Gold steady ahead of UK's fourth auction -- Analysts
Gold held firm ahead of Britain's fourth gold auction, with analysts expecting reduced interest at Tuesday's sale of 25 tonnes of official gold reserves. At 0810 GMT spot gold was quoted at $288.65/$289.15 a troy ounce, up from the New York close at $287.40/$287.90.

Leather sector to focus on technology upgradation
The leather industry in India is poised for a major technological leap. The preparations, planning and thinking since 1995, has arrived at a point of action with the official announcement of the tannery modernisation fund. Modernisation is the first step of the journey to the Leather Vison 2010, launched last year.

Three-day seminar in Mumbai on corporatisation of agriculture
AgriCorp India 2000, a three-day international conference and exhibition will be held in Mumbai from February 14-16. The seminar is aimed at finalising a strategy paper on corporatisation of agriculture and to prepare the country's agro sector to meet the emerging challenges from the developed world post 2002.


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