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December arabica coffee (KCZ26) is up +7.00 (+2.39%) today, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26) is up +34 (+0.98%). Coffee prices are sharply higher today on supply concerns. Last Friday, Colombia’s Coffee Federation reported that 2025/26 Colombia coffee production (Oct-Sep) fell -15% y/y to 12.65 million bags, and Colombia’s 2025/26 coffee exports fell -12% y/y…
A container ship sank in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as Iran escalated its attacks on commercial vessels. The GFS Pride, registered in Singapore, sank after it was struck by an unidentified projectile and caught fire. The ship’s 21 crew members were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported, according to the Maritime and…
Beauty retailer Douglas appoints new CEO as Sander van der Laan retires
I’m no stranger to long-distance train travel aboard Amtrak. Recently, it has been my preferred mode of travel as jet fuel costs push airfares to unpredictable heights. During a recent trip from New York to Chicago in mid-June, I chose to book a two-leg Amtrak trip to compare the business-class seats from New York to…
Choosing between Salesforce (CRM -1.30%) and Palantir Technologies (PLTR -3.23%) requires weighing mature, steady cash flow against high-octane growth. Both companies are now central players in the evolving landscape of enterprise software. Salesforce focuses on managing customer relationships through a massive cloud ecosystem, while Palantir provides the underlying operating systems for data-driven decision-making. Investors often…
The USS Abraham Lincoln, pictured on Oct. 8 in San Diego, set a U.S. Navy record spending over 260 days consecutively at sea without a port call while playing a key role in Operation Epic Fury and regional maritime security operations in the Middle East. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Saudi officials said Wednesday that…
AJ Bell has slashed the fee on its ready-made personal pension, making it one of the cheapest fee-wise on the managed personal pension market. The investment platform has today (14 October) reduced its annual charge from 0.45% to 0.35% for investors taking a hands-off approach. The 0.35% fee is all-in, covering administration and investment charges,…
Mortgage rates jumped to their highest in three years When we bought our first house in the 1990s, our mortgage rate was 8.25 percent, down from 13 percent in a fairly short order. We were giddy about having access to “free money” on top of winning a 3-way bidding war. In fact, in our Connecticut…
Live News Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 21:22 [IST] The US stock futures erased their early gains and traded lower on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, as Wall Street will open with a focus shifted towards upcoming CPI inflation, which will offer further clarity on rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve. However, yesterday, the Dow…
The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday that Social Security benefits will get a 3.6% boost in 2027, after a year of hotter-than-expected inflation. It’s a sharp increase from the 2.8% adjustment beneficiaries received for 2026 and the largest bump since 2023, when benefits rose 8.7%. Even so, senior advocates are warning that it is too…