Insights and Stories on Business

Aug. 1, 2019 at 3:48 pm CDT

Reuters – Pesticide and insecticide maker Corteva Inc’s quarterly profit beat estimates as volumes and prices in its international markets rose more than expected, sending its shares up more than 8 percent . Investors cheered Corteva’s upbeat numbers, its first after separation from DowDupont in June, as they were a […]

By Arathy S Nair, Nishara Karuvalli Pathikkal

Jan. 30, 2019 at 11:53 am CST

By Kelly Dobson

Nov. 9, 2018 at 9:00 am CST

Rio de Janeiro | Reuters – Brazilian police arrested one of the controlling shareholders of meatpacker JBS SA on Friday in connection with an ongoing police inquiry into illegal campaign contributions while a local news outlet reported two former agriculture ministers were also arrested. A member of JBS’ controlling family Joesley […]

By Ana Mano, Pedro Fonseca

Nov. 7, 2018 at 9:45 am CST

CNS Canada – More than a year after the ground breaking ceremony was held for Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man., construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” ”We […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Nov. 7, 2018 at 9:45 am CST

Paris | Reuters – Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, top shareholder of commodity giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), said she had secured financing for a deal that requires her to buy out family minorities, a move that has created uncertainty over the firm’s funding. Minority family shareholders asked in 2015 to sell 16.6 […]

By Gus Trompiz