Day: December 24, 2011

Report: Big box stores prepared to bypass Port of Oakland

Dec 24, 2011

From KGO News, Dec. 21: There is a very dire warning today for the Port of Oakland from four major retailers. Target and Crate and Barrel are telling port commissioners that they’re prepared to completely bypass Oakland,...

‘Unknown unknowns’ and grain prices

Dec 24, 2011

“Is (supply and demand) really driving the day-to-day price action in our marketplace? Oftentimes, I think the answer is not,” says Neil Driscoll, grain platform trader with Louis Dreyfus Commodities. Big investors and...