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CBOT corn ends lower as soybeans sag; USDA report awaited
CHICAGO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade corn futures closed lower on Monday on spillover weakness from soybeans and a lack of supportive news amid ample global grain supplies, traders said. CBOT March corn CH26 settled down 1 cent at $4.43-3/4 per bushel. Strong weekly export data underpi...Reuters
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Kinder Morgan Announces 2026 Financial Expectations
Dec 8 (Reuters) - Kinder Morgan Inc KMI.N:KINDER MORGAN ANNOUNCES 2026 FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONSKINDER MORGAN INC - PLANS $3.4 BILLION CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR 2026KINDER MORGAN INC - EXPECTS $1.37 ADJUSTED EPS FOR 2026KINDER MORGAN INC - PROJECTS $8.7 BILLION ADJUSTED EBITDA FOR 2026Reuters
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CBOT soybeans dip below $11 per bushel on China uncertainty
CHICAGO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell below $11 a bushel on Monday for the first time since October on uncertainty over whether China will buy as much U.S. supply as Washington expects and as South American weather favored large soy harvests that could begin in about...Reuters
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Trump says he will put tariffs on fertilizer from Canada if needed
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump warned on Monday that he will impose severe tariffs on fertilizer from Canada if he deems it necessary."A lot of it does come in from Canada, and so we'll end up putting very severe tariffs on that, if we have to, because that's the wa...Reuters
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Oil falls 2% as Iraqi oilfield production restored, Ukraine talks continue
Iraq restores production at West Qurna 2 oilfieldProgress on Ukraine peace talks remains slow84% chance of a quarter-point Fed cut, LSEG data showsG7, EU mull Russian oil maritime services ban, sources sayBy Georgina McCartney HOUSTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped 2% on Monday after Iraq ...Reuters
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US natural gas futures drop 7% on less cold forecasts, near-record output
Near-record gas output allows for increased storage levelsUS weather forecast to remain seasonal through late DecemberGlobal gas prices at 19-month lows on Ukraine peace talks, mild winterGas flows to LNG export plants near record highExtreme cold over past week boosted US cash prices to highest sin...Reuters
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Trump: will help tractor companies by removing environmental restrictions
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that farming equipment has gotten too expensive and his administration would help tractor companies by removing some environmental rules that affect them. "We're going to also give the tractor companies, John Deere and...Reuters
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Gold dips under $4,200 as rising yields and Fed jitters hit bullion
Gold (XAU/USD) retreats on Monday as traders brace for the Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, where the central bank is expected to deliver its third consecutive rate cut, ahead of 2026. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades at $4,195, down 0.27%, after hitting a daily high of $4,219,.
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NextEra, Google accelerate US data center build-out with new deals
NextEra and Google to develop and power new data center campuses in the U.SNextEra partners with ExxonMobil for natural-gas power with carbon captureMeta and NextEra sign 2.5 gigawatts in power contractsBy Vallari Srivastava and Laila Kearney Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. utility company NextEra Energ...Reuters
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GRAINS-Soybeans slide below $11 on doubts about demand for US exports
By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures fell below $11 a bushel on Monday for the first time since October on uncertainty over whether China will buy as much U.S. supply as Washington expects and as South American crop weather favored large soy harvests that could begin...Reuters
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PRECIOUS-Gold inches lower as investors show caution ahead of FOMC meeting
Fed to decide on rate cut at two-day meetingEuropean leaders meet Ukraine's Zelenskiy in LondonMarkets price in 90% chance of Dec rate cutBy Sarah Qureshi Dec 8 (Reuters) - Gold prices edged slightly down on Monday, as investors stayed cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day ...Reuters
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G7 finance ministers discussed export controls and critical minerals in call, Canada says
TORONTO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne chaired a virtual meeting of G7 finance ministers on Monday to discuss export controls and critical minerals, the finance ministry said in a statement."An important point of consensus was the concern regarding the a...Reuters
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US Plains HRW Wheat-Basis bids steady in muted trade
CHICAGO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Spot basis bids for hard red winter wheat were flat in the U.S. Plains on Monday on slow farmer sales, dealers said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported net export sales of wheat for the week ended November 6 at 462,500 metric tons. On Tuesday, the USDA will releas...Reuters
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US Cash Grains-Corn bids higher, soy lower as movement increases
CHICAGO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Spot basis bids for corn were higher and soy bids were lower in the U.S. Midwest on Monday as farmer movement ticked up following winter storms that had slowed trade in the previous week.Corn futures ticked higher on U.S. Department of Agriculture projections on Friday tha...Reuters
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EU wheat regains ground on export prospects
PARIS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Benchmark European wheat prices rose on Monday after a two-session fall as a weaker euro reinforced the export competitiveness of French supplies.Participants were also adjusting positions before a U.S. Department of Agriculture world crop report on Tuesday. GRA/March wheat ...Reuters
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EXCLUSIVE-Iraq restores West Qurna 2 output after brief outage, sources say
BASRA, Iraq, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Iraq restored production at Lukoil's LKOH.MM West Qurna 2 oilfield, one of the world's largest, after a leak on an export pipeline slashed its output, two Iraqi energy officials told Reuters on Monday.Lukoil declared force majeure last month at West Qurna 2 as ...Reuters
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Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
Tsunami warnings issued, later downgraded to advisoriesNo irregularities at nuclear plants, but power outages reportedYen weakens against major currencies after quake newsBy Kantaro Komiya and Mariko Katsumura TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan ...Reuters
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