Reckoning Amongst “Friends” U.S. and Chinese officials met in Rome today and the unmistakable message from Washington is that Beijing will pay a heavy price if it supports Moscow. China may have earlier professed a friendship with Russia that has “no limits” but within Chinese proverbs it is said that the durability of a friendship relies upon keeping the challenges minimized. Russia is less than 2 percent of the global economy versus over half the global wealth now arrayed against it. Beijing must decide whether Russia’s long-haul challenge of the West is worth its friendship. Chemical Contradiction Chemicals are bad but GMO’s are worse, and chemical bans can be inconvenient. Latin America...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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