Archive for the November 8, 2005
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Cosco Corp, a bulk shipping and ship repair company controlled by China's biggest shipping firm, on Monday posted a fivefold jump in quarterly profits boosted by its fast-growing repair and conversion business. Cosco has profited
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Cosco Corp, a bulk shipping and ship repair company controlled by China's biggest shipping firm, on Monday posted a fivefold jump in quarterly profits boosted by its fast-growing repair and conversion business. Cosco has profited
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Argentine export commitments of 2004/05 wheat rose to 11.03 million tonnes by November 4, up from 10.83 million tonnes a week earlier, the Agriculture Secretariat said on Monday. By the same date last year, Argentina
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Post-holiday session observed listless trading on the grain market on Monday as most of the commodities maintained their last levels as market players were exchanging Eid greetings, dealers said. On the seed side, till inferior
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The Karachi Port handled 85,426 tonnes of cargo including 79,069 tonnes import and 6,357 tonnes export cargo including 749 containers during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The cargo comprised of 32,426
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India's north-eastern state of Assam has begun a search to find descendants of two Scottish brothers to commemorate their discovery of wild tea bushes more than 180 years ago. Assam, the heart of India's tea
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Selling by the State Reserves Bureau pushed down Shanghai copper futures in afternoon trade on Monday, domestic traders and brokers said. Brokers representing the SRB were believed to have sold 8,700 lots of December and
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Tokyo gold futures eased on Monday, pressured by the metal's decline in New York late last week, with additional impetus to sell provided by the yen's slight recovery against the US dollar. The benchmark October
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Gold traded steady in Asia on Monday on modest support among Australian mining houses, though that sentiment could evaporate as the dollar shows signs of rising further against the euro and other currencies. Light buying
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Ukraine's farmers have harvested 6.157 million tonnes of maize from about 84 percent of the sown area, the farm ministry said on Monday. A ministry statement said farms had harvested 1.448 million hectares from a
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