Posts Tagged ‘Producers’

Cotton ‘Too Cheap’ to Draw Significant New Acreage

(Bloomberg) — The global cotton market will remain tight through the next crop season as futures prices are too low to induce farmers to significantly boost the area that they devote to the fiber, Olam International Ltd. said.The December contract needs to rise to about 85 cents a pound to attract the planting needed to produce a surplus huge enough to replenish stockpiles, said Cliff White, senior vice president at Olam, one the world’s three largest cotton traders.

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This Day in Wall Street History 1903: A rich man’s panic

The Panic of 1903 reached its nadir — the Dow dropped to a paltry 42.15 as the stocks of industrial companies plunged to single-digit lows.Also known as the “Rich Man’s Panic,” the fiscal crisis dragged on for the rest of the year, taking a severe toll on banks, as well as many steel and iron producers.Source: History.com

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