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Trump's Phosphate Fertilizer Duty Suspension Buys One Season — Making It Permanent Is the Real Test
The president suspended duties on Moroccan phosphate for eight months. An ag economist says the sunset review is where t...
Fertilizer Efficiency Products Face a Review Bottleneck Washington Could Clear
An industry executive argues that duplicative federal and state reviews slow farmer access to enhanced-efficiency fertil...
Brazil's Soy Industry Sells Its Green Credentials as Moratorium Frays
Mato Grosso growers argue their climate record is better than its reputation — but trader exits from the soy moratorium ...
Brazil's Grain Powerhouse Hits a Roadblock: The High Cost of Getting Soybeans to Port
Mato Grosso's soybean farmers pay about $28 more per ton than U.S. and Argentine rivals to ship to China. Rail expansion...
1926 Census: Soviet Wages Recovered to 1913 Levels — but No Further
The first All-Union census shows NEP-era recovery restored workers' real purchasing power to 1913 levels by 1926/27 — wh...
US Re-engages on Ukraine Peace Push as Trump Prepares to Send Envoys to Kyiv
Washington says it will test whether Ukraine's new deep-strike capability can force a negotiated settlement, while Trump...
Survey: 69% of Travelers Feel Pressure to Make Every Vacation Day Count
MyIQ's survey of 13,684 adults finds travelers spending more time planning than choosing destinations and feeling guilty...
VIVA Cruises' AI Travel Advisor Prompts Debate Over Human Agents
Swiss-owned VIVA Cruises has launched an AI Travel Advisor to help guests research cruises by budget and preference — an...
CNNC Executive Urges State Financing to Win Global Nuclear Orders
At China's top political advisory meeting, CNNC deputy general manager Xin Feng called for stronger state coordination a...
Bundesbank Details Cross-Border Credit Claim Collateral Route via ECMS From 2026
Bundesbank counterparties in Germany can use foreign-law euro-area credit claims as central bank collateral via ECMS and...
Egypt Prepares for ACI's WAGA 2027 and ACI Africa's New Cairo Office
Egypt's airport holding company is finalising logistics for ACI's 2027 world assembly in Sharm El-Sheikh and plans to op...
Oil Settles Higher and Caps Strong July as Hormuz Shipping Signals Diverge
Brent settled above $90 and WTI near $85, closing out a month of steep gains, as conflicting reports about tanker moveme...
Egyptian Insurers: South Africa's 11% Penetration Makes It Africa's Most Developed Market
The Egyptian Insurance Federation highlights South Africa's leading share of African premiums, 11%-plus penetration of G...
Egypt Gold Wins Two MENA Awards for Phygital Precious-Metals Investment
Egyptian precious-metals firm Zahab Masr and Dr Fadi Kamel took two World Business Outlook MENA 2026 awards for their hy...
Emirates NBD to Acquire HSBC Egypt's Retail Banking Business
Emirates NBD Egypt has signed final agreements to buy HSBC Egypt's retail banking operations, including branches, ATMs, ...
Iran Denies US Hormuz Compromise Report, Says Strait Closed Until Hostility Ends
Tehran calls reports of a deal with Washington on reopening the Strait of Hormuz false, and says the waterway will remai...
Russian-Occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP Hit by Drone Metres from Reactor, Rosatom Says
Rosatom claims a Ukrainian drone struck a gallery metres from Zaporizhzhia's unit 3 reactor and that the plant now runs ...
Premium Packaging Pays Off: Adobe Survey Links Unboxing to Repeat Purchases
Adobe survey data shows packaging and unboxing experiences drive repeat purchases and referrals — with 73% of consumers ...
FOMC Calendar Update: Fed Publishes Meeting Schedule and Minutes Timeline
The Federal Reserve's FOMC has published its meeting calendar, confirming eight regular sessions a year, a three-week mi...
NASA, SpaceX Wind Tunnel Tests Put Super Heavy V3 Re-Entry in Focus for Artemis III
NASA and SpaceX completed wind tunnel tests on the redesigned Super Heavy V3 booster, gathering re-entry aerodynamics da...
Pengshui Landslide: 51 Dead as Funding and Planning Gaps Undermine Prevention
A July 17 hillside collapse killed at least 51 in Chongqing's Pengshui county. County documents show planned slope treat...
China's PBOC Keeps Policy Moderately Loose, Vows Fresh Incremental Tools in H2 2026
The People's Bank of China will hold its monetary stance 'moderately loose' for the rest of 2026, promising new incremen...
Master Trusts Unite to Fix 'Slow, Costly' UK Pension Transfers
Eight master trusts managing £162.7bn are backing open standards and automation to replace error-prone manual transfers,...
Covenant Logistics Tumbles After Earnings as Management Defends Long-Term Strategy
Covenant Logistics stock fell 11% after second-quarter earnings missed expectations, while management argued its shift t...
Cotton Asks DOJ to Probe China-Backed Parcel Carriers Over Subsidies and Data
Sen. Tom Cotton wants the Justice Department to investigate Chinese-controlled last-mile carriers, citing subsidies and ...
Finance of America Pitches Reverse Mortgages as the Industry's 'Second Half' Opportunity
Finance of America urges lenders to turn aging borrowers into a new revenue line, arguing reverse home equity products c...
ICE Mortgage Tech Logs Best Quarter Since 2022; Parent to Buy MarketAxess for $5.7B
ICE Mortgage Technology posted $557M in Q2 revenue and an 8% operating margin, while parent ICE announced a $5.7B deal t...
Russia-Iran Intelligence Sharing on U.S. Forces Signals a Wider Intelligence Contest
A Washington Post report says Moscow has been passing U.S. military positions to Tehran, widening Russia's role in the M...
K2 Space Raises $500M to Bet Big on Giant Satellites and Orbital AI Data Centres
K2 Space raised $500M at a $6.8B valuation to build large, powerful satellites — a bet against the industry's small-sat ...
Zepto Delays IPO After Public Investors Value It at Half Its $7 Billion Peak
Zepto is pausing its listing plans and raising private funds at about $4.5 billion after public investors valued the qui...