KARACHI: The prices of fine cotton remained on the higher side at the Karachi cotton market during the past week. Brokers said due to growing demand of the quality lint, leading buyers remained eager to purchase the produce on competitive rates in order to meet the textile and yarn orders. The Sindh and Punjab ginners with holding fine lint remained confident of an upsurge in the prices while weak ginners with low grade cotton offered their produce on nominal rates. An international cotton...

Cotton exports are unsustainable year-on-year and excluding cotton, textile exports growth works out to a mere 4% Cotton prices too are moving up while competition is keeping product prices under seize. Cotton prices too are moving up while competition is keeping product prices under seize. Crude oil prices are still volatile and occasionally spiked by geo-political development in Middle East and inventories fluctuations in world largest consumer, the USA. The survey reveals that, Indian...

The gold price needs to break back above $660 to shake off the mantle of dollar proxy and start acting like a commodity to push forward to new all time highs. What sort of person swears the Hippocratic oath to protect life at all times and then attempts to cause maximum human damage with a car bomb full of nails? Forget the oath, this is the height of hypocrisy. Irrespective of all the comments the gold market for both bullion and the shares remains inside a long term major bull trend that...

By Field Maloney Posted Friday, March 17, 2006, at 1:34 PM ET A scene from Whole Foods groceryIt's hard to find fault with Whole Foods, the haute-crunchy supermarket chain that has made a fortune by transforming grocery shopping into a bright and shiny, progressive experience. By Field Maloney Posted Friday, March 17, 2006, at 1:34 PM ET A scene from Whole Foods groceryIt's hard to find fault with Whole Foods, the haute-crunchy supermarket chain that has made a fortune by transforming...

The World Trade Organization has already ruled our cotton subsidies illegal, inviting retaliatory tariffs on agriculture and non-agriculture products. The new safety net would save nearly $20 billion over five years, money we can then put in conservation, rural development, renewable energy, and nutrition programs that will directly benefit more farmers and their communities in more regions of the country. Agriculture has changed a lot since then; modern-day farmers are just as familiar...

By Craig Zammit SYDNEY: Philips has launched the world s first iron to use ionised steam technology to reach deeper into fabrics, producing finer steam and proving that it is possible to improve the quality of steam from steam irons. Using ionised steam means with each stroke of the iron, the steam reaches deeper into the fabric than with traditional steam irons, making ironing a more rewarding experience. Philips launches new steam splitting iron at a premium price. Phillips believe that...

If you take last five-year history of this stock this is not manage to outperform the Indices at all at best it s a market performer. I would suggest exiting on rallies because if the investors have a quarter in terms of timeframe and patience, which is limited, this stock is unlikely to give you any sizeable return in that timeframe. Reproduction of news articles, photos, videos or any other content in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of...

Similar sentiments were expressed by representatives of Kenya s small-scale farmers, faith-based organisations, NGOs and civil society groups who presented a memorandum to the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Noah Wekesa, and Agricultural Minister Kipruto Arap Kirwa. Similar sentiments were expressed by representatives of Kenya s small-scale farmers, faith-based organisations, NGOs and civil society groups who presented a memorandum to the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Noah...

The current farm bill, which expires in September, provides payments and other help to supplement farmers' incomes, support crop prices and manage supplies. Since then, Democrats have regained control of the House and energy prices have skyrocketed, leading to more calls for ethanol, which is derived from plants. Record prices for corn and other crops have some people questioning the need for subsidies. In an effort to cut back, some lawmakers want to reduce or eliminate direct payments,...