Archive for  February 2005
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Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were firm at midsession Friday, trying to keep up with the rally in soyabeans, traders said. Even so, the corn/soyabean spread remained out of whack with soyabeans
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Soyabean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade rallied to a near-three month high on Friday as worries about dryness in Southern Brazil sparked buying ahead of the long US holiday weekend, traders said. Friday's
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US copper futures declined early Friday, with investors pocketing profits after Thursday's late rally, as a slightly firmer dollar and an abbreviated pre-holiday session held prices in check, market sources said. The New York Mercantile
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US gold futures probed near a three-week high and silver reached a fresh two-month peak on Friday, before an early close, as a mainly softer dollar drew investors into the precious metals, dealers said. Gold
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The ladies bridge trials to select a team to represent Pakistan in national and international bridge competitions were expected to be more colourful with more entries of ladies teams from all over the country. More
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Pakistan team, lacking in an inspiring and motivational leadership and defective coaching will be embarking upon a three-Test and five One-day International (ODI) series against arch rivals India from February 25. One would keep his
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With plenty of hope, if not confidence, Pakistan embarks on its tour of India for a full schedule of matches after the 1987 and 1999 voyage to the neighbouring country next week for a competition
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TV THOUGHTS: Parliamentarians and their growing perks former Chief Justice Sajjad’s candour, courage
As I begin writing this column I am distracted by a TV focus on the rate of electricity, which keeps rising, and continues to be a source of unhappiness to the people. So it is
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Aimed at highlighting the socially harmful consequences of the scourge of land grabbing, which is now an organised crime in the country, the book under review focuses on the prevailing sorry state of politiical, judicial,
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If you wish for some reprieve from the inchoate madness of the world enter the idyllic vistas of Raja Changez Sultan's's landscapes .The world may be warped and tethering yet one could not tell from
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