The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 26, 2008

CLIMATE & WEATHER
Monsoon to bless north-west this time
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 25 Northwest India is forecast to receive good precipitation during this year’s southwest monsoon unlike during the last when it had ended up with a deficit. A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event ... More

RUBBER
Spot rubber gains a tad
Kottayam, Jan. 25 The domestic rubber prices made marginal improvements on Friday. A recovery in Japanese futures extended some positive energy to the buyer’s mood and sheet rubber firmed up by 50 paise to Rs 94.00 a kg a kg at Kottayam, ... More

COTTON
Sisspa blames cotton hoarding for shortage
Coimbatore, Jan. 25 The South India Small Spinners Association (Sisspa) has blamed the hoarding of raw cotton by trade and middlemen to cause artificial shortage of the natural fibre that has led to spiralling prices in recent times. ... More

‘High cotton prices hitting spinning mills’
The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has maintained that the bumper cotton crop realised this year has not helped the domestic spinning industry, which remained under recession right through 2007 due to rupee appreciation.The ... More

SILK
KSIC to open outlets in Kerala cities
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 25 Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd (KSIC), a fully owned undertaking of the Karnataka Government, is planning to open retail outlets in all major cities in Kerala.KSIC, which is inaugurating an outlet ... More

SPICES & CONDIMENTS
Bears pull down pepper market
Kochi, Jan. 25 Pepper futures market witnessed sharp decline on bearish activities on Friday at a time when the prices in other origins were almost on par with that of India.Big exporters and processors who had sold to investors were ... More

Cardamom above Rs 600 on tight supply
Cautious buying on correction hopes More

COMMODITY MARKETS
Yellow metal touches all-time high
‘Power shortage hurting production in South Africa’ More

TOURISM
Farm tourism a big hit in Maharashtra
Urbanites hit the mud road to take a peek at agriculture More

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