Steve Nedved
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Jun 18
Global supplies still hanging over the markets
This spring’s planting problems have energized the corn and soybean markets. But two market analysts are reminding farmers that they need to stay focused on the fundamentals, which include large global supplies of those commodities. On today’s program, we’ll hear from Don Roose of U.S. Commodities and Lance Albin with UMB Bank. AUDIO: Don Roose …
Jun 18
Local Sports for Tuesday June 18th
The Mitchell Black Teener baseball team scored 18 runs on 19 hits yesterday as it swept a doubleheader against Huron at Drake Field. A seven-run first inning paved the way for a 10-1 win in Game 1, followed by Mitchell fending off a late Huron rally to hold on for an 8-7 win in the …
Jun 18
Facebook announces Calibra, a subsidiary for Libra digital currency
Facebook(NEW YORK) — Facebook announced on Tuesday plans to unveil in 2020 a subsidiary called Calibra, which will allow access to Libra, a new digital currency. Calibra will work in concert with Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, and as a standalone app, Facebook announced in a blog post. “Libra holds the potential to provide billions of …
Jun 18
US Navy hospital ship begins deployment to help Venezuela refugees
U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/Released(MIAMI) — The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is beginning a five-month humanitarian mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America to support medical systems, strained in part, by an increase in Venezuela refugees. It’s the ship’s second deployment of this kind in the last year. Vice President Mike …
Jun 18
Amazon blasts Ocasio-Cortez for claiming company pays workers ‘starvation wages’
Amazon(NEW YORK) — Amazon took to Twitter on Monday to refute a claim Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made during her interview on ABC’s This Week on Sunday that the company pays its workers “starvation wages.” “@AOC is just wrong,” Amazon tweeted from its @AmazonNews Twitter account. “Amazon is a leader on pay at $15 min wage …
Jun 18
NC teen recalls terrifying shark attack: ‘I just knew it was bad’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A North Carolina teenager who survived a brutal shark attack earlier this month relived the terrifying moment in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Good Morning America. Paige Winter, 17, was attacked while swimming in waist-deep waters off the coast of North Carolina on June 2. She lost two fingers and …
Jun 18
Severe flooding threat stretches from Texas to New Jersey
ABC News(NEW YORK) — As much as 10 inches of rain has fallen in the Ohio Valley since Friday, causing flooding, necessitating water rescues and creating a mudslide near Lexington, Kentucky. Parts of southern Indiana have seen 10 inches of rain, while up to half a foot fell in parts of Ohio. Other parts of …
Jun 18
Caregiver accused of trying to kill elderly couple with rat poison-laced cigarettes
MmeEmil/iStock(COAL TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — A caregiver is accused of trying to kill an elderly couple in Pennsylvania by lacing their cigarettes with rat poison. A 73-year-old woman in Northumberland County told authorities last Friday that she found an unknown green substance in cigarettes that were rolled for her by Tina Young, who takes care of …
Jun 17
Loretta Lynn says reports she’s on her deathbed are #FakeNews
Loretta Lynn and Garth Brooks in January; ABC RadioLoretta Lynn is lashing out against reports she’s in a nursing home and on her deathbed. In a short video posted on her Facebook page, the Country Music Hall of Famer holds a tablet and reacts to what she’s just seen online. “You’re kidding me!” she says in disbelief. “I …
Jun 17
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: June 17, 2019
Jul. corn closed at $4.54 and 3/4, up 1 and 3/4 cents Jul. soybeans closed at $9.12 and 3/4, up 16 cents Jul. soybean meal closed at $324.30, up 80 cents Jul. soybean oil closed at 28.14, up 53 points Jul. wheat closed at $5.30 and 1/2, up 1 cent Jun. live cattle closed at …
