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  Bloomberg Coca-Cola Co. and bottler Coca-Cola Femsa SAB agreed to buy Unilever’s AdeS soy-based beverage business for about $575 million, expanding the beverage giant’s sales of non-soda drinks and boosting its business in Latin America. After the takeover is completed, AdeS will become part of the non-carbonated beverage platforms that Coca-Cola Femsa and Coca-Cola share in its franchise territories, ...

  Bloomberg The Federal Reserve should raise interest rates gradually despite weak jobs data, Fed Cleveland Bank President Loretta Mester said. U.S. economic growth is picking up, inflation is moving toward target and the country is at full employment, Mester told reporters in Stockholm on Saturday. “I still believe that in order to achieve our monetary policy goals a gradual ...

  Los Angeles / AFP He called himself “The Greatest,” and few disagreed. Muhammad Ali — who died on Friday in Arizona at age 74 — was one of the iconic sporting heroes of the 20th century, the three-time heavyweight champion of the world who said he could “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Ali, who came of ...

  Bloomberg The world’s food-import bill is set to tumble to a seven-year low in 2016 as a decline in grain prices and lower freight rates more than compensate for increased imports, according to the United Nations. Countries around the globe will probably spend $986 million importing food this year, the first drop below $1 trillion since 2009, the UN’s ...

  Bloomberg Brazil’s industrial output unexpectedly rose in April, adding to indications that Latin America’s largest economy is close to hitting bottom. Production rose 0.1 percent in April after a 1.4 percent jump in March, the national statistics agency said on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. That surprised all but one of the 37 economists surveyed by Bloomberg, whose median ...

  Bloomberg Filings for U.S. unemployment benefits declined for a third consecutive week, signaling sustained firming in the labour market. Jobless claims fell by 1,000 to 267,000 in the week ended May 28, a Labor Department report showed on Thursday. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for applications to edge up to 270,000. Dismissals have been unusually ...

  Bloomberg Monsanto Co. agreed to allow Argentina to help collect soybean royalty payments, according to two people with knowledge of the situation, a deal that may hasten the end of a lengthy dispute between the U.S. seed company and farmers in one of the world’s biggest agricultural exporters. St. Louis-based Monsanto also agreed to give the government full control ...

  Elkhart / AFP President Barack Obama shifted into full election campaign mode, accusing Republicans of trying to dupe middle class American voters about the economy and prey on their fears. Democrat Obama ditched his suit jacket and rolled-up his shirt sleeves for an hour-long partisan political speech in a predominantly Republican district of Indiana, a battleground state in the heart ...

  Bloomberg Chile’s solar industry has expanded so quickly that it’s giving electricity away for free. Spot prices reached zero in parts of the country on 113 days through April, a number that’s on track to beat last year’s total of 192 days, according to Chile’s central grid operator. While that may be good for consumers, it’s bad news for ...

  Bloomberg U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn returned to the front line to make the case for staying in the European Union as the anti-Brexit campaign attempted to maintain momentum three weeks out from Britain’s referendum. The pound dropped earlier this week as successive polls showed a swing in favor of “Leave,” suggesting ...