Corn prices plunge “limit down”
After reporting on prices at multi-decade highs for foodstuffs like tea, cocoa, and sugar and…
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Dr. Duru RockTenn increases the price of uncoated recycled paperboard
RockTenn (RKT), a manufacturer of paperboard, containerboard and consumer and corrugated packaging, announced today a…
Price of personal computers to rise for first time in six years
Financial Times reporter Robin Kwong says that PC prices will increase this year due to…
writejesse Delta hikes baggage fees. Again.
Because, you know, everyone loooves baggage fees: The higher fees take effect Tuesday for Delta…
Precious metals shine
Gold is at a 5-week high; silver and platinum are approaching 52-week highs. Charts for…
Kraft has been “raising prices across its portfolio”
So says a recent Morningstar report, according to this Forbes article about the Kraft/Cadbury merger…
Alcoa reports for Q4 a 9.3% increase in aluminum prices
Alcoa (AA) reported 4th quarter earnings tonight. AA’s average realized price per metric ton of…
Washington DC the latest to hike fees for parking meters
Roz Plater of Fox 5 News reports that DC drivers will be socked with hefty…
State Farm seeks to increase Louisiana homeowners’ premiums 19.1%
Looks like Louisiana homeowners could soon be socked with a massive increase in their homeowners’…
TIP still outperforming TLT
Inflation-protected treasury bonds continue to outperform standard (non-inflation-adjusted) long-dated treasuries. Click on the chart to…