The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, January 14, 2007

RUBBER
Spot rubber rules weak
Spot rubber finished weak in the weekend session. RSS 4 settled down at Rs 95 against Rs 96 a kg on buyer resistance. The trend was mixed, as the remaining grades except ungraded rubber were unchanged and rather inactive. Futures ... More

SUGAR
Sugar industry ready to exploit Indian Ocean region: ISMA chief
`Move to scrap export ban welcome, though late' More

Balrampur Chini Mills: Buy
The company is on course to delivering reasonable earnings growth, with ongoing capex and rising revenues from by products. More

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Cotton futures may consolidate, rise
New York cotton futures ended sharply higher on Friday tracking a sharp rally in grains, which could result in an acreage shift from cotton to grains. Markets brushed aside bearish USDA demand/supply figures. On Friday, the US Agriculture ... More

GOLD & SILVER
CALL CENTRE
Glittering, in parts
Avinash, 32, working in a software company, has had a windfall by way of bonus from his employer. Having invested much of his portfolio in shares, small-savings schemes and fixed deposits, Avinash thought that adding gold to his portfolio would ... More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Palm oil at the core for free trade pact
ASEAN meet begins today More

TOBACCO
Tobacco Board gets new Chairman
Mr J. Suresh Babu, Executive Director and in-charge Chairman, was elevated as the Chairman of the Tobacco Board here and he assumed charge on Saturday. At a press meet he said the board was contemplating introduction of the electronic auction ... More

AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Dues to fertiliser cos may cross Rs 11,500 cr
Outstanding dues to fertiliser companies from the Centre are likely to cross Rs 11,500 crore by the end of the current fiscal. According to the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, the total fund requirement for ... More

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Federal Bank picks up stake in South Indian, LVB

Dues to fertiliser cos may cross Rs 11,500 cr

Outlook mixed for global economies

Looking back
Jan. 7-Jan. 13
Winter rains a discomforting factor for wheat

ITC in nationwide drive for water conservation

High wheat prices result in offtake being hit

`Policy on FDI in commodity exchanges in 4-6 weeks'

Fall in crude prices may affect bio-fuel industry

Maharashtra likely to gain from lifting of sugar ban