Chickens and eggs: Retailer Carrefour adopts blockchain to track fresh produce
Europe’s largest retailer Carrefour SA has adopted blockchain ledger technology to track and trace chicken, eggs and tomatoes as they travel from farms to stores, and will deploy it across all of its fresh product lines in coming years.
Rocked by Trump’s sanctions, Iranian oil exports drops further
Iran’s crude exports fell further in the first week of October, according to tanker data and an industry source, taking a major hit from U.S. sanctions and throwing a challenge to other OPEC oil producers as they seek to cover the shortfall.
Emerging markets prepared for U.S. monetary policy changes: Fed’s Bullard
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said on Monday that emerging markets were as “prepared as they can be” for changes in U.S. monetary policy.
Exclusive: Codelco in talks to sell copper to China’s Minmetals in three-year deals
Codelco is in talks to sell up to 60,000 tonnes of copper a year to China Minmetals from 2019 to 2021, marking a change in sales strategy at Chile’s state-owned miner which typically made deals on an annual basis, industry sources said.
Turkey puts import quotas on steel: WTO filing
Turkey will introduce quotas on the amount of steel it imports from Oct. 17, with an additional 25 percent duty levied on any imports above the quotas, it said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization on Monday, blaming a surge in imports….
Faury waits in wings as Airbus board meets to discuss CEO post
The board of Airbus gathered on Monday to discuss the European aerospace group’s leadership and could confirm planemaking chief Guillaume Faury as the next chief executive, people familiar with the matter said.
European shares slide on ‘powerful cocktail’ of China slump, Treasuries and Italy
European markets fell heavily on Monday as investor confidence took a knock from last week’s spike in Treasury yields and from a Chinese market slump brought on by concerns that an escalating trade war with the United States could dent China’s growth.
UBS goes on trial in France over alleged tax fraud
Swiss bank UBS Group AG , its French unit and six top executives go on trial on Monday after a long-running investigation into allegations they helped wealthy clients avoid taxes in France.
China shares weigh on regional markets despite central bank support
Shares in Asia slumped Monday as China’s markets stumbled in their first trading day after a one-week holiday even though Beijing’s central bank increased liquidity to offset the impact of an escalating trade dispute with the United States.
Walmart partners with MGM to boost video-on-demand service Vudu
Walmart Inc said on Monday it will partner with U.S. movie studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer to create content for its Vudu video-on-demand service, which the retailer bought eight years ago.
