Editors Choice Black pepper, a native spice of India, is one of the most ancient spices in the world. Read on...
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Budget 2008 The Fiscal Policy or Budget is one of the most awaited policy announcements at both macro and micro level as various measures undertaken in the form of sops or levies affect individuals as well as industry as a whole. Read on...
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Cover Story In the world of spices, black pepper is by far the most important. Pepper has been the most commonly available natural preservative in canning, pickling and baking for meat and other perishable products since ancient times. Read on...
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Economy Canvas The annual rate of inflation as measured by the WPI on a point-to-point basis has been gradually rising and has risen above the 5 per cent level after a gap of 39 weeks. Read on...
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Exchange Insight The top 5 remain unchanged. However, silver at second spot has significantly increased its share while that of gold and crude oil declined. Total turnover rose 20% this fortnight Read on...
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Global Markets Most base metals benefited from US inflationary concerns and expectations of fresh interest rate cut by the Fed. Drawdown in LME inventories due to increased demand induced by record lows of the dollar aided the trend Read on...
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Spot Light Silver is one of the first metals to have been brought into commercial use by humans. This is clear from the fact that the words for "silver" and "money" are the same in at least 14 languages. Read on...
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Commodity Trend Sugar prices, which had been witnessing a slump for over a year, hit rock bottom levels in mid-May 2007 Read on...
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Market Review In an extremely volatile trading, precious metals touched record highs during the past fortnight on growth in investment demand after crude oil peaked to new highs and the US dollar hit an all-time low against the Euro. Read on...
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Quick News The rabi 2007-08 oilseeds area as on February 22, 2008 was 89.58 lakh hectares, 7.38 lakh hectares less than last year. Read on...
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Astro Speak As per financial astrology the weeks 11 and 12 represent Moon and Jupiter. Read on...
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Coffee Break It’s been said that success is getting what you want, but happiness is wanting what you get. Or to put it another way: perspective, next to money, is the easiest thing to lose. Read on...
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Crop Weather Crops are at milk/dough stage in Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Assam, Bengal, Arunachal, Himachal and Kashmir division Read on...
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Event Watch March 16-31, 2008 Read on...
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