http://www.commodityonline.com/ India's largest commodity news portal en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:39:28 GMT 60 Copyright: (C) 2007 Commodity Online India Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://www.commodityonline.com/images2008/commodity_logo.jpg http://www.commodityonline.com/ 144 27 Visit CommodityOnline.com http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Does-global-pepper-prices-reflect-fundamentals-23098-3-1.html Reliable data on production and stock of spices varieties especially pepper is hard to get on a global basis. News reports themselves contradict each other as analysts try to unravel the movement of futures prices which is not the case with most other agri commodities Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Gained-from-Gold-You-may-see-trouble-ahead-23065-3-1.html Unbeknownst to most investors gold is considered a collectible not a capital asset. In plain English this means that despite the fact that many people believe they are investing in gold the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) believes that they are collecting it. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Can-precious-metals-keep-on-flying-23004-3-1.html Precious metals have always been intriguing to investors because they tend to hold their value. In times of geopolitical crisis or currency devaluation for example the value of paper money might fluctuate but a hard asset will always be worth something. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Silver-all-set-to-outshine-gold-in-2010-22970-3-1.html Silver may yet outshine gold in 2010 as spot prices for the white metal respond to the prospect of a surge in industrial demand. With a little additional help from investment demand silver may even rally into the $25 an ounce range. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Ford-vehicles-to-have-wheat-straw-plastic!-22914-3-1.html The first application of the natural fiber based plastic that contains 20 per cent wheat straw bio filler is on the 2010 Ford Flex s third row interior storage bins. This application alone reduces petroleum usage by some 20 000 pounds per year reduces CO2 emissions by 30 000 pounds per year and represents a smart sustainable usage for wheat straw the waste byproduct of wheat. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Untapped-Energy-riches-of-Uzbekistan-22856-3-1.html As Western investors remain fixated on somehow acquiring a slice of Turkmenistan s natural gas riches despite a recent scandal over the country s actual reserves there is another country further east whose energy and mineralogical reserves have been overlooked Uzbekistan. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Microsoft-to-provide-expertise-for-oil-and-gas-sector-22828-3-1.html Microsoft has joined has joined Energistics a global not for profit consortium designed to unite oil and gas industry thought leaders and to explore ways to facilitate efficiency in this sector Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Indian-corporates-use-downturn-to-reduce-costs-22772-3-1.html Indian businesses have used the downturn well to cut costs and improve efficiency as per PricewaterhouseCoopers survey.Organic growth is the path to economic growth over the medium term apart from acquisitions and alliances as per the PwC report Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Chinese-appetite-will-help-recover-global-economy-22712-3-1.html China is the only place where companies in a developed industry can double our business each year for five years. Where else can you start out with $5 million in sales and be making $35 million in practically no time Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Climate-change-and-its-impact-on-oil-business-22674-3-1.html Climate change will impact oil business in three different ways physical assets failure on fluctuating temperatures drop in value of financial assets damage to corporate reputation. A report backed by IBM shows that only 19 $ of oil companies are taking any action on climate change. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Gold-s-next-destination-Mexico-22617-3-1.html As the world s key gold producing nations struggle mostly in vain to replenish dwindling below ground supplies Mexico is bucking the trend in a big way and we are indeed talking about gold not silver. No other nation comes close to matching a promising statistics of gold production. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.commodityonline.com/news/China-stock-markets-decoupled-from-global-reality-22598-3-1.html China stock markets including the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have little relevance to the movement of stocks globally. Stocks traded in China are purely domestic mainland companies and 90% of them are government owned. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT