The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 31, 2006

COMMODITY EXCHANGES
Bombay Yarn Exchange plans online futures
Bombay Yarn Merchants' Association and Exchange Ltd, one of the oldest and largest yarn merchants' associations, is planning to offer online futures trading. The 52-year-old exchange recently moved to new premises and is slowly moving ahead ... More

FARM CREDIT
Kalam urges SBI to step up agri credit
`Banks must shift to rural-centric mode for faster economic growth' More

SEEDS
Monsanto moves SC on Bt cottonseed price order
The Monday order of Andhra Pradesh Government mandating Bt cottonseed companies from selling the seed below Rs 750 (including the trait value) on a 450-gm packet has taken an interesting turn with Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Ltd, which owns ... More

AQUACULTURE
Kerala to set up expert panel to study trawl ban
Fisherfolks against reducing ban period More

Set to resume
DECKHANDS loading ice onto a mechanised fishing boat at Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour on Tuesday. Fishing boats are getting ready to resume fishing from Wednesday midnight after a 45-day ban on trawling. ... More

INSIGHT
FARMER SUICIDES
Statistics may not tell the real tale
The Union Minister for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Sharad Pawar, speaking at a meeting in Pune on May 8, categorically stated that suicides by farmers are not a new phenomenon and that there has been no ... More

HORTICULTURE/FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Weather cover launched for grape growers
ICICI Lombard policy to benefit 4 Maharashtra districts More

Fig for health
FROM THE WEST: A vendor selling figs near Charminar in Hyderabad. The fruit is sold at Rs 30 for a dozen. Fig has caught the attention of buyers for medicinal properties to fight anaemia and low blood pressure. The fruit finds its way to the ... More

RUBBER
Technical correction hits spot rubber
The rubber market was hit by the much-waited technical correction on Tuesday. A sharp fall in the Japanese futures and the absence of genuine and quantity buyers at higher levels combined to initiate the downtrend, while the selling from dealers ... More

TEA
Tea planters urged to control red spider infestation
Give due weightage to protecting crop: UPASI Tea Research Foundation More

ALUMINIUM
JSW Group bets big on aluminium foray
Floats new firm to execute smelter, alumina projects More

GOLD & SILVER
Gold, silver move higher
Standard gold prices were up Rs 75 at Rs 9,755 per 10 gm from the previous close of Rs 9,680. Pure gold (99.99 fineness) was up Rs 70 to close at Rs 9,805 per 10 gm from the previous close of Rs 9,735. Silver (.999 fineness) price was up Rs 45 ... More

COTTON
Authority to impose price control on seeds questioned
Andhra Pradesh order on Bt cotton More

OILSEEDS & EDIBLE OIL
RBD palmolein moves higher
RBD palmolein prices moved up on the local edible oil market on Tuesday on emergence of some buying amid reduced offering. Imported crude soya oil was steady at Rs 380 per 10 kg. Groundnut oil raw was steady at Rs 470 per 10 kg. Sunflower oil ... More

COFFEE
Tata Coffee to tie up with Beeyu Overseas
To sell instant coffee in global market More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Vanilla growers face bleak prospects
Output seen up in Madagascar More