John Robinson News
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The longest cotton rally in four years and a lingering drought in the southern Great Plains are forcing farmers in the U.S., the world’s biggest exporter, to reconsider a shift to other crops.
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John Robinson , chairman of Global Mining Investments Ltd. , which oversees about A$300 million ($254 million) of assets including shares of BHP Billiton Ltd., Rio Tinto Group and Xstrata Plc, comments on a new resources tax agreement between miners and the Australian government.
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John Robinson, the founder of Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd., a Lloyd’s of London underwriter, has held advanced discussions with Fund Management Group, the Daily Telegraph reported, without saying how it obtained the information.
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Australia’s richest man Andrew Forrest is buying iron ore shares at a time when producers are at their cheapest level in three years.
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Cotton farmers in Texas, the biggest U.S. growers, may abandon a record number of acres after the worst drought in at least a century damaged plants and boosted costs for textile makers including Gap Inc.
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BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group may join Xstrata Plc in reviving investment plans in Australia after forcing the government to water down a new tax on mining profits in the world’s biggest exporter of coal and iron ore.
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Glencore International Plc, the world’s biggest commodities trader, pursued a $89 billion combination with Xstrata Plc as speculation mounted the terms of a transaction will be announced tomorrow.
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Omega Insurance Holdings Ltd.’s shareholders are asking Mark Byrne to pay a fixed price of 83 pence per share for a 25 percent stake in the company, the Sunday Times reported.
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Cotton futures fell for the first time in six sessions on speculation that demand will drop and plantings will increase in the U.S. after prices surged 88 percent this year.
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Move Inc., an owner of real-estate websites, rose to the highest since July as a stronger forecast and a jump in demand for online services signaled transaction growth in a weak housing market.
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