When USDA released its January WASDE report, US corn production jumped from the previous 425.53 mmt (16.75 billion bushels) to a record 432.34 mmt (17.02 bb), an increase of 1.6%. Carrying the numbers out to the ledger's end, US ending stocks were increased to 56.56 mmt (2.23 bb), theoretically putting ending stocks-to-use at 13.6%, what would be the largest ending stocks-to-use figure – again theoretically – since the end of the 2008-09 marketing year at a reported 13.9%. Not only that, but quarterly stock ...

In an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, CEO Tim Cook described Apple's commitment to bolster domestic manufacturing, suggesting the factories will bring more businesses to communities."We can't be everywhere. I wish we could, but we are putting $600 billion to work in the next four years," he said. "And so it is an extraordinary commitment. And there's 79 factories across the U.S. that will benefit from this."Cook told Cramer Apple's factory buildout might encourage other corporations to build their own fac ...