Tom Polansek

Peregrine boss Wasendorf starts 50-year jail term

August 24, 2021 at 5:09 a.m.

(Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Sr., the former chief executive of Peregrine Financial Group, has begun serving a 50-year sentence at a high-security federal prison in Indiana for bilking $215 million...

Peregrine Financial ex-CEO expects life of fraud to end in jail

August 24, 2021 at 3:21 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Sr., who admitted looting more than $100 million from futures broker Peregrine Financial Group, expects to die behind bars even if a judge ignores prosecutors...

Peregrine Financial fraud loss tops $215 million, U.S. says

August 22, 2019 at 1:20 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Peregrine Financial Group's former chief executive stole more than $215 million from customers of his now-defunct futures brokerage and should be sentenced to the maximum 50...

Analysis: Facing drought, U.S. farmers return to crop rotation

August 24, 2021 at 2:28 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farmers in top U.S. grain states are planning to rotate to other crops after repeated plantings of corn on the same fields, combined with a devastating drought...

Analysis: Facing drought, U.S. farmers return to crop rotation

August 22, 2019 at 1:15 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Farmers in top U.S. grain states are planning to rotate to other crops after repeated plantings of corn on the same fields, combined with a devastating drought...

Mississippi River has enough water to stay open: Senator

August 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

(Reuters) - The drought-drained Mississippi River has enough water for barges to maintain shipments of billions of dollars worth of commodities, and the White House will consider "any option" to...

Mississippi River has enough water to stay open: Senator

August 24, 2021 at 1:47 a.m.

(Reuters) - The drought-drained Mississippi River has enough water for barges to maintain shipments of billions of dollars worth of commodities, and the White House will consider "any option" to...

Low water may halt Mississippi River transport next week

December 25, 2018 at 6:40 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Commerce on a key stretch of the Mississippi River could "come to an effective halt" earlier than expected next week due to low water levels, disrupting shipments...

Low water may halt Mississippi River transport next week

August 24, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Commerce on a key stretch of the Mississippi River could "come to an effective halt" earlier than expected next week due to low water levels, disrupting shipments...

Farmers hustle to avoid “fiscal cliff” blowback

December 25, 2018 at 5:45 p.m.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the United States inches closer toward the "fiscal cliff," Iowa farmer Brian Van Meetern is hurriedly selling his grain before year's end and buying a new...

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