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S. Africa’s proposed ban on foreign land ownership aimed at farms

Feb. 17, 2015 at 11:41 am CST

Johannesburg | Reuters — A South African government proposal to ban foreign nationals from owning land will apply to farms, not residential property, a government minister was quoted as saying Tuesday. In his State of the Nation address last week, President Jacob Zuma said foreigners would be barred from owning […]

S. Korea blocks Canadian beef again over BSE case

Feb. 15, 2015 at 8:18 pm CST

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Labour minister says CP, engineers urged to bargain

Feb. 11, 2015 at 5:59 pm CST

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U.S. may lower cholesterol’s level of threat to health

Feb. 10, 2015 at 6:55 pm CST

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Brazil’s grain traders fear monopoly if rail merger allowed

Feb. 9, 2015 at 5:00 pm CST

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CME expects US$10M savings per year closing futures pits

Feb. 6, 2015 at 3:22 am CST

New York | Reuters –– CME Group will save US$10 million (C$12.4 million) per year after it shuts nearly all of its futures pits in New York and Chicago, a spokesman said Thursday, as the world’s biggest futures exchange pushes ahead with cost-cutting measures. While that may be a significant […]

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U.S. lawmaker says Canada, Japan must cut farm tariffs

Feb. 5, 2015 at 6:16 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Canada and Japan must open their markets to farm imports under a Pacific trade pact, the chairman of a congressional committee responsible for trade said on Thursday, adding that any country that cannot meet the deal’s ambitious goals should drop out. In prepared remarks, House ways […]

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Scoular reported hit by $17M fraud

Feb. 4, 2015 at 7:17 pm CST

Reuters — Scoular Co., a U.S. grain trading and handling firm, was swindled out of more than US$17 million through an international email scheme, a company official confirmed on Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the fraud, which took place in June, a company spokesperson said […]

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Australian trade minister sees TPP deal just weeks away

Feb. 4, 2015 at 7:11 pm CST

Sydney | Reuters –– Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said an ambitious Pacific trade pact could be reached within weeks after years of contentious negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement includes 12 countries covering 40 per cent of the world economy, among them the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan. […]

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Obama proposes creation of stand-alone U.S. food safety agency

Feb. 2, 2015 at 7:36 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed bringing together the country’s food safety operations into one agency to better monitor food quality in a move that would reshape the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The proposal was put forward as part of the President’s 2016 budget plan. The new […]

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