Commodity Corner
Views on commodities and energy


ANALYSIS-Small ships to unlock rate boon for bulk owners
Dry cargo shippers with smaller vessels are shifting to more-risk, more-reward spot markets, eyeing rising demand for sugar and grains -- commodities well suited to versatile supramax and handysize...

Think brussels sprouts and cauliflower are agricultural commodities? Think ag...
While the financial bailouts tossed to automakers, banks and other groups during the recent economic crisis left a funny taste in the mouth of some Americans, one former U.S. regulator hopes effort...

Can export bans be challenged at the WTO?
As countries move to protect their food supplies, experts say the World Trade Organization is unlikely to have the authority to stop them banning grain exports

Argentina set for wheat windfall
Not everyone is upset about the 50 percent surge in wheat prices over the past month. Argentina, one of the world's top seven wheat exporters, may be set for a windfall.

Getting down to business at U.N. climate talks a hard task
A U.N. concession to delegates at this week's climate talks in Bonn to take off jackets and ties due to recent high temperatures may be going to some participants' heads.