Lakeland: The Number Moved, Just Not Enough

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September arabica coffee (KCU26) today is up +11.00 (+3.33%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26) is up +116 (+3.03%). Coffee prices are moving sharply higher today.  Since posting 5.5-month highs last week, coffee prices have whipsawed in a wide range below those highs amid illiquid trading conditions, leading to volatile price moves.  Don’t Miss a…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luba Patlakh Kaplun, founder of Kidology. It has been edited for length and clarity. I used to dream of being a broadcast journalist. But my parents — Russian Jewish immigrants from Ukraine — wanted me to do something more serious, in their eyes. I floundered for…

Over 10,000 financial insurance elites from around the world gathered in Hong Kong HONG KONG, Aug. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — From August 7 to 10, 2026, the 16th Worldwide Chinese Life Insurance Congress and the 2026 International Dragon Award (IDA) Annual Conference were grandly held in Hong Kong, the “Pearl of the Orient.” At this…

You can’t just sweep $40 trillion in U.S. national debt under a rug and forget about it — or so the bond market appears to be telling Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Key insight: The Small Business Administration’s move to bar businesses with any non-U.S. owners from loan guarantees has created a headache for lenders and borrowers alike. There is a better solution. What’s at stake: The new rules will inevitably lengthen processing time, and the delay itself introduces a new risk that lenders will need to…