Japan earthquake: Local businesses take steps forward

Reconstruction continues on the Noto Peninsula following the New Year's Day earthquake. Local businesses are gradually resuming operations, while Ishikawa Prefectural officials have started outlining a recovery plan for the region. Miyamoto Tetsuya has been farming oysters for more than three decades in Nanao City in the prefecture. On New…

Global cocoa market teetering on the brink of chaos

KANSAS CITY — Plummeting supply and surging prices have insinuated a meltdown in the chocolate market. And analysts are growing less hopeful for a quick correction.Nearby New York ICE cocoa bean futures prices have jumped about 58% since the start of 2024 and are about 143% higher than a year…