Centre approves 4 comexes to trade in oilseed futures
The ministry of consumer affairs and public distribution has cleared the names of four commodity exchanges to conduct futures trading in eight edible oilseeds and their derivatives (oils and deoiled cakes).

`India may become dumping ground for textiles'
India is likely to lose its position of dominance in the textiles sector and its inability to align with any global trade blocks will result in the country becoming a dumping ground for synthetic fibres and yarn, a study has revealed.

Investors mostly bypass gold before Y2K
Blink and you might have missed the brief Y2K gold rush, which fizzled out weeks before any mayhem might arise from programming glitches in the world's computers, analysts said.


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