/markets/Commodities/index.shtml Markets in Detail / Commodities zh-cn <a href='http://www.dedecms.com' target='_blank'>Power by DedeCms</a> kkcba@163.com /markets/Commodities/2007092925387.shtml BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Just last Sunday -- when marches led by Buddhist monks drew thousands in Myanmar's biggest cities -- Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora was in the country's capital for the signing of oil and gas exploration contracts between s 2007-09-29 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092925198.shtml There is a tussle for the soul of Tate Lyle. The UK food group has tried to reshape itself by moving away from commodities towards higher-value products, most notably its Sucralose sweetener. Yesterday's trading statement, and the 28 per cent drop in 2007-09-29 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092925197.shtml Metals prices rose Friday in New York, with gold and silver posting sharp gains as the value of the U.S. dollar continued to decline. Gold added $10.10 to $750 an ounce late in the session, and silver jumped 28 cents to $13.92 an ounce. Copper was al 2007-09-29 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092824253.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Wheat prices rose as corn and soybeans declined Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery rose 3 cents to $9.36 a bushel; December corn fell 7.75 cents to $3.79 a bushel; December oats fell 6.75 cents to $2.79 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092824252.shtml BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union nations scrapped a 32-year-old sugar trading pact with a group of ex-colonies Friday, a move they said ensures their trade ties with the poor countries comply with world trade rules. The so-called sugar protoc 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092824251.shtml OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The leaders of ConAgra Foods Inc. reminded shareholders about last year's better-than-expected profits at the company's annual meeting Thursday and promised better things to come. The Omaha-based company also announced plans to in 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092824250.shtml SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Federal agents said Thursday they shut down a factory that made marijuana-laced barbecue sauce, chocolate-covered pretzels and other "enhanced" snacks intended for medical users of the drug. The Drug Enforcement Administration s 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823979.shtml BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- While Myanmar's military junta cracks down on pro-democracy protests, oil companies are busy jostling for access to the country's largely untapped natural gas and oil fields. Just last Sunday -- as marches led by Buddhist mo 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823662.shtml LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Iran's president opened his nation's wallet to Bolivia on Thursday during a trip to strengthen ties with leftist leaders of South America who are increasingly embracing Iran as a counterweight to U.S. influence. Mahmoud Ahmadi 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823661.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Wheat, corn and soybean prices surged Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery jumped 15.75 cents to settle at $9.33 a bushel; December corn rose 11.75 cents to $3.8675 a bushel; December oats rose 4.25 cent 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823660.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector Thursday afternoon. Energy Prices Climb on Supply Worries Oil and other petroleum futures headed higher on concerns about Iran and a decline in crude inventories at a key Okl 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823659.shtml Precious metals were climbing Thursday, and commodities in general were enjoying an upbeat session. Gold was up $4 to $739.50 an ounce in New York, and silver was rising nearly 7 cents to $13.61 an ounce. Copper was gaining 4 cents to $3.61 a pound. 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823658.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Cleanup was under way Wednesday after 27 cars on the Iowa, Chicago Eastern Railroad derailed near Froelich in northeast Iowa. Railroad spokesman Jafar Karim said no one was injured in the derailment Tuesday night, which was r 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823657.shtml PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Tired of protests and proposed bans on foie gras, a group of chefs who serve the prized duck liver are fighting back with a $5 tasting menu. About 20 restaurants have signed on to the weeklong promotion in Philadelphia, where a c 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823656.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The Nasdaq 100 rose in midday trading Thursday, boosted by gains in shares of EchoStar Communications Corp., which was upgraded. The Nasdaq 100, which includes 100 nonfinancial securities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, added 4.52 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823655.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Natural gas in storage in the U.S. grew last week and is 8 percent above the five-year average for this time of year, a government report said Thursday. Separately, a group representing natural gas producers predicted a stable natu 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823654.shtml COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The owner of 134 Wendy's restaurants wants to make a bid for the nation's No. 3 hamburger chain with two private-equity firms. David Karam, president of Cedar Enterprises Inc., said Wednesday that he and his partners have been 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823653.shtml PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) -- Starbucks Corp. and PepsiCo Inc. said Thursday they have agreed to expand their joint venture to bring Starbucks ready-to-drink coffee beverages to China. Starbucks' bottled coffee and espresso drinks are currently offered in N 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823652.shtml MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that he would suspend a gasoline tax and block any residential gas or electricity price increases for the rest of the year to avoid hurting poor families already affected by inflation. A 5. 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823651.