Tajikistan appears to be inching toward joining the Eurasian Economic Union. With Dushanbe long suggested to be considering membership, this news ought to be taken with a grain of salt. According to Asia-Plus, the head of the Customs Service, Abdufattoh Ghoib (who had previously headed the anti-corruption service before President Emomali Ramon’s son took it over), told reporters on …

  Bloomberg Positive earnings set the tone for equity markets while the dollar traded at a seven-week high as speculation grew the U.S. will raise interest rates this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average headed for a ninth straight gain, as Microsoft Corp. jumped after profit topped estimates. Technology companies and carmakers led the Stoxx Europe 600 Index higher as …

  Bloomberg In the race to supply wheat to the world’s biggest buyer, Russia is running away with the prize. Russia has supplanted the U.S. as the top exporter of the grain and won the lion’s share of the wheat purchased in the first two tenders this season by Egypt, which buys huge amounts of wheat to provide citizens with …