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The grain trade war between Moscow and Cairo took a fresh twist this week, following the announcement during President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Egypt on Tuesday that the two governments have agreed on terms for direct,
Full story...Fears of speculators’ influence on commodity market prices are now being shared by the US government, despite the scepticism voiced in the Bush years. The Obama administration plans to extend the surveillance of hedge funds on
Full story...An old cliché it may be, but Cranswick does not mind the one about sows’ ears and silk purses at all. The pig meat producer is having an excellent year – it won the 2009 Meat Manufacturer award; renegotiated its bank facilities;
Full story...Green-shoot-watchers noted that shipping markets’ barometer, the Baltic Dry Index, had another good week, breaking up through the 4,000 barrier for the second time in June. The level was 17 per cent higher than a week ago, and
Full story...Last week research led by the Met office forecast that London could have summer temperatures up to 40 degrees C by 2080. The report said that flooding, storms, droughts and heatwaves are all to become more common as a result of
Full story...Russia's consumer protection service has issued a ban on imports of milk and dairy products from Belarus. Although the reason given publicly appears to apply to imports from the Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia, their milk trade
Full story...Hedge funds and other large investors are leading a surge of commodities investment and there is more to come, according to Barclays last week. Confidence is rising that the worst recession since World War II is ending and there
Full story...A quick look at the share price chart shows that the price of New Britain Palm Oil is the same as last September when the price of palm oil was falling in line with every other commodity as a result of the financial shambles
Full story...The Russian government and the association representing Russian grain exporters in Moscow appear to have backed down from claims that Egypt wrongfully seized several cargoes of Russian wheat last month.
Full story...After yet another rise in shipping markets and a forecast of more rises to come was given by broker Breamar Seascope because of record purchases by China in the last two months. By the year end, however, it predicts that prices
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FINANCIAL RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008
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Thomas Piquemal has been appointed Executive Vice President in charge of finance at Veolia Environnement
