicly. After sealed litigation before US District Judge Michael Shipp , prosecutors told Spotts’ lawyers last month that Kahn wouldn’t testify after all. Shipp dismissed the case late Friday. Spotts, who wasn’t charged until five years after the 2020 collapse of Prophecy, long maintained his innocence. “This is a total, unprecedented, and above all else, a deserved victory for Jeff Spotts,” said his attorney, Lee Vartan . “Jeff was defrauded by Brian Kahn and John Hughes. He did nothing wrong. The government now agrees, and dismissed a $300 million securities fraud indictment fully and completely.” A spokesperson for Robert Frazer, the US attorney in New Jersey, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. US authorities say that Prophecy promised investors steady returns and a diversified trading strategy driven by more than 30 “sub-advisers.” No trader was supposed to control too much of the assets, and each was supposed to post collateral. In reality, Kahn managed 78% of Prophecy’s $1 billion in leveraged capital, the US said. In pleading guilty in December, Kahn admitted he conspired to commit securities fraud at Prophecy. His crimes occurred as he secretly acted as Prophecy’s top trader while also building Franchise Group, or FRG, into a publicly traded company. He faces as many as five years in pr...
Every headline this week wants you to buy Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) on the back of an earnings beat and a fresh AI-platform pitch from CEO Jeremy Wacksman. But here is what you should actually be watching. Zillow is a leveraged bet on a housing market that the company itself, in its own forward guidance, describes ... Avoid Zillow: This Infrastructure Redirect Is a “No-Brainer” Buy as the Housing Ma...
Every headline this week wants you to buy Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z) on the back of an earnings beat and a fresh AI-platform pitch from CEO Jeremy Wacksman. But here is what you should actually be watching. Zillow is a leveraged bet on a housing market that the company itself, in its own forward guidance, describes ... Avoid Zillow: This Infrastructure Redirect Is a “No-Brainer” Buy as the Housing Market Stalls