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Monday, June 22, 2009
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, June 22, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Gold futures likely to rise Gold futures ended marginally higher on Friday prompted by dollar weakness ahead of the federal reserve meeting in the coming week. Lower-than-expected inflation data have prompted investment funds to unwind some of the long positions. ... COMMODITIES: Strong price performance due to demand, supply, currency factors Emergence of jewellery demand may limit downside for gold. Commodities across the board have demonstrated strong price performance in recent weeks thanks to a combination of demand side, supply side and currency factors. Yet, in the last few ... INFRASTRUCTURE: Integrated agro food parks: Building scale and viability The Indian economy is agrarian with about 70 per cent of the people dependant on some form of economic activity connected with agriculture. The challenge before us, as a nation, is to increase the economic value added in agriculture, which ... COCONUT & COPRA: Help for pilot projects to control mite menace in coconut farms Mangalore, June 21 The Karnataka Government will support the pilot projects in the taluks affected by mite menace in coconut plantations, according to the Karnataka Minister for Horticulture and Prisons, Mr Umesh ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Continued volatility pushes pepper futures prices down The pepper futures market during the week witnessed continued volatility and at the weekend closed marginally below the last ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: El Nino may suppress monsoon, says US forecaster The developing El Nino, that refers to anomalous warming of the equatorial east Pacific, may work to suppress the Indian monsoon, according to a leading US forecast ... COFFEE: Coffee consumption up 5% in 2008 Bangalore June 21 Domestic coffee consumption grew five per cent in 2008 to 85,800 tonnes, ahead of the global market where the off-take was largely unaffected by the prevailing economic ... TEA: Prices rule firm at N. India tea sale Last week, the CTC teas at North India generally followed quality, according to J. Thomas & Company Pvt Ltd, the tea auctioneers. Teas showing a seasonal improvement appreciated in value while the others were irregularly ... INSIGHT: Investment opportunities aplenty Among various States, Gujarat stands out as a beacon of hope. In agriculture production, it has logged an impressive compounded annual growth rate of over 12 per cent during 2002-2007. Several factors have contributed to the performance, not ... EVENTS: AP floor leaders to meet on agriculture The status of farmers cooperatives and the issue of land fragmentation vis-À-vis the incomes of farmers and food security of the country, will form the focus of a meeting of the floor leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ... INTERVIEW: ‘Fertiliser subsidy is a misnomer’ Fertiliser consumption in the country is much below than in developed countries. But high cost of feed-stock, lack of indigenous raw materials for DAP and complex fertilisers and inconducive policy environment have plagued the fertiliser ... HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES: Azhagiri lays foundation stone The Union Minister for Fertiliser and Chemicals, Mr M.K. Azhagiri, laid the foundation stone for a vegetable market here on Sunday. A long-pending demand of the public of Madurai has been the shifting of the central vegetable market near ... AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: Farmers' clubs in Tirunelveli ... Columnists: • G Chandrashekhar • Sharad Joshi Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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