Fertilizer prices continued to rise in Q2, driven by supply shortages as well as fallout from US tariffs. According to data from the World Bank, the average quarterly phosphate price rose to US$673.20 per metric ton (MT) during the April to June period, up from US$600.50 in Q1 and US$536.70…
(TheNewswire) Vancouver, British Columbia, August 8th, 2025 TheNewswire Prismo Metals Inc. (‘ Prismo ‘ or the ‘ Company ‘) (CSE: PRIZ,OTC:PMOMF) (OTCQB: PMOMF) is pleased to announce that further to its news releases dated July 3, 2025, July 18, 2025 and July 31, 2025, the Company has proceeded with an…
By Darren Brady Nelson One of the underrated, and easily dismissed, stories from the first 100 days of the second Donald J. Trump presidency was in March 2025, when the president said: “We’re actually going to Fort Knox to see if the gold is there, because maybe somebody stole the…
Statistics Canada released July’s labor force survey on Friday (August 8). The data shows that the Canadian economy shed 41,000 workers during the month and registered a 0.2 percent decline in the employment rate to 60.7 percent. However, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.9 percent. The most significant segment…
Apple has been sued by a Texas company that accused the iPhone maker of stealing its technology to create its lucrative mobile wallet Apple Pay. In a complaint made public on Thursday, Fintiv said Apple Pay’s key features were based on technology developed by CorFire, which Fintiv bought in 2014,…
Bed Bath & Beyond is back — kind of. The bankrupt home goods chain is being resurrected by the owners and licensees of its intellectual property, which opened the first new Bed Bath & Beyond store in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday with potentially dozens of more to come. This time…
SovEcon has reduced its projection for Russian wheat production by 300,000 metric tons, bringing the new forecast to 83.3 million metric tons. In the preceding year, Russia’s wheat harvest amounted to 82.6 million metric tons (mmt). The current year’s production forecast has been significantly revised downward due to deterioration in crop conditions…
Brazil’s Eletrobras (ELET3; ELET6) shares rose on Thursday (August 7), even though the business recorded a significant loss for the second quarter and declared a multibillion-real dividend.According to local media outlet E-Investidor, at 11:10 a.m. Brasília time, common shares (ELET3) were up 7%, while class B preferred shares (ELET6) increased…
The US is bracing for a major spike in tariff revenue, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick estimating monthly collections could hit $50 billion.That’s a big jump from last month’s $30 billion haul, driven by a sweeping set of new import duties introduced by the Trump administration.The tariffs raise the average…
Goldman Sachs analyst Asad Haider says investors are overreacting to the late-stage data Eli Lilly & Co (NYSE: LLY) reported for its experimental oral obesity pill, orforglipron, on Thursday.Lilly reported blockbuster results for the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance on August 7th.Still, the healthcare stock tumbled after management…