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Isis Almeida

ARTICLES BY ISIS ALMEIDA

SoftBank acknowledged in July it might not complete the buybacks by its originally scheduled target of March 31, the end of its fiscal year. (Photo: Bloomberg)

SoftBank resumes buybacks with modest $380 million in September

1 min read . 14 Oct 2020

The white sugar premium is now less than $60 a tonne, down from a high of $115 last year. Photo: Bloomberg

Indian exports threaten white sugar’s premium as crops recover

2 min read . 07 Feb 2018

In the final three months of this year, the sugar export surplus will be 49% larger than previously expected at 1.2 million tonnes. Photo: Bloomberg

World sugar-export surplus returns on Indian demand, EU supply

1 min read . 09 May 2017

Traders and analysts estimate India will need about 1-3 million tonnes of raw sugar imports to bridge its production gap. Photo: Bloomberg

Sugar futures jump most in three months as India said to allow imports

1 min read . 06 Apr 2017

India’s growing population and higher incomes are helping boost beer consumption, with sales forecast to rise more than 5% a year through 2020. Photo: Reuters

France’s Soufflet taps growing Indian beer market with Alwar buyout

2 min read . 26 Oct 2016

With global food supplies set to match demand in the 10 years to 2025, prices will stagnate once inflation is excluded, says an OECD-FAO report. Photo: Bloomberg

Global food prices seen stagnating as population growth slows

2 min read . 04 Jul 2016

A file photo of Jose Graziano Da Silva, director-general of the UN food and agriculture organization. Photo: Reuters

World’s food-import bill just shrank $9 bn to five-year low

1 min read . 07 Mar 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

Indian sugar staying at home as local prices rally on crop

3 min read . 01 Feb 2016

While the industry has historically been dominated by millions of small farmers in Africa, some companies are looking to industrialize cocoa growing after prices soared almost 50% since 2012 and Asia’s rising middle class demands more chocolate. Photo: Reuters

Cocoa’s reign as world’s best commodity lures corporate cash

3 min read . 16 Nov 2015

India’s crop failure to keep vegetable oil imports near record

1 min read . 09 Sept 2015

Consumption will trail supply of sugar by 2.8 million tons and increase pressure on the government to allow more exports. Photo: Bloomberg

India set for sixth year of sugar surplus on record production

1 min read . 01 Sept 2015

Bean deliveries to Ivory Coast ports were estimated 16% higher from the start of the season on 1 October through 9 February compared with a year earlier, according to KnowledgeCharts, a unit of Commodities Risk Analysis in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Photo: Reuters

Cocoa climbs to highest price since 2011 as chocolate makers buy

2 min read . 12 Feb 2014

Dry weather in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the biggest cocoa growers, drove price gains this year even as most commodities slumped. Photo: Reuters

Asia’s chocolate demand results in record cocoa output deficit

6 min read . 17 Dec 2013

Whenever India is in position to export, there is always growing speculation on policy for support to millers and farmers, crop projection and exportable price. Photo: Bloomberg

ESugar at three-year low as Indian dispute ends

2 min read . 03 Dec 2013