China set to deepen Argentine trade ties with bid for grains ‘superhighway’

By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned construction giant CCCC is preparing a bid to dredge Argentina’s Parana […]

Visualizing a Rapidly Changing Global Diet

By 2050, there will be two billion more mouths to feed than today. The increase in food supply required to […]

China Consumes Mind-Boggling Amounts of Raw Materials [Chart]

By Jeff Desjardins, Over the last 20 years, the world economy has relied on the Chinese economic growth engine more […]

Top Selling Products From Each State

Americans are used to seeing the “made in China” label on many products they buy, particularly clothing and electronics. A […]

Winning the Hunger Games – How to Choose Successful Agriculture Investments

By Energy Report, Agricultural Commodities, Starting with the premise that people have to eat, The Agletter Editor Tom Wallace has […]

United States: The Problem of Aging Infrastructure on Inland Waterways

Summary The United States continues to face the problem of aging infrastructure on major water-based transport routes. A new waterways bill […]

Property Crushes Hedge Funds in Alternative Markets

By Devin Banerjee,  Bloomberg Markets Magazine, “Why would anyone invest in the stock market?” Hamilton “Tony” James looked up from […]

Warren Buffett’s Recent Stock Purchases

From StockerBlog site, Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B) and one of the top four richest people in […]

Commodities: Correlating Trends with Opportunities

By Mark Mobius,  From mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/02/06/commodities-trends/ Commodity price inflation is both a social and an economic issue. In emerging markets in […]

Will the Crop Crisis Trigger Inflation?

By Bud Conrad, Casey’s Research Our news media have not given enough attention to the very serious heat problems of […]