In the heart of the Midwest, where golden fields stretch toward the horizon under a crisp autumn sky, the hum of combines should signal prosperity. Instead, for America’s soybean farmers, harvest season has become a grim countdown to financial ruin.…
Author: Frank Harfman
Frank Harfman
Frank Harfman is a veteran economist, columnist, and news writer who has been a leading voice in financial journalism since 1988. With over three decades of experience, Frank has extensively covered the markets, including the NYSE, Nasdaq, S&P 500, and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). His reporting spans a broad range of economic sectors such as commodities, oil, energy, food, gas, and consumer trends, offering deep insights and analysis trusted by professionals and readers alike
LONDON – In a move that has sparked fresh debates over British economic sovereignty, Sainsbury’s, the iconic high street supermarket chain, has confirmed it is in advanced talks to offload its subsidiary Argos to JD.com, one of China’s burgeoning e-commerce…
In an era where artificial intelligence is reshaping industries from finance to entertainment, The Coca-Cola Company is harnessing its power to tackle one of the most pressing crises in the global food supply chain: the impending extinction of oranges. Best…
Tokyo — In a stunning turn of events that underscores the unforgiving rigidity of Japan’s drug laws, Takeshi Niinami, the charismatic and outspoken CEO of Suntory Holdings, has stepped down amid a police investigation into his alleged purchase of supplements containing…
Elon Musk’s Optimus robots greeted hungry fans as the mogul’s long-awaited Tesla Diner finally opened its “retro-futuristic” doors along the famed Hollywood strip. The all-night drive-in offers “80 V4 Supercharger stalls” and two giant entertainment screens — where Tesla’s humanoid…
A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, said a source briefed on U.S. officials’…
Shell rebuffed a Wall Street Journal report that said the oil giant was in early talks to take over rival company BP. “This is further market speculation. No talks are taking place,” the company said in a statement Wednesday. An agreement between…
A federal judge overseeing several high-profile bankruptcy cases has raised pointed concerns about potential ethical conflicts and the appearance of collusion among prominent law firms, in the wake of the scandal surrounding former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones’s abrupt…
Oaktree Capital Management, the Los Angeles-based investment firm known for distressed-debt turnarounds, is in advanced talks to take control of Superior Industries International Inc., the aluminum wheel manufacturer battered by U.S. and international auto parts tariffs, according to people familiar…
As the Federal Reserve continues to wind down its balance sheet and navigate a changing interest rate landscape, the central bank’s standing overnight lending tool—the Standing Repo Facility—is poised to play a bigger role in stabilizing short-term borrowing costs, a…
