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China trade surplus jumps to $32bn

2014-02-12 08:20:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

China's trade surplus jumped to $31.9bn (19.4bn) in January, easing concerns the world's second-largest economy may be stuck in a slowdown.

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Louis Dreyfus Sees Sugar Surplus Lasting on Currencies, Profits

2014-02-10 07:48:31| Sugar Industry News

The global sugar surplus will extend for a fourth year in 2014-15 as cane is still more profitable than other crops and currency devaluations in producing nations help offset price drops, according to Louis Dreyfus Commodities.

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Saudi output contributing to sugar surplus\'

2014-02-10 07:48:31| Sugar Industry News

DUBAI: The sugar prices will go down as more regional players are preparing to enter the market, says Jamal Al-Ghurair, founder and managing director of Al-Khaleej Sugar, the largest sugar refinery in the GCC region.

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Israel creating a water surplus using desalination

2014-02-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Julia Pyper: In the land of milk and honey, water has always been in short supply. Researchers here have linked temperature rise and drought to migration patterns across this arid region dating back to biblical times. Now, for the first time in its history, Israel is on track to experience a water surplus. The tricky part is scaling up the chemistry and reducing the cost of separating salt from seawater. The first major desalination plant in Israel opened in the southern city of Ashkelon in 2005. Since then,...

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