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• Big Food gets leaner with divestitures and breakups as consumers turn away from packaged snacks - Big Food has been selling off underperforming brands or even splitting up, as the industry faces weaker demand.
• Mining stocks have been on a tear, with gold passing $5,000. Analysts are split on what's next - Appetite for mining stocks has cooled over the past six months, according to a Citi note.