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A Banc of America Securities analyst cut his rating on Starbucks Corp. Thursday, saying the stock might fall because expectations for a quick recovery are too high amid slowing growth. Andrew M. Barish, in a client note, cut his rati 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823650.shtml RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's largest city sold millions of dollars worth of carbon credits at an auction Wednesday in a deal that experts said paves the way for developing countries to make money fighting global warming. Brazil's Mercantil 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823649.shtml TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Twenty-one people in eight states may have fallen ill after eating hamburgers possibly contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell said three ca 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823648.shtml COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The owner of 134 Wendy's restaurants wants to make a bid for the nation's No. 3 hamburger chain with two private-equity firms. David Karam, president of Cedar Enterprises Inc., said Wednesday that he and his partners have been 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823647.shtml To country legend Willie Nelson, the sweet smell of success may no longer be a great critical review or best-selling album. It might be the smell of french fries. Nelson, a longtime supporter of American farmers, has been crossing the country in a to 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823646.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Clean up was under way Wednesday after 27 cars on the Iowa, Chicago Eastern Railroad derailed near Froelich in northeast Iowa. Railroad spokesman Jafar Karim said no one was injured in the derailment Tuesday night, which was 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823645.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Wheat prices surged Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery jumped 30 cents, the maximum permitted, to settle at $9.1725 a bushel; December corn rose 3.25 cents to $3.75 a bushel; December oats were flat a 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823644.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shipments of foreign food would be funneled through 13 ports of entry, cutting out Chicago, Houston, Miami and several hundred other cities, under legislation to tighten U.S. oversight of imports. The restrictions would fix an impo 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823643.shtml Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, Sept. 26, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Pier 1 Imports Inc. partially recovered Wednesday following an unexplained two-day free fall. NEW YORK (AP) -- Bear Stearns Cos. shares rose 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823642.shtml Oil prices ended up over $80 a barrel Wednesday, capping off a volatile day of trade after the government said supplies of crude and distillates rose unexpectedly. U.S. light crude for November delivery rose 77 cents to settle at $80.30 a barrel on t 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823641.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats on Wednesday ordered federal safety regulators to limit popcorn plant workers' exposure to a flavoring chemical linked to a lung ailment, saying further delay could cost lives. 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Cost savings are on track, with $1bn delive 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823638.shtml BOSTON (AP) -- A Harvard student must be allowed extra break time during her nine-hour medical licensing exam so she can pump breast milk to feed her 4-month-old daughter, a Massachusetts appeals court judge ruled Wednesday. Sophie Currier, 33, sued 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823637.shtml Metals prices were uniformly lower Wednesday in New York, led by a decline of 1.6% in nickel futures. Gold was down $3.30 at $735.50 an ounce, and silver was losing 14 cents to $13.48 an ounce. Copper fell 2 cents to $3.61 a pound. Agricultural produ 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823636.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Drag queens, carnival kings, Big Bird and John Travolta are all in a day's work to Jon Coles, whose company has outfitted all of them with feathers. 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Report Stalls Futures Price Rebound Energy futures retreated from earlier highs after the Energy Department reported a surprising increa 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823632.shtml OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Natural gas provider SourceGas may have overcharged its Nebraska customers by $1.1 million over the last year when its predecessor company Kinder Morgan increased rates, according to a complaint filed with the Nebraska Public Serv 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823631.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of beverage maker Hansen Natural Corp. hit an all-time high Wednesday after a Goldman Sachs analyst raised earnings estimates to reflect an expected surge in sales of the company's Java Monster brand drink and boosted his pric 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823630.shtml BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union agriculture ministers approved plans Wednesday to increase production of wheat and other grains across the 27-nation bloc amid growing shortages on the world market. 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That's why one of the largest conventional grocery retailers in the southeast is opening its first GreenWis 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823626.shtml OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A natural gas company and several Norfolk leaders tried Tuesday to persuade the Nebraska Public Service Commission that it, not federal officials, should regulate pipeline projects that start and end within the state's borders. Th 2007-09-28 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092823625.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The Domino sugar factory, a towering brick presence along the Brooklyn waterfront since the mid-19th century and a reminder of the city's great manufacturing past, has been granted landmark status. 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Wheat for December delivery fell 24 cents to close at $8.45 a bushel; December corn gained 6 cents to $3.5825 a bushel; December oats dipped 2007-09-20 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092021888.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector at midday Wednesday. Energy Futures Soar on Inventories Report A day after the Fed's half-point rate cut and a new settlement high for oil prices, crude futures rose to s 2007-09-20 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007092021887.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- This was a sweet moment for Dale Earnhardt Jr. American stock-car racing's most popular driver unveiled his line of candy bars, "Dale Jr.'s Big Mo'," at a candy expo on Tuesday. 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U.S. crude for October delivery rose 94 cents to settle at $81.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, another reco 2007-09-19 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091920372.