Edible oil glut pulls down Vanaspati prices
Vanaspati prices have dipped by 6% in the month of `Raksha Bandhan' and `Janmashtami,' defying a trend of many years. Like sugar, prices of vanaspati goes up steeply during the festive season to cater for the Indian crave for festive condiments.

Government may increase petro-good prices to offset rising oil pool deficit
Its that time of the year again. Time to fill up the tank or stock cooking gas cylinders. When ministers talk of balancing budgets and the drain on the government coffer, its time to brace up for a purse that will pinch.

CBOT tackles electronic trade again with Eurex
For the third time in a dozen years, the Chicago Board of Trade this weekend will take another stab at electronic futures trading by shutting its Project A system and hooking up with Eurex, the computerized market that snatched CBOT's title as world's biggest futures exchange.


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  Global tyre makers agree to set up online trading site
  Monaco to hostcoffee meet in Oct
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  Tissue culture opens up huge opportunities in growth of medicinal plants
  Ashton Mining plans to counter De Beer
  Gold prices move heading towards $275% ounce
  Swiss National Bank sell 200 tonnes of gold next year
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  Delhi Steel exporters plans meet on Sept
  Petro firms need to set house in order to cope with reforms
  Oil up in Asia tension builds ahead of OPEC meet
  Agrochemicals industry in the grip of erratic rains, poor crop economies
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  Sustainability of Coconut Industry is a challenge for planners
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  Garments traders seek probe into quota policy
  USDA report hints fall in Pima cotton
  Cotton yarn export for current fiscal may miss target
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  Slow cargo movement pulls down freight rates
  Genetically-modified grass market size put at $10bn
  Textile Industry revised the 'cluster promotion'