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CBOT wheat futures fall for fifth time in six straight sessions

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended lower on Friday, with the most-active contract CBOT:ZW1! ending lower for the fifth session in six, as traders continued liquidating their positions and concerns grew over supply pressures from Northern Hemisphere harvests, market analysts said.

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Mergers and acquisitions

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMT on Friday:** Consumer health company Haleon LSE:HLN bid for U.S. supplements firm Thorne, sources said on Friday, at a time when Haleon has been hoping to expand in the roughly $70 billion U.S. supplements market…

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Trump says he will repair National Mall reflecting pool after July 4

By Steve HollandPresident Donald Trump said on Friday he would repair the National Mall reflecting pool after July 4, as the landmark remains under heightened security and surveillance amid ongoing controversy over its renovation and emerging maintenance problems.The reflecting pool, located betwee…

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France urges World Bank not to scrap climate target

By Marc JonesFrance's development minister issued an eleventh-hour plea to the World Bank on Thursday, urging it to resist pressure from its largest shareholder, the United States, and stick with a climate finance target due to lapse at the end of the month.U.S. President Donald Trump's administrat…

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Soybeans ease as traders adjust ahead of USDA reports

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures eased on Friday on liquidation in commodity markets and as traders adjusted positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's acreage and stocks reports next week, market analysts said.

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CBOT corn falls as funds liquidate ahead of weekend

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended lower on Friday as traders adjusted positions ahead of the weekend and funds continued to liquidate positions, market analysts said.

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US starts vaccine effort for Ebola Bundibugyo as outbreak spreads

The U.S. is working on finding a vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola while sending an experimental treatment and preparing diagnostic tests to help contain the outbreak in Africa, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Friday.The measures, led by the agency's Administratio…

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Two-year yields dip as Hormuz flows rise, hopes on inflation grow

By Karen BrettellShort-dated U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday, tracking lower oil prices, after crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz rose to their highest level since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began, fueling hopes that the worst of the recent inflation shock may be passing.Optimism…

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