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of most publicly traded exchanges advanced in afternoon trading Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it would cut its federal funds rate for the first time in four years. The Fed cut the rate by a half-point, to 4.75 percent 2007-09-19 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091920313.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- An index of European companies listed on U.S. exchanges rose Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered a key interest rate, with shares of British and Irish companies posting some of the largest gains. 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Wheat for December delivery fell 1 cent to $8.74 a bushel; December corn slipped 1.75 cents to $3.505 a bushel; December oats rose 0.5 cent to $2.83 a bushel 2007-09-18 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091819362.shtml LONDON (AP) -- Livestock on a farm in southern England have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, the third confirmed case in a new outbreak of the virus, officials said Tuesday. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the d 2007-09-18 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091819361.shtml CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Scarce winter rain across much of drought-parched Australia led a key government forecaster Tuesday to slash its harvest predictions for wheat and barley. 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Th 2007-09-17 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091717131.shtml HOUSTON (AP) -- Independent oil and gas company Rosetta Resources Inc. said Monday it filed an objection with the bankruptcy court opposing Calpine Corp.'s proposed disclosure statement for its pending reorganization plan. Electricity producer Calpin 2007-09-17 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091717130.shtml SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) -- Dick Shave got a duck for dinner. It was firm, fresh and -- this is very important when you're only eating food grown within 100 miles -- raised nearby. "We're going to have it with local new potatoes from the farmers' marke 2007-09-17 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091717129.shtml LONDON (Reuters) - Oil extended a retreat from record highs on Monday, sliding towards $78 a barrel after tropical storm Ingrid faded in the Atlantic and as concerns about the global credit squeeze took centre stage. Investors are becoming increasin 2007-09-17 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091716744.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- School vending machines are stocked with fewer high-calorie soft drinks today because some states have banned the sale of sodas on campus and the beverage industry is phasing in healthier drinks, according to an industry report. Th 2007-09-17 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091716718.shtml SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices on Monday continued a retreat from record highs after tropical storm Ingrid faded in the Atlantic over the weekend, soothing fears it could hit Gulf of Mexico crude production and refining. U.S. crude for October fel 2007-09-17 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091516472.shtml CINCINNATI (AP) -- Procter Gamble Co. asked a judge Friday to stop Kraft Foods Inc. from continuing to manufacture and distribute its Maxwell House coffee in a plastic container that PG has alleged infringes on a patent. 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U.S. light crude for O 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311642.shtml GENEVA (AP) -- Brazil will ask the World Trade Organization for a formal investigation of U.S. farm subsidy programs, which it says includes payments for ethanol production, a senior Brazilian official said Wednesday. The South American country, whic 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311641.shtml Oil prices hit a fresh intraday record high of over $79 a barrel Wednesday after the government said supplies of crude oil fell far more than expected. U.S. light crude for October delivery rose 47 cents to $78.70 a barrel, passing the old trading hi 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311640.shtml NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude inventories dropped to an eight-month low last week and stocks of gasoline slumped to their lowest level in two years, a weekly government report said Wednesday. 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Wheat for December delivery jumped 29.5 cents to $8.905 a bushel; December corn fell 4.75 cents to $3.4125 a bushel; December oats rose 2.5 cents to $2.7025 a bushel 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311634.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of fast food giant McDonald's Corp. climbed Tuesday after the company reported a big same-store sales rise in August, leading Wall Street analysts to laud the hamburger chain for its performance in a difficult consumer environ 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311633.shtml RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Eight Virginia counties have been declared primary federal agricultural disaster areas because of a lingering summer drought. Gov. Tim Kaine sought the disaster declaration from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers in Bed 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311632.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector at midday Tuesday. OPEC Offers a Small Production Increase Oil and gasoline futures fell after OPEC said it would boost oil production quotas by 500,000 barrels per day. The 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311631.shtml If youre not on the inside, youre on the outside, was one of the famous quotes uttered by the infamous Gordon Gecko in 1987s classic movie Wall Street . Mr. Gecko, of course, had it wrong. But his chosen phrase can quite fittingly be applied to comm 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311630.shtml DECATUR, Ill. (AP) -- Archer Daniels Midland Co., a processor of soybeans, corn and wheat, said Tuesday it made several appointments in its commercial and production group. ADM said it appointed Scott Fredericksen as president of the rail container a 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311629.shtml PARIS (Reuters) - Biofuels, championed for reducing energy reliance, boosting farm revenues and helping fight climate change, may in fact hurt the environment and push up food prices, a study suggested on Tuesday. In a report on the impact of biofue 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311628.shtml GENEVA (AP) -- The European Union's trade chief warned Tuesday that six years of global commerce negotiations will probably fail if negotiators cannot agree on the blueprint of a deal before the U.S. presidential campaign heats up next year. Peter Ma 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311627.shtml BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Commission said Tuesday it would ease restrictions on the movement of animals and animal products from Britain after an EU veterinary panel said last month's outbreak of food-and-mouth disease was now "fully con 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/2007091311626.shtml BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The pint lives on: The European Commission has ditched its attempt to impose the metric system on Ireland and Britain, where a grocer was once convicted of selling bananas by the pound rather than by the kilo. European Union 2007-09-13 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709119960.shtml VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- OPEC was deciding Tuesday whether to maintain its production quota or give it a modest and symbolic boost to calm oil markets worried that there may not be enough crude to meet global demand by year's end. Despite resistance b 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709119412.shtml BOSTON (AP) -- Megan Dickerson always loved the rich colors and melodic scores of the film "Willy Wonka the Chocolate Factory." But she also longed to experience the sweet scents of chocolate and schnozberries. A self-proclaimed multisensory artist, 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709119237.shtml ST. PAUL (AP) -- Minnesota farmers were able to get into the fields nearly every day last week as corn and soybeans quickly matured in warmer-than-average temperatures, according to the Minnesota field office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Th 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709119019.shtml A look at the area that would be protected under the Green Mountain Conservation and Development Authority, announced Monday by Moammar Gadhafi's son: -- Size: 2,046 square miles in northeastern Libya, an area known as the Green Mountain. -- Mediterr 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709118981.shtml WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) -- Lynn Swann remembers the day The Greenbrier -- the resort that has hosted presidents, royalty and the well-heeled for nearly 150 years -- lost a distinction it had held almost four decades. On Jan. 11, 2000, the e 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709118812.shtml More than a half-million overweight trucks are allowed onto the nation's roads and bridges -- an increasingly routine practice that some officials say is putting dangerous wear and tear on an already groaning infrastructure. In interviews with The As 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709118662.shtml Car makers tout hydrogen fuel cells as a contender for the next wave in clean, green and fuel-efficient cars. But how to safely get the hydrogen into them is a key question. Compressed hydrogen can be unstable; it can blow up if not treated properly. 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709118461.shtml ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Turkmenistan's president has forbidden the use of child labor in the ex-Soviet nation's cotton industry, according to remarks published Monday. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov told Cabinet ministers that "schoolchi 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709118460.shtml BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union and Serbia concluded negotiations on a new pre-membership aid and trade pact Monday but the EU says signing the accord will remain on hold until Serbia shows it is fully cooperating with the U.N.'s war cri 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709118459.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector at midday Monday. OPEC Production Increase Appears Unlikely Key members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries say global oil markets are amply supplied with cr 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709118458.shtml HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- AIDS drugs -- some of them contaminated, diluted or faked -- are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, the health ministry said. S 2007-09-11 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709108189.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health officials on Monday considered whether adding symbols with nutrition information to food labels, like a traffic light system used in Britain, might help shoppers make healthier food choices. 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Wheat for December delivery climbed 19.5 cents to $8.435 a bushel; December corn added 8.25 cents to $3.475 a bushel; December oats rose 3.25 cents to $2.6375 a bushel; No 2007-09-08 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709087274.shtml DENVER (AP) -- Exxon Mobil Corp., a major player in the Rocky Mountain energy boom, is planning to more than quadruple its natural gas production in northwest Colorado. The company has begun construction on its newest development phase in the Piceanc 2007-09-08 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709087273.shtml BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thousands of people in North Korea require immediate and continued humanitarian food aid after devastating floods last month, the U.N. World Food Program said Friday. 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Third-quarter losses totaled $9.1 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with $12.4 million, or 1 2007-09-08 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709087266.shtml Among the earnings projection stories late Thursday, Sept. 6, from AP Financial News: SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Programmable chip maker Xilinx Inc. said Thursday it expects fiscal second-quarter sales to be about flat sequentially. ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A 2007-09-08 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709076665.shtml LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Gov. Ernie Fletcher made a pitch on Thursday for federal disaster assistance for Kentucky farmers struggling from crop losses caused by a spring freeze and summer drought. 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The financial exchange, which merged with the Chicago Board of Trade earlier this year 2007-09-07 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709075900.shtml LOS ANGELES (AP) -- With authorities promising tighter borders, some farmers who rely on immigrant labor are eyeing an emerging generation of fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors to do everything from pluck premium wine grapes to clean and cor 2007-09-07 Commodities 秩名 en.yinlu.net /markets/Commodities/200709075899.shtml SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s price cut of its iPhone and new lineup of iPod players are expected to ring in healthy holiday sales, but Wall Street investors accustomed to Apple's meaty profit margins appear a bit disappointed. 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