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Friday, January 08, 2010
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Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, January 08, 2010 ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version | Audio | Blogs |
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COMMODITIES: Food inflation eases to 18.22% on drop in vegetable prices Potatoes, pulses costly still. Even as such essential items as potatoes, pulses and vegetables remained expensive, food inflation dropped slightly to 18.22 per cent for the week ended December 26, from the previous week's 19.83 ... COTTON: Ginning units thrive after cotton monopoly scheme ends Maharashtra attracts Rs 1,500-cr investments for new units. The lapse of Cotton Monopoly Procurement Act in Maharashtra in 2004 has proved to be a boon for the cotton ginning and pressing industry. According to data from the industry, ginning ... TEA: Tea stocks hit year highs on hope of firm price Poor weather makes demand-supply tight. The stocks of most tea companies recorded 52-week highs, as concerns over a global tea ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Call to popularise organic farming in Kerala The Kerala Agriculture Minister, Mr Mullakara Retnakaran, on Thursday stressed the need to popularise organic farming in the State in a big way in tune with the growing global awareness on ... BIO-TECH & GENETICS: ‘Adoption of GM food crops will hit exports' If India adopts genetically-engineered food crops, there are chances that it will loose out on the potential export market worth Rs 1,00,000 crore for its fruits and vegetables, said Dr Pushpa Bhargava, Scientist, Founder and Director, Centre ... SUGAR: Jaggery prices on the upswing Jaggery prices are on the upswing at Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam district before Sankranti. The trend may continue for some more time, according to trade sources. Anakapalle is the biggest jaggery market yard in Andhra Pradesh and it caters ... SPICES & CONDIMENTS: Pepper futures fall Pepper futures market on Thursday fell sharply on reports of increased arrivals in the primary markets coupled with huge outstanding position in January delivery, which is to mature on Jan 20. Add to this, the bears were trying to pressurise ... CLIMATE & WEATHER: Dense fog springs back to envelop plains of north-west Fog to dense fog conditions have sprung back to envelop north and northwest India after the wind, temperature and moisture values froze yet again to ... TECHNOLOGY: Farm mechanisation ... FLORICULTURE: Flower power ... RUBBER: Spot rubber remains static Spot rubber prices finished unchanged on Thursday. Almost comparable rates in the domestic and international rubber futures kept the market neutral during the rather dull trading session. Sheet rubber closed flat at Rs 138 a kg lacking ... AQUACULTURE: Ornamental fish expo at Chennai from today The Marine Products Export Development Authority is organising the third edition of the ornamental fish expo from Friday to Sunday ... RUBBER: Rubber Board to launch ‘Clinic' tomorrow The Rubber Board is launching a new Web-based Distance Diagnostic Information System (DDIS), ‘The Rubber Clinic', to help the farmers in crop ... Columnists: • G Chandrashekhar • Sharad Joshi Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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