Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, December 19, 2009 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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CULTIVATION: Wheat sowing trails in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan Rabi plantings in most States barring M.P., U.P. lacklustre. Even as overall coverage is up five lakh hectares (lh) this year, sowing of wheat continues to trail in the high-yielding belt of Punjab, Haryana ... HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES: Transcontinental trade tussle on bananas resolved The transcontinental tussle brewing over banana involving the European Union, Latin America and the US for more than two decades on the EU's preferential import treatment to African, Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) countries has at last been ... RUBBER: India may emerge 2nd in rubber offtake soon In 2008, India overtook Japan and emerged as the third largest natural rubber consumer in the world. Now, India is projected by several international agencies to become the second-largest global consumer in the near future, Mr Toms ... COMMODITY MARKETS: Tyre makers blame futures for rubber price rise Expressing concern at rising prices of natural rubber, the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) has alleged that speculation and manipulation in the rubber futures is causing distortion in spot prices of ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Rains relent as south-west Bay of Bengal cools down Heavy rains have relented over coastal Tamil Nadu after the convective activity over southwest Bay of Bengal ... FLORICULTURE: Swanky show ... FOODGRAINS: Foodgrain merchants' body for GST introduction from 2011-12 The Tamilnadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has called for the introduction of Goods and Sales Tax (GST) from the financial year 2011-12 instead of ... RUBBER: Sheet rubber improves on short covering Spot rubber prices improved on Friday. The market opened steady and continued to remain flat on early trades but the bounce back in the domestic and international rubber futures catalysed the sentiments during late trading hours. Sheet ... TEA: Assam teas rule steady at Kolkata sale This week, selected good quality Assam CTC teas ruled steady around last week's level with a few improved sorts turning dearer at the Kolkata auctions, according to J Thomas & Company Private Ltd, the tea auctioneers. The remainder ... TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS: Tripartite meet today to end jute mills stir The West Bengal Labour Minister will meet the jute mill owners and labour unions at a tripartite meeting to be held at the Writers' Building on December 19. The meeting would explore the possibility of bringing the current jute mills strike to ... OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL: Groundnut oil declines Groundnut oil slipped in subdued oil and oilseeds market on Friday on increased arrival from the ... Columnists: G Chandrashekhar Sharad Joshi Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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