Thailand exported 2.46 tonnes of rice in the first quarter of this year, up 19.4% from the same period last year, according to Charoen Laothamatas, President of the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Chevron said on Monday it agreed to buy Hess for $53 billion in stock, the second proposed mega-merger among the biggest U.S. oil players after Exxon Mobil bid $60 billion for Pioneer Natural Resources earlier this month.
The White House may have blamed Exxon Mobil for high energy prices taking their toll on consumers, but would struggle to thwart the top U.S. oil producer s contemplated $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, five antitrust lawyers and experts said on Friday.