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Falling Crop Prices: Double whammy for cottonseed companies
2015-07-02 05:19:34| Chemicals - Topix.net
This is being seen in cotton, where average kapas realisations of Rs 3,900-4,000 per quintal in 2014-15, against Rs 5,000-plus for the previous year's crop, has dampened farmers' enthusiasm to plant. Ground-level reports suggest significant acreage diversion this time, especially to pulses, groundnut and maize whose price prospects appear more promising.
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U.S. Rails Skid Into Bear Market on Triple Whammy Cargo Slump
2015-06-29 12:07:17| Railroads - Topix.net
An index of the four largest publicly traded U.S. carriers has dropped 20 percent from its peak in November, paced by Kansas City Southern, as the companies struggle to offset the loss of volumes. They haven't tumbled this much since 2011.
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Reef Erosion With Acidity: A 'Double Whammy'
2014-11-27 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Here's something you may not have known: tropical coral reefs are constantly building up and breaking down. In healthy ecosystems, the building will outpace the breakdown, keeping reefs growing and sturdy even as their erosion feeds predators (like worms and the unusual parrotfish). However, in recent years, researchers have begun to worry that in the wake of elevated levels of ocean acidity our reefs are eroding faster than they can grow. Extensive records have shown that one of the most iconic...
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Triple whammy sends Brazil sugar output tumbling
2014-10-10 10:13:44| Sugar Industry News
Sugar futures touched a two-month high after data revealed a sharp slowdown in Brazil's cane harvest, further underlining ideas of a "sudden death" to crushing season thanks to a hangover from early-2014 drought.
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Analysis - Surging dollar may be triple whammy for U.S. earnings
2014-10-05 17:16:52| IT Services - Topix.net
The suddenly unstoppable U.S. dollar is posing a triple threat to American companies' profits: driving up the costs of doing business overseas, suppressing the value of non-U.S. sales and, perhaps most worryingly, signalling weak international demand. The dollar has been on a tear, with an index tracking it against six other major currencies notching roughly an 8 percent gain since the end of June.
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