Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, December 16, 2005
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Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, December 16, 2005 |
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AGRI-BIZ & COMMODITIES RICE 
Grain for bargainWomen shopping at the rice mela organised by Food Bazaar in Mumbai on Thursday. Food Bazaar and companies in the rice industry such as Satnam Overseas, L.T. Overseas, KRBL and United Riceland Ltd have come together announcing a strategic tie-up ... More ANIMALS & LIVESTOCK Protein supplement unit for cattle opened A CATTLE feed plant has been commissioned in Godhra, Gujarat, which could help improve the income for small farmers. The plant, a by-pass protein unit, is expected to produce 50 tonnes of processed by-pass protein meal per day. Dr Suresh ... More COMMODITIES Commodities price in correction mode OPINION that commodities worldwide are likely to correct downwards on year-end considerations is gaining ground. Risk reduction is usually the flavour of the season, this time of the year. There already are telltale signs of profit-taking and ... More FERTILISERS 
8 defunct urea PSUs to be restarted: PaswanTHE Government will re-operationalise eight urea producing units in the public sector lying defunct in various parts of the country and go in for joint ventures in foreign countries for meeting the growing demand for urea, the Minister for ... More PLANTATIONS `Production, acreage of cocoa rising at snail's pace' THE growth in area and production of cocoa in the country is at a snail's pace due to lack of enthusiasm among the farmers to cultivate the crop, which does not seem have a ready market. Though the processing industry has an installed capacity ... More RUBBER Rubber falls on panic selling A CRASH in international markets hammered the domestic spot rubber prices on Thursday. Panic selling from dealers and growers kept the prices under immense pressure, while most of the buyers preferred to stay on the sidelines. NMCE rubber ... More TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 
Gold may test support levelSPOT gold prices retreated sharply lower after reaching a fresh 24-1/2-year peak in line with COMEX gold futures. As mentioned earlier, the only negative factor in the short-term was the potential fund liquidation being in the last month of the ... More AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS ICRISAT award for BL correspondent Mr R. Balaji, a Special Correspondent of The Hindu Business Line at Chennai, has won the annual Millennium Science Award instituted by ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics), here. He has won the award ... More SILK National Silk Tech Mission on cards THE Centre proposes to set up a National Silk Technology Mission on the lines of the Cotton Technology Mission for the modernisation of the country's sericulture sector. The proposed mission is likely to take off at the beginning of the 11th ... More OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL Will Govt effect changes in vegoil tariff value? IT is December 15 and the vegetable oil market has started to speculate whether or not there would be any change in tariff values for palm and soya oils. The Government effected changes in tariff values thrice - 1st and 15th of the month - ... More COCONUT & COPRA Crop insurance mooted for coconut farmers THE international seminar on coconut on the theme "Global Coconut Industry - Outlook for the Future," organised by the Coconut Development Board recently in Goa, has recommended introduction of crop insurance to protect coconut farmers against ... More WTO WTO talks fail to gain momentum — `No question of compromise on agriculture' THE sixth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation failed to gain the desired momentum on Thursday, after two days of intensive deliberations among the trade negotiators, even as the developing and least developing countries ... More CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS HDFC Bank launches credit card for farmers HDFC Bank jointly with Visa launched Kisan Card, a credit card for farmers. In the first phase, the card will be available in Punjab and Haryana and will be launched across the country by March 2006, said a press release from the bank. The ... More TRENDS 
Japanese firm Yanmar forays into farm implements marketTHE UPA Government sets store by ensuring agriculture growth through a focussed farm strategy entailing policy support and credit infusion on a higher gear. In view of the renewed thrust on agriculture to realise the overall eight per cent GDP ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Looking back Dec. 4-Dec. 10 Bull run in gold likely to continue Crop cover: Satellite images to assess claim payouts Cotton exports likely to top 20 lakh bales China's appetite for commodities far from satiated 30 pc chilli output dip may hit oleoresin sector Shrimp exporters turn innovative; revamp biz Contamination of cotton falling, says survey 15 lakh t soyameal contracted for exports |
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