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Oil falls as recent gains deemed unsustainable, disruptions ease

  Bloomberg Oil declined for a fourth day on concern recent gains were unsustainable, while shuttered Canadian operations started to reopen. Futures fell as much as 1.8 percent in New York after rising 6.9 percent in May as supply was curbed by wildfires in Alberta and militant attacks in Nigeria. Canadian oil-sands producers including Suncor Energy Inc. have begun resuming …

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Stocks, oil slide as global growth concerns persist; Bonds rise

  BLOOMBERG U.S. stocks joined a slump in global equities, the dollar fell and Treasuries climbed as lackluster manufacturing data from Asia to Europe rekindled worldwide growth concerns and sent the odds for higher interest rates tumbling. The S&P 500 Index fell a second day, paring losses after data showed U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly expanded at a faster pace last month. …

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French wheat crop quality threatened after a bounty of rain

  Bloomberg French wheat fields have been hit by a deluge of rain in the past month, threatening to reduce the quality of grain before farmers start harvesting crops in July. Some areas of France, the European Union’s largest wheat grower, saw as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain in May, more than three times the normal amount …

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