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Nov. 5, 2024 at 1:24 pm CST

The British Columbia ports labour dispute continued on Tuesday, impacting exports at Canada's biggest port in Vancouver with no sign of negotiating progress.

By Ed White, Reuters

Nov. 5, 2024 at 10:52 am CST

Yum Brands reported a surprise fall in worldwide same-store sales on Tuesday as its KFC chain grapples with sluggish demand in the U.S., as well as choppy international sales.

By Reuters

Nov. 5, 2024 at 10:49 am CST

Archer-Daniels-Midland shares fell eight per cent premarket on Tuesday after the global grains merchant cut its adjusted annual profit forecast and said it would amend its previous financial statements after finding fresh accounting irregularities.

By Mrinalika Roy, Reuters, Sourasis Bose

Nov. 5, 2024 at 10:35 am CST

Argentina's current wheat crop benefited from significant rainfall that fell over southern parts of the country's agricultural area at the weekend, the Rosario Grains Exchange (BCR) said in a report on Monday.

By Reuters

Nov. 5, 2024 at 10:32 am CST

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But why were we worrying specifically about pigs? And does this case – detected on a farm in Oregon on October 29 – change anything?

By Ed Hutchinson, The Conversation via Reuters Connect