Commerce is becoming fragmented, and prices on the basic building blocks of the economy are more volatile.

Traders who rake in profits from betting on volatility in commodity markets are finding their services increasingly in demand as trade wars and military conflicts spur wild swings in prices of raw ...

Commodities traders are rushing to bring Brazilian coffee into the U.S. before a new 50% tariff on Brazilian goods takes effect on August 1. Newly released data also shows U.S. consumer prices rose in ...

Stocks are starting the holiday-shortened week less than 1% from a fresh record high. But there’s one issue that may cause investor conniptions in the coming year: a resurgence of inflation. That’s ...

By Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A management buyout of commodity trader Gunvor has valued the group at around $5 billion, according to two sources and a Reuters calculation based on ...

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Glencore plc (GLNCY), the Swiss-based commodity trading giant, has been in business since 1974, when its founder, the late Marc Rich, left the commodities behemoth Philipp Brothers over a bonus ...

Markets breathe in seasons. Prices do not move in straight lines. They respond to planting windows, maintenance schedules, holiday demand, freight snarls and policy surprises. If you learn to read ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Commodities trader BB Energy has laid off over a dozen people from its Houston office, and parted with some oil traders in a major restructuring of its operations, sources familiar ...