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The Toronto stock market headed for a lower open Monday in between big earnings and expectations which lead to disappointment from IBM Corp, since their revenue was less than predicted. In addition to that a concern about the overall global economy. However markets gained equilibrium at the end of last week.

As the growing demand for chocolate in Asia specially in China, it is predicted that the price of chocolate could soar over the next few years and the exports stated that the demand could become unsustainable by 2020.

This article is about a bizarre incidence (for nowadays) about commodity markets. The leading copper miners and companşes predict that upon discovery of new resources and invention of new techniques, the supply will outsrip demand.

This article is about the new tax on soda in Berkeley, California. Apparently soda is now being taxed for 1c per ounce of soda. This tax (measure D) will levy a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on sodas and sugary drinks, and the money will go to the city's general fund. This measure wasn't intended to create funds for a specific purpose therefore it only needed the majority vote for it to pass. On the other hand, san francisco had a specific use for these excised taxes so it needed 2/3 vote for their proposition to pass (prop E). Furthermore, the excised tax for San Francisco would have been 2c per ounce of soda. This tax has been predicted to impact low income households since soda is predominantly consumed by them. This then leads to an overall increase in grocery bills, since the taxes aren't just levied on soda brands but also on grocery stores. This means that grocery stores may raise overall prices (of all goods) to pay the tax on soda.

After an extremely poor grape harvest from 2012, there are predictions of a shortage of wine in the following years. The supply for wine will not meet the demand, knocking the market out of equilibrium.