(Reuters) -Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut on Wednesday said it expects flat cocoa sales volumes in its fiscal year 2024/2025 as high cocoa bean prices persist. The firm said in a statement there was significant uncertainty on how cocoa-related price increases will impact short-term demand, adding that it would defend its market share in a challenging environment. Cocoa bean prices...

Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bullish approach towards Amazon.com ( AMZN ) , and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in AMZN usually suggests something big is about to happen. We gleaned this information from...

09:50 AM EST, 11/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Main Street Capital ( MAIN ) said Tuesday that its board declared regular monthly dividends of $0.25 per share for January, February, and March 2025, 2% higher than the regular monthly dividends for Q4. The dividends are payable on Jan. 15, Feb. 14 and March 14 to shareholders of record as of Jan....

TOKYO (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday as the dollar firmed on market bets the U.S. presidential election could swing in Republican Donald Trump's favour though the race was still too close to call, and as U.S. crude stocks rose more than forecast. Brent crude oil futures was last down 90 cents, or 1.2%, to trade at...