Poor commercial real estate. Fewer investors want to touch it after being burned by falling property values in recent years. They have better options anyway. Why settle for 7% annual returns on real ...

Climate change threatens agricultural production across sub‐Saharan Africa, where most farmers rely on rainfall. A study by researchers at the University of Göttingen and the European Commission's ...

Scientists found that high-flavanol foods can prevent the decline in blood vessel function that occurs after prolonged sitting. Even physically fit men weren’t protected unless they had consumed ...

The cocoa industry has reached crisis point. Extreme weather and disease continues to wreak havoc on crops across the world’s key growing regions, while geopolitical tensions are placing strain on ...

Ivory Coast, the world's biggest cocoa producer, has sold 1.3 million tons of cocoa contracts for the 2025/26 October to March main crop, down from 1.4 million tons last year, amid concerns over ...

Midland Downtown Business Association is hosting the fifth annual Cocoa Crawl downtown on Saturday, November 22, following the Santa Holiday Parade. After braving the weather to watch the parade, join ...

LONDON >> World coffee and cocoa prices closed lower today after U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said President Donald Trump would follow through with pledges to grant tariff exemptions on ...

Hershey HSY1.01%increase; green up pointing triangle raised its full-year outlook as the sky-high cocoa inflation of the past two years has started to ease, but costs still ate into its third-quarter ...

A hot cup of cocoa or tea, an apple or a bowlful of berries might help protect the heart health of couch potatoes or desk jockeys, a new study suggests. Those foods and drinks are all rich in plant ...

As climate change has helped push cocoa prices higher, companies are changing candy recipes in subtle ways. Rolos are one of several candies whose packaging has been changed to omit the phrase “milk ...

Sitting has often been referred to as the new smoking thanks to its negative health benefits. For the first time ever, according to researchers in England, the flavanols in cocoa have been found to ...