China is back in the rubber market, buying tyre-grade variety for nearby shipments, while an increase in supply has forced Thailand to cut prices, dealers said on Tuesday. Singapore dealers have bought Indonesia's SIR20 and

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India is unlikely to open wheat imports in the coming weeks as the country has sufficient grain stocks and prices are comfortable, a top trade official said on Tuesday. Global grain traders have been closely

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Alcan Inc said on Tuesday its third-quarter profit was more than halved by higher currency, power and raw materials expenses, but the Canadian company hit its annual cost savings target three months earlier than planned.

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Alcan Inc said on Tuesday its third-quarter profit was more than halved by higher currency, power and raw materials expenses, but the Canadian company hit its annual cost savings target three months earlier than planned.

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Sanofi-Aventis third-quarter earnings beat forecasts on all fronts as net profit rose almost 29 percent on merger cost savings and higher sales of most of the world's third-largest drugmaker's products. Sanofi shares gained more than

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Sanofi-Aventis third-quarter earnings beat forecasts on all fronts as net profit rose almost 29 percent on merger cost savings and higher sales of most of the world's third-largest drugmaker's products. Sanofi shares gained more than

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France received up to 10 bids for the state's stakes in three motorway operating companies following a deadline for firm offers on Monday evening, industry sources and company officials said on Tuesday. The government now

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Japan's official reserves, the world's largest, edged down to $841.792 billion at the end of October from $843.563 billion a month earlier, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Tuesday. Foreign reserves have fallen slightly

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A Russian government trade commission may decide to abolish export duties on liquefied natural gas (LNG) later this month, the committee's head Economy Minister German Gref said on Tuesday. Russia is not yet producing LNG

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Russia's leaders are being lulled into a sense of complacency by an oil price boom that has brought cash flooding into the economy, sapping their drive to attract foreign direct investment into key productive areas.

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