The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 14, 2007

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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Spat over Rubber Board fiat to commodity bourses
`Traders have to obtain licence for forward contracts' More

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Belt of torrential rain moving to East
The belt of torrential rainfall is moving from the northwest of the country to further east in a phase which saw even Rajasthan being swamped in a near repeat of a quirkily wet southwest monsoon that hit the desert State last year. Though not ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Additional margin on potato
Reacting to the rise in potato prices on the futures market, commodity markets regulator Forward Markets Commission has imposed an additional margin of 5 per cent on potato (Tarkeshwar) and 4 per cent on the Agra variety on the net buy positions ... More

Potato futures hit upper circuit, pare gains
Short covering props up cardamom More

PLANTATIONS
Poabs Estate bags Sustainability Award
Poabs Organic Estate, a part of Poabs Group, at Nellayampathy in Palghat district of Kerala, has emerged as the country's first plantation company to bag the prestigious `Sustainability Award' for 2007. The award is instituted by the Speciality ... More

POLITICS
The people's choice
On Monday the Trinamul Congress leader and ace crowd-puller, Ms Mamata Banerjee, urged the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, to hold a "secret ballot" among the people of Singur to ascertain whether they were willing to give ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber slips further
Physical rubber prices were dull under the shadow of weak global futures on Tuesday. According to analysts, lack of solid support from major consuming industries and unfavourable news on excess stocks and imports also had some negative impact ... More

GOLD & SILVER
Further upside seen in precious metals
Key drivers support bullish trend for gold More

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
`Farm varsities must start food tech courses'
`Food processing, value-addition long-term solution for growth' More

Potato R&D: Minister seeks CPRI branch in Kolkata
Minister calls to CPRI to set up branch in State More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
Plea to supply imported vanaspati through PDS
Plea to supply imported vanaspati under PDS More

TOBACCO
Tobacco Board chief for FDI in processing
Call to end monopoly of a few companies More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
India tops in ground pepper supply to US
White pepper imports negligible More

Pepper futures rebound on buying support
Reports project decline in production More

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E-paper anouncement

Spat over Rubber Board fiat to commodity bourses

Norway's Orkla acquires MTR Foods in $80-m deal

Funds get more costly

Franklin Templeton eyes overseas investments

Further upside seen in precious metals

Finance Ministry confident of meeting excise duty targets for 2006-07

Indian crude basket slips by $1.11 a barrel

NTPC set to award contracts for Simhadri expansion, Ennore plant

Mumbai plumps for CAS faster

Incomes, wealth jumps drive inflation

ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank ADRs slump

Looking back
Feb. 4-Feb. 10
Gold could test support, rise

Pepper prices rise over 60 per cent in 2006

Farm credit surges to Rs 1,80,486 cr

Cauvery verdict: No impact on business in Bangalore

Pepper prices likely to scale new heights

Response positive to draft bill on groundwater: Soz

Gold, silver gain on bullish global trend