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Thursday, September 11, 2008
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, September 11, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES CULTIVATION: ‘Fly’ harvesting of coffee begins Coffee Board estimates production at 2.93 lakh tonnes. Chennai, Sept. 10 With coffee plantations receiving early blossom showers in March this year, “fly”-harvest of the berries has already begun in some of the ... COMMODITY MARKETS: OPEC may defend prices in case of fall below $100 Will crude breach the magical $100 a barrel mark and move down to double digits after an extraordinary bull run of last several months? This is the multi-million dollar question in everyone’s ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: ‘Low’ strengthens as Bay beeps for successor Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 10 The tail of a passing Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) wave of enhanced wet weather transiting the Bay of Bengal and walloping the South China Sea/Northwest Pacific is churning these seas concurrently. ... OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: ICAR institute develops first ever mustard hybrid 20% extra oil yield likely. New Delhi, Sept 10 Twenty per cent extra mustard oil a hectare. That’s what the Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s (ICAR) National Research Centre on Rapeseed-Mustard (NRC-RM) at Bharatpur ... COTTON: Cotton export prospects bright as global output set to dip US hit by erratic weather conditions. Mumbai, Sept. 10 Barring India, major cotton producing countries such as China, the US and Pakistan are set to report lesser output compared with last year, thereby maximising the scope for exports. ... OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: ‘Govt should stop vegetable oil imports’ Mumbai, Sept 10 With the sharp fall in global vegetable oil prices, the Government should stop imports of vegetable oil through public sector companies, said Mr Dorab Mistry, Director, Godrej International ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures market crashes on bearish operations Kochi, Sept. 10 Pepper futures market crashed on Wednesday on bearish operations and in line with the sharp fall in other commodities across the board. Most of the contracts touched the second circuit and the drop was above Rs 500 a quintal. ... INSURANCE: Fewer takers for weather insurance this year While rainfall pattern is proving to be erratic in the coffee-growing areas, the number of growers who took weather insurance has dropped this year. Last year, 12,000 growers had taken insurance against the risks of the weather. Given the fact ... TEA: Kochi to host Golden Leaf awards RUBBER: Spot rubber prices unchanged Kottayam, Sept. 10 Rubber prices closed unchanged on Wednesday. Market activities were in an extremely dull phase as most of the traders moved into a holiday mood with only a couple of days to Onam. RSS 4 closed flat at Rs 141 a kg amidst thin ... TEA: Tea prices dearer at Coimbatore sale Coimbatore, Sept. 10 The total offerings of tea at the weekly auction held at the Tea Trade Association in Coimbatore on Friday amounted to 4.82 lakh kg with leaf grades accounting for 1.97 lakh kg and the balance 2.85 lakh kg of ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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