The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 21, 2008

OUTLOOK: Short-term pressure in gold likely
Support for yellow metal seen at $947; crude may dip in near term. Gold witnessed a roller-coaster ride last week, first tending to hit the $1,000-an-ounce mark, before running out of breath and closed lower than last week. Gold closed at ...

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS: Only 9 products have got GI status so far
Assam, Nilgiris orthodox teas may join the list soon. New Delhi, July 20 After five years of the enactment of the Geographic Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act that came into effect from September 2003, only nine products ...

CULTIVATION: Reap more from organic farming
Velucamy Naicker of Rasapalayam village in Tamil Nadu is a worried man these days. Hailing from a family of farmers, Veluchamy has about 15 acres as inherited property. Right from his schooldays he had been helping his father in the field, and ...

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: Kenya buying Indian tea to honour export deals
Chennai, July 20 What does one do when production is not enough to meet export obligations? Buy from another country and meet them? ...

OUTLOOK: ‘Dairy products prices may fall on rise in output, exports’
Global dairy products prices are forecast to rule lower during 2008-09 (September-August) as rise in production and exports from the US and the European Union improve their availability in the world ...

FARM CREDIT: ‘Farmers did not fully understand scope of loan waiver scheme’
About 3.5 lakh defaulters not eligible for fresh loans: State co-op bank. Mecheda (East Midnapore), July 20 Close to 3.5 lakh farmers in West Bengal, who have defaulted in the repayment of crop loans subsequent to the announcement of the ...

CLIMATE & WEATHER: Focus shifts to buzz in southwest Bay
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rain or thundershowers at a few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Tamil Nadu over the next few days as the buzz in the southwest Bay of Bengal ...

EVENTS: ‘Agri machinery unit to come up at Italian Consulate in Kolkata’
Kolkata, July 20 The tanning, training and service centre being set up here jointly in cooperation with Italy would start offering training from September, according to Mr Bruno Camparia, Consul General of Italy. ...

CULTIVATION: Kharif sowing area in Maharashtra halved
Owing to poor rains for past two weeks, sowing area in the current Kharif season has almost reduced to half compared with that of last year. ...

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:

Gold may test support levels
TEA: Good liquoring CTCs see demand at Kolkata tea sale
Last week, good liquoring CTC teas sold readily at around last levels while the remainder were irregularly lower in line with quality, according J. Thomas & Company Pvt Ltd., the tea auctioneers. There was fair enquiry from the major ...

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