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Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, October 30, 2008 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Rupee’s decline, output fall push up cloves price Rates rise Rs 30-40 a kg; likely to increase further. Kochi, Oct 29 The current global financial crisis coupled with continuous depreciation of rupee against dollar has resulted in panic selling of cloves by the Indian ... AQUACULTURE: Plans to boost ornamental fish exports to $50 m by 2012 Shipments a meagre 0.06% compared with food fish. Kochi, Oct. 29 Ornamental fish exports have almost doubled from Rs 3.2 crore in 2001-02 to Rs 5.6 crore in 2006-07, but remains quite insignificant compared with the export of food fish which is ... FOODGRAINS: Maize output growth may outstrip demand expansion Assocham study moots raising yield to 3.08 tonnes a hectare. Chennai, Oct. 29 Growth in maize (corn) production may outstrip growth in demand in 12 years but to maintain the current level of surplus, productivity has to be raised, a study by ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Peninsular weather to stay quiet Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 29 Peninsular India will continue to stay quiet as the alternating wet-and-dry phase of a passing periodical Madden-Julian Ocean (MJO) wave dictates regional weather over the next week or ... CULTIVATION: Dindigul to get 25 farm clusters Twenty-five farm clusters, covering an area of 500 hectares, are to be established in Dindigul district, according to the District Collector, Ms R.Vasuki. Various crops are to be raised through application of precision farm techniques in the ... RUBBER: Global rubber body liaison officer Dr R. Krishnakumar, Joint Director, Crop Physiology, Rubber Research Institute of India, has been appointed as Liaison Officer for the Physiology Specialist Group of International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB) for two years. ... METALS: Noida to host global meet on metals sector Mumbai, Oct. 29 The Indian Institute of Metals, the country’s largest body of professional metallurgists, will host Metals Asia ‘08 during November 13-16 at Greater Noida, near ... COMMODITY MARKETS: Commodities downswing Global commodity markets have plunged to multi-year lows on the back of slowing world economic growth, demand compression, large-scale unwinding of leveraged positions and government intervention. The precipitous fall in prices after a ... OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Oil Palm India to set up kernel plant in Kerala Oil Palm India Ltd, a joint venture of the State Government and the Centre, is setting up a kernel oil plant, which is scheduled to be commissioned in April ... RICE: Novel initiative ... AQUACULTURE: Debt relief ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures recoup on buying support Kochi, Oct. 30 Pepper futures market recovered and moved up steeply on good buying support and the Indian parity remained the most competitive in the world market on ... RUBBER: Spot rubber prices rule steady Kottayam, Oct. 29 The domestic rubber prices were almost steady on Wednesday. Sheet rubber RSS4 closed flat at Rs 88 a kg as on ... TEA: Higher volume on offer at Coonoor tea auctions Coonoor, Oct. 29 A volume of 14.51 lakh kg has been catalogued for Sale No: 44 of the auction of Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) to be held on Thursday and Friday. This is the highest volume so far in 2008 except Sale No: 28 held on July ... HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES: Festive season fails to prop up dry fruits’ demand Mumbai, Oct. 29 The sharp rise in prices and economic slowdown seem to have dampened the demand for dry fruit, the most favoured corporate gift during the ... COMMODITY MARKETS: Banks must stick to core competency Mumbai, Oct. 29 Does the Indian Government stand sufficiently chastened by the ongoing financial crisis that has had its roots in the launch of complex financial derivative products (of which many understand little), rampant leveraging, ... Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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