Base metals analysts look for copper prices to slip from record highs in 2006 as supply shortages ease, but with demand remaining firm, forecasts generally call for moderate pullbacks rather than a rout. Forecasts were

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Oil prices briefly sank below $59 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since late July, after US data showed crude supplies rose and warm weather sapped demand for winter fuels. US light crude

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Oil prices briefly sank below $59 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since late July, after US data showed crude supplies rose and warm weather sapped demand for winter fuels. US light crude

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Oil prices briefly sank below $59 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since late July, after US data showed crude supplies rose and warm weather sapped demand for winter fuels. US light crude

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The Bush administration filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation about Turkey's restrictions on imports of American rice, the US Trade Representative said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Turkey re-instituted its domestic purchase requirement which

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Top US trade officials will travel to Africa next week, according to industry and diplomatic sources, for meetings likely to center on demands by some of the world's poorest cotton producers that Washington scrap big

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 472.00 +3.00 February 2006/April 2006 472.00 +3.00 May 2006/July 2006 472.00 +3.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT. SOYOIL: EU degummed euro tonne fob ex-mill January 2006 472.00 +3.00 February 2006/April 2006 472.00 +3.00 May 2006/July 2006 472.00 +3.00. RAPEOIL: Dutch/EU euro tonne fob ex-mill

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Cotton futures ended firmer Wednesday on late speculative buying and fiber contracts may well stay in a band given the dearth of fresh leads at the moment, brokers said. The New York Board of Trade's

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London white sugar futures closed higher on trade and speculative buying on Wednesday on a stronger New York raws market, traders said. Front-month December settled up $4.40 or 1.6 percent at $283.40 per tonne in

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