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Mondelez’s brands in Canada include Oreo cookies, which marked their 100th anniversary with this giant replica unveiled in 2012 in Toronto. (CNW Group/Kraft Canada)

U.S. CFTC sues Kraft, Mondelez over alleged wheat price manipulation

By Anjali Athavaley, douwe-miedema April 1, 2015

Reuters — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday charged Kraft Foods Group and Mondelez International with manipulation of prices of wheat used in products such as Oreo and Chips Ahoy cookies. The regulator alleged that Kraft and Mondelez bought $90 million of wheat futures, or a six-month supply, but never intended to take […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on short-covering ahead of USDA report

By Michael Hirtzer February 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures edged higher on Monday, lifted by investor short-covering and position-squaring ahead of the monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture supply and demand report due on Tuesday. USDA said earlier that top soybean importer China purchased 120,000 tonnes of the grain within 24 hours, while analysts at AgRural […] Read more

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U.S. CFTC sues Kraft, Mondelez over alleged wheat price manipulation

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on short-covering ahead of USDA report

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