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Tanzania: Cotton Farmers Urged to Embrace Best Practices

[Daily News] Mwanza -- COTTON farmers have been urged to adopt good agricultural practices, to increase productivity and improve crop quality. The call was made on Wednesday in Ilemela Municipality by Cotton Board Agricultural Officer…

Iran Seeks to Bar US, Israeli Ships from Hormuz; OpenAI's Doughnut-Like Device | The Pulse 8/7/2026

"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews…

Retailers tap AI shopping traffic but fight to keep customer data

Cheveley: Copper Record High Driven by Technical Details

Copper headed for a record close in London after strong gains fueled by signs of tighter supply across the global market. George Cheveley, Natural Resources Portfolio Manager at Ninety One spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons…

Explainer-Who is liable when AI goes rogue? Lawyers see new risks

Shanghai Tackles Chronic Land Lease Issue In Commercial Property

China’s financial hub Shanghai is seeking to permit land owners to extend leases for commercial property upon expiry, according to a notice seen by Bloomberg News.

US Selling Euros for Yen Spurs Geopolitical Risk, BlackRock Says

The US’s decision to sell euros to support Japan’s currency without warning European policymakers is adding to geopolitical risks and further dimming the appeal of longer-maturity government bonds, according to BlackRock Inc.

There are good reasons why higher bond yields are here to stay, this strategist says

Investors are demanding higher rates when they buy long-duration bonds because there is less demand, higher supply and a hot mess of policy uncertainty, strategist explains

‘This is very real redlining’: outrage in Little Rock as two datacenters loom

Critics decry proposed hyperscale projects, fearing overuse of water and electricity, and ‘appropriating rural, Black-owned land for industrial purposes ’ There seems to be a fight over datacenters in nearly every city in the US right now…

Trump Says Hormuz Talks ‘Moving Along’ Even as Iran Mulls US Ban | The Opening Trade 8/7/2026

US President Donald Trump said negotiations between Iran and Oman over the Strait of Hormuz are “moving along,” even after some Iranian lawmakers said they would seek to bar American and Israeli ships from the waterway as part of the deal…

Wellington Funds Pivot From Treasuries to ‘Most Credible’ Debt

Wellington Asset Management Ltd has reduced its exposure to US Treasuries, shifting into German bonds after last week’s Federal Reserve meeting fueled doubts about its inflation-fighting credentials.

UK to Tighten Land Rules Used by Aldi and Lidl to Avoid Rivals

Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl should no longer be able to block rivals from opening stores near their sites in the UK, the antitrust regulator said as it seeks to level the playing field for the country’s grocers.