The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 28, 2007

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Rainfall surplus down to 4%
Thiruvananthapuram, July 27 All-India seasonal rainfall surplus has witnessed further seepage what with Central India and peninsular interior going dry for almost a fortnight now. The area weighted rainfall stands depleted to four per ... More

CULTIVATION
Area under most kharif crops up
New Delhi, July 27 Vigorous monsoon rainfall activity till the middle of this month has led to increased sowing under most kharif crops. Whether the higher plantings would translate into a bumper harvest would now depend on how the ... More

COMMODITIES
Costlier food items push up inflation rate to 4.41%
Wholesale Price Index of all commodities up at 212.9 More

RUBBER
Trading dull in spot rubber market
Kottayam, July 27 Spot rubber lost its steam lacking follow up support from the consuming sector. A weak closing in international futures and its impact in domestic futures kept the trading activities comparatively dull on the physical front ... More

TEA
Mixed trend at Kochi tea auction
Kochi, July 27 Firm demand propped up the price of good liquoring dust varieties at the Kochi tea auction. While high grown orthodox and other varieties sold at last week’s levels, good liquoring varieties were up by Rs 3. There was ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Renuka Sugars buys two cos
Mumbai, July 27 Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd has drawn up Rs 273 crore investment plan to grow its business. The company has acquired the Pune-based KBK Chem-Engineering, which is into ethanol engineering, procurement and construction ... More

POULTRY
NECC moots zoning of poultry pockets
Fear over bird flu outbreak in Manipur More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Bears drag down pepper futures
The pepper futures market on Friday fell on bearish activities, while the fundamentals remained unchanged.Spot sellers were limited at lower levels as the futures market continued its declining trend. Nearly 30 tonnes of spot pepper ... More

47,500 tonnes shortfall seen in global pepper supply
Demand sgrowing, while output is declining, say reports More

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