The Iran conflict is driving up energy and fertilizer costs, raising alarms over a return of food inflation. Farmers are bracing for resource shortages that could drag down harvests.

A New Jersey jury found Harris Jacobs guilty of leaving the scene of an accident after he struck a pedestrian with his S.U.V. But jurors would not have the final word.

Put simply, beta measures how volatile a stock is compared to movements in the broader market. The market itself – represented by an index such as the S&P 500 or S&P/TSX Composite – is assigned a beta ...