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Sugar is getting expensive - blame El Nino
Having a sweet tooth is going to start hurting your wallet.
Having a sweet tooth is going to start hurting your wallet.
Thanks to mandatory shareholder disclosures, the clearest picture yet of China's state-run investing behemoth, is coming into view.
Commodity prices fell 1.3 per cent in March as weaker dairy, forestry and seafood prices outweighed meat prices.
The best performing asset of 2016? That old favourite gold.
Takeovers by cashed-up buyers mean less choice for KiwiSavers, Brian Gaynor.
As global stocks enter a bear market, gold is on the verge of bull status.
Moody's Investors Service is comfortable with its Aaa credit rating on New Zealand with a stable outlook, as it anticipates the impact from lower commodity prices will be offset by strength in areas of the economy such as tourism and education services.
Crude oil prices have risen to their highest in three weeks on hopes for a pact among oil producers to cut output.
New Zealand wool prices rose at auction yesterday, with lamb wool matching its all-time high.
Commodity prices slid 1.8 per cent in December, taking the annual decline to 13 percent.
Global shares retreated for a fifth day, poised for their biggest weekly decline since 2011.
Wool prices rose at the first auction following the Christmas and New Year holiday period, helped by the lower New Zealand dollar.
Stock markets fall sharply and billions are wiped off leading companies as investors get nervous over China slump and tensions in the Middle East.
As rubber prices slump, 20 of 30 workers who drain sticky latex from trees on Winai Chaikunanant's plantation quit.
Oil is headed for its biggest two-year loss on record as an expansion in U.S. crude stockpiles exacerbated a global glut.
An obscure metal used to make steel has become this year's worst-performing commodity.
The top U.S. derivatives regulator took its biggest step yet to increase surveillance of high-speed and other forms of computer-driven trading.
The US crude benchmark finishing below $US40 a barrel for the first time in six years on China's weakening economy.
The ANZ Commodity Price Index for May fell by 4.7pc, following April's 7.4 per cent decline.
Australia is forecasting a staggering 90 per cent plunge in spending on projects, calling time on its biggest resources bonanza since the 1850s gold rush.
Export log prices, which fell to a three-year low this month, may start to pick up as demand improves in China.
Wool auction volumes are set to increase next week as farmers who have been holding out put their bales on the market.
China's push to challenge US dominance in global trade and finance may involve gold - a lot of gold.
The shale oil boom that pushed US crude production to the highest level in four decades is grinding to a halt.
From Africa to Ireland, mines that have produced zinc for decades are now tapped out.
Refiners are poised to make gasoline at a record pace, keeping the US crude glut from overflowing storage.
A growing consensus is emerging from the likes of BP, the International Energy Agency, shale wildcatters and even the Saudis.
Judging by the barometer of hedge-fund interest, there's less to get excited about in gold these days.
NZ commodity prices fell in January, extending their 12-month slide to about 19 per cent, led by casein, wool, beef and aluminium.