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  Tudor’s Jones Seeks to Clarify Remarks on Female Traders, Birth

  Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones sought to explain his controversial remarks last month on the ability of women to be successful macro traders after giving birth, saying he had spoken “off the cuff.”

• Cotton Leads Drop as Chicago Wheat Rallies: Commodities at Close

  The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities dropped 0.4% to 623.54 by 5:25 p.m. in London. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials dropped 0.1% to 1,546.233.

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  Hong Kong Police Investigate Failed Mercantile Exchange

  Police began probing the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Ltd., owner of the failed commodities market set up by a member of the city’s cabinet, after the securities regulator found suspected financial irregularities.

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  Amaranth Hit Death Spiral as Sycophants, Fools Cavorted

  In September 2006, Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC collapsed after losing more than $6 billion in the natural-gas futures market. In “Hedge Hogs,” Barbara T. Dreyfuss tells the story of the math-whiz traders whose risky dance with deregulation led to the collapse.

• Copper Swings Between Gains and Declines: Commodities at Close

  The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities was little changed at 629.82 by 5:12 p.m. in London. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials rose 0.3% to 1,484.309.

• Silver Leads Drop as Cocoa to Cattle Gain: Commodities at Close

  The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities dropped 2.4 percent to 609.4 by 4:39 p.m. in London. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials was down 1.9 percent at 1,451.86.

• Coffee Leads Gains as Natural Gas Tumbles: Commodities at Close

  The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities climbed 1.3 percent to 618.98 by 5:27 p.m. in London. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials was up 0.6% at 1,458.356.

• Metals Lead Declines as April Losses Widen: Commodities at Close

  The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities dropped 0.8 percent to 624.66 by 4:50 p.m. in London, heading for a monthly decline of 4.6 percent. That would be the biggest monthly drop since May. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials was down 0.5 percent at 1,481.091.

• Oil Falls With Metals, Aluminum to Zinc: Commodities at Close

  The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities fell 0.9 percent to 624.44 in New York. Corn and WTI crude fell, while cotton and gold rose. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials fell 0.8 percent to 1,476.455.

• Corn, Wheat Leads Advance as Cocoa Tumbles: Commodities at Close

  The Standard & Poor’s GSCI gauge of 24 commodities climbed 1 percent to 628.68 by 5:05 p.m. in London. The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 raw materials was up 1.2 percent at 1,486.988.

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