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Re: Meridian Petroleum (MRP) Comodities

Is this a better tone for you Argo... Commodities R.I.P. as Leverage Vanishes, Growth Slows (Update1) By Shruti Singh Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Commodities markets are heading for the biggest annual decline since 2001 as investors...

Scientists can genetically boost the smell of flowers and even implant new scents

A rose by any other name really would smell as sweet, after scientists discovered how to genetically introduce its scent into other flowers such as petunias and carnations. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent A team of...

Delta museum is a tribute to bluesman B.B. King

Translucent images of long ago, of black men and women, backs bent, picking cotton under an unforgiving sun, are artistically displayed on standing glass panels in a museum carved out of an old brick gin mill in the Mississippi...

U.S. corn sinks 6 percent in global commodities sell-off

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. corn tumbled more than 6 percent on Monday, ending at its lowest level in nearly 10 months as continued concern over the credit crisis inspiring a global recession sent commodities prices skidding.

Green Belts to Boost Food Production

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Lilongwe Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has pledged to embark on a "green belt" programme to enable the country, in the long run, to say goodbye to hunger and international food aid....

Agriculture futures decline sharply on CBOT

Agriculture futures traded lower Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery fell 45 cents to $5.9525 a bushel; December corn lost 30 cents to $4.24 a bushel; December oats dropped 20 cents to $2.94 a...

Argentine beekeepers no longer in clover

By Helen Popper CHIVILCOY, Argentina (Reuters) - Beekeepers had it easy when cattle roamed freely across the flower-filled meadows of Argentina's Pampas plains. But things have changed," said Patricio Crespo, a vet and...

Country to Process 380,000 Tonnes of Cocoa

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Accra Ghana is set to process about 380,000 tonnes of its total cocoa production by the middle of next year, President John Agyekum Kufuor has announced. This represents more than 50 per cent of...

Commodities prices drop as credit crisis spreads

By STEVENSON JACOBS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The pullbacks in crude oil, corn, copper and other commodities came as investors accepted the reality that a $700 billion financial rescue plan approved Friday won't...

Aventine Extends Construction Schedule for Aurora West Ethanol Facility

PEKIN, Ill., Oct. 6, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AVR), a leading producer, marketer and end-to-end provider of clean renewable energy, today announced that its wholly-owned indirect...

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