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Where does India stand on agri commodities? |
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India is the largest producer and consumer of several agri commodities in the world. Check out a fact sheet on where India stands in cotton, castorseed, chilli, pepper, jeera, soybean and mentha oil. |
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Coming Soon: Mother of all Market Crashes |
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Super low interest rates… overbuilt real estate… the collapse of the dollar… skyrocketing costs… failing employment… and finally, a crashing stock market. The 100 largest stocks on Wall Street are a lock to lose more than 10% in the very near future. |
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Bull market in oil & commodities is over |
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The bull market for oil and commodities seems to be over for now. They will have to at best spend several months repairing the damage they have taken before they can resume their bull market and at worst they may end up declining with the rest of the stock market for the next several quarters. |
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Venezuela, S Africa sign key energy deal |
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Venezuela and South Africa on Tuesday signed a key energy deal which South African President Thabo Mbeki and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez touted as a strategic cooperation. |
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Coca Cola to buy out China's largest juice co |
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The Coca-Cola Company has announced its intention to make cash offers to purchase China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited, a Hong Kong listed company which owns the Huiyuan juice business throughout China. |
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Chinaloco sets up subsidiary to begin Tibet mining |
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Chinalco, China's top aluminium producer has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Tibet to explore and smelt mineral resources on the rooftop of the world. |
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Iran wants OPEC to control excess oil supply |
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Iran on Tuesday said, OPEC should control the excess of oil supply to the market. |
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Rio Tinto-CCLM Los Andes pact for exploration |
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Rio Tinto has signed two exploration joint venture agreements with CODELCO’s 100% owned subsidiary, CCM Los Andes, in Chile. The new properties to be explored are the Esteli and Paloma prospects in northern Chile. |
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Brazil eyeing record ethanol, sugarcane production |
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Brazil's National Food Supply Company (Conab) on Friday said the country is on course for record sugarcane and ethanol production in 2008 due to growing domestic and foreign demand for the bio-fuel. |
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Oil falls to 5-month low below $107 |
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Oil fell to a five-month low Friday after a US labor department data shows increase in unemployment rate that might reduce demand for energy. |
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CME group submits changes for wheat futures |
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CME Group has submitted changes to its regulator for the benchmark wheat futures contract. It recommends for increased storage fees and additional delivery points to improve convergence between futures and cash prices at contract expiration.
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Oil falls below $110 as Gustav recedes |
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Oil prices fell to a five-month low Tuesday below $110 a barrel as traders bet the US oil industry would recover quickly from Hurricane Gustav. |
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Gold, silver fall on strong dollar |
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Gold and silver futures fell Friday as dollar strengthened, eroding the appeal of precious metals as alternative assets. |
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Gold sheds 3 percent to settle below $811 |
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Most precious metals including gold, silver, platinum and palladium fell Tuesday after a steep drop in oil prices and a rally in the dollar reduced bullion's appeal. |
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Melting Commodities: Is the boom market over? |
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Commodity prices are melting these days. Crude oil is playing around $100 per barrel, a far cry from the $200 price for oil that global analysts had predicted. Gold price is falling almost daily; the yellow metal slumped under $800 on Tuesday. |
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How US inflation is lapping up on foreign shores |
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Unfortunately, US inflation is now lapping up on those same foreign shores, and while American consumers are not looking any stronger, Asian and European shoppers look like they are ready to take a break. |
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Commodities may face severe corrections |
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The massive commodities sell-off that resumed on the heels of a weakening Gustav on Labor Day accelerated overnight and brought values back to $800 in the case of gold, and to near $105 for black gold. Mr. "Doom, Gloom, and Boom" Marc Faber has today repeated his previous warning that commodities may face a tough second half. |
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Oil plunges below $106 in Asian trade |
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Oil prices plunged below $106 in Asian trade Tuesday as investors shifted their focus to slowing global demand after worries about Hurricane Gustav subsided. |
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OECD raises US growth forecast to 1.8 percent |
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The Paris based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday increased its forecast for growth in the US economy this year but slashed its predictions for Japan and the eurozone. |
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What is Rogers International Commodity Index? |
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Rogers International Commodity Index (RICI) is a composite, US dollar-based, total return index created by Jim Rogers. It represents the value of a basket of commodities consumed in the global economy, ranging from agricultural to energy to metal products. |
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Brazil set to tap Jubarte deepwater oil field |
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Brazil on Tuesday set to start drilling for oil in a deepwater offshore oil field that lies some seven kilometers down, through salt estimated to be a kilometer thick. |
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