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Stocks Blended as Jobs File Impends

Plantations International Monsanto News InvestorPlace InvestorPlace- Stock Market News, Stock Recommendations & Trading Tips UNITED STATE equities mostly relocated lower on Tuesday after the long Memorial Day weekend break, but completed off of their worst levels. Trading was peaceful as capitalists expect Friday's important nonfarm pay-rolls file and what it will imply for the probabilities of a possible June rates of interest hike from the Federal Reserve. Although futures originally traded greater overnight, markets were spooked by surveys showing higher-than-expected support by British voters to leave the European Union. In the long run, the Dow Jones Industrial Standard lost 0.5%, the [...]

Global Partners axes 70 jobs as it focuses on ethanol amid low oil prices

Plantations International News US-based logistics frim Global Partners LP has cut 70 jobs and aims to handle only ethanol, not crude, at its rail terminal in Oregon in response to low oil prices. The company, which owns one of the largest terminal networks of petroleum products and renewable fuels in the north east of the US, also cut its distribution for the October-December period by 33.7% compared to the previous quarter, and is evaluating all its businesses for possible disposition or reconfiguration. In a statement, Global Partners' CEO, Eric Slifka, said: "We continue to be negatively impacted by fixed costs associated [...]