Yesterday the EU Commission formally rejected the proposed merger of Germany's Deutsche Borse and NYSE Euronext, the owner of the iconic New York Stock Exchange, almost exactly one year after it was announced. Had it been allowed, the merger would have created the world's largest market for financial derivatives. The proposed merger would have been more of an acquisition of NYSE Euronext by Deutsche Borse (DB), with 60 percent of the stock of the combined corporation going to current DB stockholders and 40 percent going to NYSE stockholders. The merger was valued at something near $17 billion. The rejection did not generate much fanfare since it had been well signaled in advance.Reportedly, all 27 EU commissioners agreed with the EU's Com...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.