Bloomberg:
- Plunging prices for cocoa, natural gas and sugar are sending the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 commodities to it biggest one-day decline since March. The CRB index fell 3.3 percent to 402.22 at 12:59 p.m. in New York, which would mark the largest slide since March 19. ``Speculation had been driving these markets and they were due for a correction as so many prices had gotten overdone,'' said Peter Sorrentino, who helps manage $16.7 billion at Huntington Asset Advisors in Cincinnati. ``There are moderating growth expectations that are going to hurt industrial commodities. Going forward, you have to be very selective.'' Commodities are ``at the beginning of a long-term bear market,'' after rallying the past seven years, Michael Aronstein, chief investment strategist at Oscar Gruss & Son Inc. in New York, said last week. Aronstein correctly said in June that prices for raw materials would start to decline.
- Crude oil fell below $120 a barrel for the first time since May amid speculation that Tropical Storm Edouard will miss most offshore oil facilities as it approaches the coast of Texas. Futures fell as much as $5.60 a barrel, shrugging off port closings and rig evacuations in the Gulf, a threat to oil supplies from Iran and a fire at Valero Energy Corp.'s Houston refinery. Edouard, which may become a hurricane tomorrow, is on a course for Galveston, Texas, the biggest U.S. petroleum port. ``A market that can't rally on bullish news is a bear market,'' said Tim Evans, an energy analyst for Citi Futures Perspective in New York. ``We're just seeing disappointment that for all of the tropical-storm news, the talk of Iran and Valero's explosion, all of these bullish stories are not pushing the price higher.'' Regular gasoline at the pump, averaged nationwide, fell 0.6 cent to $3.881 a gallon, AAA, the nation's largest motorist organization, said today on its Web site. Pump prices reached a record $4.114 a gallon on July 17, as higher prices curbed demand. ``Demand destruction seems to be gaining some credibility and traction,'' said Kyle Cooper, an analyst at IAF Advisors in Houston. News about Iran testing a new anti-ship weapon this weekend and the storm ``would have had the market up $5 three months ago. The fact that it hasn't does indicate some shift in psychology.''
- The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted its longest run of losses for three years, haven fallen for 17 consecutive sessions, on speculation Chinese cargo buyers are curbing their demand.
- Soybeans dropped to the lowest in almost three months and corn fell as rain and cooler temperatures in the Midwest improve yield potential after hot weather stressed crops in the U.S., the world's biggest producer.
- Citigroup Inc.(C) is closing a $400 million convertible arbitrage fund, the final step in winding down its $2 billion Tribeca Global Investments group, people familiar with the plans said.
- Drugs made by Gilead Sciences Inc.(GILD) that have been shown to treat the AIDS virus will be tested in healthy people to see if they can prevent the lethal disease.
- ImClone Systems Inc.'s(IMCL) board, led by billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn, said Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s(BMY) $4.3 billion buyout is too low and undervalues ImClone's pipeline of experimental cancer drugs.
- The 65 days that plunged Brazil into a bear market are reminding investors that Latin America's biggest economy is still an emerging nation.
- Beijing's air-pollution index rose above the World Health Organization recommended maximum for the first time in four days, less than 96 hours before the opening of the Olympic Games.
Wall Street Journal:
- Unleashing America’s Ingenuity By Unlocking Its Energy.
- Van Wagoner Emerging Growth has consistently disappointed investors, giving it a dubious distinction as the worst-performing U.S. actively managed stock fund over the past 10 years. But at least one thing is changing at the woebegone fund: Longtime manager Garrett Van Wagoner is planning to step down, even though Mr. Van Wagoner, 52 years old, controls the company that sponsors the fund, Van Wagoner Capital Management.
- July turned out to be the slowest month for initial public offerings world-wide in five years, and no significant pickup is expected this month.
- Google’s(GOOG) YouTube will be getting a small slice of the Olympic pie, too, the Intl. Olympic Committee said.
- Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr plans to disband his Mahdi Army militia and change the group into a civic and social-service organization.
CNNMoney.com:
- The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Cayne.
Advertising Age:
- Prius Demand Surges as Gas Prices Rise.
Reuters:
- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest telecoms firm, will launch Apple Inc's (AAPL) third-generation iPhone in Singapore before the end of August.
- General Electric Co (GE) has no plans to sell its NBC Universal media unit and is on track to double its China annual revenue to $10 billion by 2010, a top executive said on Monday. Some investors have said they would like Chief Executive Jeff Immelt to consider selling NBC after the Olympics because it is growing more slowly than GE's infrastructure businesses. GE has been using the Games as a chance to show off its energy-efficient "Ecomagination" line, and says it is contributing to 400 infrastructure projects in and around Beijing.
Bild:
- German companies will start cutting jobs this winter as slowing global economic growth threatens demand for goods made in
- Apple Inc.’s(AAPL) iPhones will go on sale in
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