Bloomberg Palm oil imports by India, the world’s biggest buyer, climbed for an eighth straight month in September as lower international prices prompted traders and refiners to buy more to meet festival demand. Imports advanced 20.4 percent to 931,637 metric tons in September from a year earlier, the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India said. Total vegetable oil purchases, including sunflower ...

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg The US Supreme Court agreed to decide whether law enforcement officials conducting a criminal investigation can demand data held overseas by Microsoft Corp. and other tech companies in a high-stakes clash over digital privacy. The justices will review a federal appeals ruling that the Trump administration says has become a major obstacle in criminal probes. Already, Google and Yahoo, ...

Bloomberg The UK needs to clarify its Brexit plans to avoid undermining consumer confidence as talks on leaving the European Union run into roadblocks, according to one of Japan’s biggest food companies. Yakult Honsha Co., which sells 190,000 bottles of its probiotic, yogurt-like drink in the UK daily, intends to stay in the country regardless of the outcome of the ...