Credit Suisse announced this week that it will exit its commodity trading business after reporting a second quarter loss of $779 million, much of which is allegedly attributable to the $2.6 billion settlement with the U.S. government.
Tomorrow is the final day of the 2014 Tour de France with today's stage again run in almost a constant rain. This has been the case nearly every day of the race, which we noted early in the event. This continuous rainfall has to have caused some loss of quality on mature crops waiting to be harvested. Some estimates have already downgraded up to a third of the French wheat crop to feed. France did not offer in Egypt's last tender. So far, the wheat market has not reacted. The quality of the U.S. hard red w...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
