Archive for the December 29, 2017
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Not since the year 2010/2011 when domestic cotton prices reached Rs 14,000 per maund (37.38 Kgs) have the cotton prices touched Rs 7,700 per maund which is the highest level since the past seven years
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Bolivia hopes surging global lithium demand can lure foreign investors to the country where nearly a decade of state-led development has left output far short of goals for the metal, coveted by makers of batteries
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British home prices are set to extend a slow march higher next year, in part from a cut in housing transaction tax for new buyers, but London prices will fall for the first time in
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Sri Lanka's central bank kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged on Thursday, saying inflation and private sector credit growth have cooled to a manageable level as policy makers focus on supporting a slowing economy. The
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India will borrow an additional 500 billion rupees ($7.79 billion) this fiscal year ending March, the government said on Wednesday, a higher-than-expected borrowing that could breach the fiscal deficit target for the first time in
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South Korea's factory output barely gained in November after contracting a month earlier even as exports have boomed for much of the year, supporting broad consensus that the central bank's monetary tightening next year will
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The Russian central bank will continue its rate-cutting cycle next year, propping up consumer demand and the broader economy, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. After two years of recession, the economy is forecast to
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Japan's best run of growth in a decade looks set to stretch into 2018, with data on Thursday showing most factories and consumers stepping up a gear, giving policymakers more reasons to discuss an end
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Credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded debt held by embattled South Africa-based home retail giant Steinhoff on Thursday and warned of further downgrades amid "increasing pressure" on the company's cashflow. Moody's said in a statement it
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Credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded debt held by embattled South Africa-based home retail giant Steinhoff on Thursday and warned of further downgrades amid "increasing pressure" on the company's cashflow. Moody's said in a statement it
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