Archive for  August 2004
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The Indian rupee ended marginally firmer on Thursday, possibly helped by dollar sales from state-run banks which usually act on behalf of the central bank, but most traders were wary of month-end dollar demand from
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Sterling was near recent three-month lows against the euro and dollar on Thursday as an upbeat British manufacturing survey was more than offset by signs of a slowdown in the country's housing market. The Confederation
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The euro kept close to its lowest level in almost three weeks against the dollar on Thursday as weakness in Germany's Ifo business climate survey gave investors no reason to be excited about European growth.
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New Chinese regulations will not hinder the country's imports of American soyabeans and other commodities, the Bush administration said on Thursday following a meeting with a Chinese official. "The assurances provided by the government of
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has put off until March a decision on whether the European Union broke trade rules by not allowing imports of genetically modified foods (GMO), officials said on Thursday. But environmentalists
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Oil prices fell for the fifth day in a row on Thursday after word of a peace deal in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf raised hopes of more reliable oil shipments from the energy-rich
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Oil prices fell for the fifth day in a row on Thursday after word of a peace deal in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf raised hopes of more reliable oil shipments from the energy-rich
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London white sugar futures settled mixed on Thursday amid hedge selling against an EU export tender, with futures broadly in line with the New York market, dealers said. October finished down $0.9 at $234.6 in
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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices (1600 GMT). SOYOIL: EU de-gummed euro tonne fob ex-mill October 2004 510.00 -3.00 November 2004/January 2005 480.00 +0.00 February 2005/April 2005 480.00 -5.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill August
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Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices (1600 GMT). SOYOIL: EU de-gummed euro tonne fob ex-mill October 2004 510.00 -3.00 November 2004/January 2005 480.00 +0.00 February 2005/April 2005 480.00 -5.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill August
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