Feature: July 07, 2008
A dual listing in London for less than £85,000? Yes, less than £85,000 and that includes lawyers’ and accountants’ fees as well as the charges made by a broker and by PLUS Markets Group. PLUS is a Recognised Investment Exchange,
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News: July 07, 2008
Money is chasing growing investment opportunities in agriculture, with a US$65 million Saudi Arabian consortium the latest, the plan being to develop rice fields in Indonesia. A group of 15 investors is expected to develop around
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News: June 30, 2008
Water is being kept in Asia’s headlines by China’s continuing shortage and pollution crisis. Singapore's prime minister said last week that water security may be a source of conflicts, launching an institute to research Asia's
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News: June 27, 2008
Shares doubled over the last year, latest quarterly profits up by 42 per cent – this company is in clover! In fact it is not too far off that, being one of the world’s largest agricultural operations. This is Monsanto, at a
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News: June 24, 2008
Agriculture in this country was at its most basic during the second World War. Although labourers were excused military service, many of them went off to join their mates and the gap was filled by Land Army girls and anyone else
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News: June 23, 2008
Fear of soaring food prices is turning politicians against commodity markets not just in the US but also in Asia. Product innovation in food commodity futures has become impossible, according to India’s Multi Commodity of India
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Feature: June 16, 2008
As oil hovers around US$140 a barrel the knee-jerk reaction to yet another shock headline always seems to be to think of the cost of motoring. Rarely in the headlines is an equally important casualty – the cost of fertiliser.
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News: June 15, 2008
High food prices and fuel prices have replaced the credit squeeze as the leading threats to the world economy, according to the communiqué from the Group of Eight finance ministers at the weekend. The predominant fear is the
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News: June 12, 2008
Have you ever wondered what happens to the share price of a newly minted Canadian junior exploration company that is focussed on the commodity of the day and has the backing of mining entrepreneurs Robert Friedland and Lukas
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News: June 09, 2008
The much criticised mega-investment and index funds sent most soft commodity markets soaring again last week. They bailed out of the dollar and into commodities as the oil price hit a record of more than US$139/barrel and the US
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