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☆ Unfancied Qatar and Ecuador eye best chance for early points
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Andrew Cawthorne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The more daunting prospects of African champions Senegal and perennial powerhouse the Netherlands await them next. Qatar had longer than most squads to bond during European camps, beat several Central American sides in recent friendlies, and draw self-belief from their 2019 Asian Cup title. "Obviously, I'm not talking about Qatar winning the World Cup, but competing at a good level against those three teams is our challenge," said coach Felix Sanchez. They boast some more recognisable names than the Qataris, including Premier League midfielder Moises Caicedo and veteran striker Enner Valencia. Ecuador, too, will be relieved just to be walking out after they faced possible expulsion over an accusation of fielding an ineligible player.

☆ Chile's SQM profits jump more than ten-fold on lithium price surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sales volumes for lithium and derivatives totaled 41,000 tonnes, the highest quarterly volume ever reported by the company, SQM said in its earnings report. "Our positive results in the lithium market were due to sales volumes and prices significantly above average," the company said. Average lithium prices rose to record levels during the quarter at more than $56,000 per tonne, the company said. Revenues for iodine and its derivatives nearly doubled to reach $215 million, the company said, as sales rose 9%. Albemarle (ALB.N), the world's top lithium producer, also reported a surge in sales earlier this month.

☆ LATAM Airlines posts narrower quarterly loss as fuel costs bite
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SANTIAGO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines (LTM.SN), South America's largest carrier, reported on Tuesday a narrower third-quarter net loss of $296 million, the company said in a statement, partly hit by high fuel prices. The Chile-based airline's quarterly loss this year compares to a $694 million loss during the same three-month period last year. LATAM's revenue during the July to September period rose 97% to total $2.587 billion compared to the third quarter last year. LATAM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2020 after the airline was hammered during the pandemic. Reporting by Fabian Cambero; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ LATAM Airlines posts $296 million third-quarter loss
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

☆ What Cramer is watching Friday — Amazon drop overdone, Apple's outlier quarter, Big Oil profits
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Shares of the Club holding down 13% in premarket. Apple's quarter was better than expected , an outlier in an otherwise brutal week for Big Tech earnings. Club holding AbbVie (ABBV) solid number, more of the same. Club holding Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) slightly misses on EPS of $7.48. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Gold slips as Fed minutes, inflation data loom
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Gold prices inched lower on Wednesday as traders looked forward to U.S. Federal Reserve minutes and key inflation data for clues on the pace of future interest rate hikes. Spot gold fell 0.1% to $1,663.60 per ounce, as of 0055 GMT, hovering close to a one-week low touched on Tuesday. The Federal Open Market Committee will issue minutes of its Sept. 20-21 meeting at 1800 GMT later in the day. While gold is considered as a hedge against inflation and economic uncertainties, rising interest rates reduce the appeal of the asset, which pays no interest. The International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday that colliding pressures from inflation, war-driven energy and food crises and sharply higher interest rates were pushing the world to the brink of recession.

☆ Droughts, Ukraine war push global grain stocks toward worrying decade low
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Tom Polansek | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

But the United States, the world's top corn producer, is now expected to harvest its smallest corn crop in three years. That would be fewer days of corn stocks than the world had in 2012, when the last global food crisis spurred riots. Ukraine is expected to harvest 25 to 27 million tonnes of corn in 2022, down from 42.1 million tonnes in 2021, following Russia's invasion, according to official estimates. read moreSanctions related to the war mean Russia has also struggled to export what is expected to be a record-large wheat crop. read moreAgricultural lender Rabobank said the next U.S. wheat crop is also at risk and will be planted in dust this autumn unless rains fall.

☆ Brazil's Lula expects to reach trade agreement with EU in six months if elected
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFormer Brazilian President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a rally in Curitiba, Brazil, September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer/File PhotoSAO PAULO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he should reach an agreement on a trade deal between South America's Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union within six months, if he wins October's presidential election. The former president and front-running candidate told Canal Rural, a farming-focused local broadcaster, that Brazil needed the deal and must export as much as possible, especially in the agricultural sector. Last month, sources told Reuters that EU representatives had approached Brazil's government seeking to rekindle talks with Mercosur bloc, made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Negotiations for a deal had been completed in 2019, but environmental concerns stalled the deal before it was approved by the legislatures of the EU member states.

☆ Bolsonaro's gun laws arm Brazil's brazen bank thieves
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Gabriel Stargardter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

In July, Reuters reported that Brazil's Federal Police disapproved of Bolsonaro's gun policies, arguing they would put more weapons in the hands of criminals. Of all the weapons now available to Brazil's gun fans, the T4 has emerged as the weapon of choice for its gangsters. A common tactic used by gangs - as seen in the case of Huijsman's T4 - is to steal weapons from CAC permit-holders' homes. On Oct. 31, 2021, Minas Gerais military police and Brazil's Federal Highway Police carried out two raids against alleged bank robbers hiding out near Varginha, killing 26 of them. Marques, the gun expert, said Huijsmans' rifle wouldn't be the last legally acquired firearm to turn up at a crime scene.

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