Agriculture News

Reuters - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:55 AM

LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Soaring commodity costs are denting manufacturing activity in Asia and Europe and the outlook looks bleak as new orders drop off in the face of rising prices, surveys showed on Tuesday. Manufacturing activity in the euro zone ...

Forbes.com - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:55 AM

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Fiat SpA said it continues to monitor raw material prices and will align list prices in all its product sectors to their industrial costs in order to maintain margin targets. Last week, Fiat (nyse: FIA - news - people ) unit ...

Reuters - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:33 AM

LONDON (Reuters) - Banks and major exchanges are racing to develop financial instruments to trade steel and iron ore as extreme price volatility prompts producers and consumers to seek a fixed price. The price of iron ore, a key steelmaking raw material ...

Reuters - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:33 AM

By Raissa Kasolowsky LONDON (Reuters) - Copper rose on Tuesday boosted by worries about supply disruptions in Peru, while oil prices hovering near record highs helped push up aluminium. Copper for three month delivery on the London Metal Exchange rose to ...

Reuters - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:33 AM

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index tumbled 2.4 percent by midday on Tuesday, with banks suffering after data showed UK house prices fell again in June and on concerns of more losses in the sector. By 1022 GMT, the FTSE 100 was down 133.2 points ...

Forbes.com - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:33 AM

*Rising oil pushes up aluminium *Weaker dollar also provides support LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Copper rose on Tuesday boosted by worries about supply disruptions in Peru, while oil prices hovering near record highs helped push up aluminium. Copper for ...

Reuters - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:29 AM

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa exported 16,244 tonnes of white maize last week, up from 13,709 tonnes in the week before, the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) said on Tuesday. The white maize was sold to Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe ...

Reuters - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:29 AM

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia, the world's fourth-largest olive oil producer, increased sales abroad by 15 percent to 89,300 tonnes over the first three months of the year, government data showed on Tuesday. Olive oil represents half the country's farm ...

CNBC - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:15 AM

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Reuters - Jul. 7, 2008, 1:04 AM

By Jonathan Cable and Hideyuki Sano LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Soaring commodity costs are denting manufacturing activity in Asia and Europe and the outlook looks bleak as new orders drop off in the face of rising prices, surveys showed on Tuesday. ...