Golden Corral Fires Up Summer with NEW Backyard Grill Menu Featuring Premium Proteins 

Golden Corral, the nation’s go-to buffet for variety and value, is turning up the heat throughout the summer with its new Backyard Grill promotion, serving up delicious char-grilled flavors that bring the cookout straight to the buffet, available systemwide beginning today.

Backyard Grill brings an assortment of seasonal offerings across lunch and dinner, including the brand-new Grilled Bacon Cheddar Ranch Chicken Breast, available during both lunch and dinner hours featuring a grilled chicken breast marinated in Ranch...

Day 56 of Iran War: Ceasefire Extended; Trump Cautions on Hormuz as Oil Gains

US President Donald Trump announced that the Israel–Lebanon ceasefire has been extended by an additional three weeks following discussions at the White House with representatives from both sides.

He also directed the US Navy to "shoot and kill" any Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

Traffic through the strategically vital waterway remains severely disrupted, and Iran’s seizure of two large cargo vessels has highlighted its continued leverage. 

Oil markets reacted sharply on Friday, with Brent...

Four September Storms Batter Farms, Fields Across Philippines, Vietnam, and South China

Four storms — Typhoons Ragasa (Nando) and Bualoi (Opong) and Tropical Storm Mitag (Mirasol) in the Philippine Sea, and Typhoon Tapah (Lannie) in the South China Sea — swept through the region in September, damaging rice, corn, coconut, and strawberry crops, as well as fish and livestock farms, while disrupting supply chains and transport routes, said Demelza Knight, Weather and Crop Researcher at Expana.   

Knight highlighted that Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest of the storms, formed in the Philippine Sea on September 18

Triple Typhoon Impact Disrupts Southeast Asian Agricultural and Aquaculture Supply Chains

A rare convergence of three powerful typhoons in July has battered key agricultural and aquaculture regions across China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Typhoons Wipha, Danas, and Co-May have collectively caused hundreds of millions in damages.  

Typhoon Wipha Deals Blow to Vietnam’s Rice and Shrimp Exports 

Typhoon Wipha formed on July 18 near the northern Philippines and intensified to Category 1 before making landfall in Guangzhou, China, and later striking northern Vietnam. Wipha lashed southern China with winds up to 75 mph, triggering floods and landslides

Tariff Talks 2025: Expana's Weekly Rundown #13

Expana’s global team of specialist reporters has been tracking every twist and turn in the fluid tariff situation.

Click to read "Tariff Talks 2025: Expana's Weekly Rundown #13."

This report allows the Expana community to see where key commodity markets stand as of this past week... Click the above PDF report, or keep scrolling to read in plain text...