International prices of natural rubber have risen 25% in the past three months, but tyre makers won’t be overly concerned as benign crude oil prices are expected to offset the impact of higher rubber prices.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investment between the United States and China tumbled to a nine-year low in the first half of 2020, hit by bilateral tensions that could see more Chinese companies come under pressure to divest U.S. operations, a research report said.
SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched up on Friday, despite Wall Street declines, but struggled to make deeper gains as worries about a faltering economic recovery kept investors to the sidelines or seeking safer harbour in assets such as the Japanese yen.
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was steady in early Asia trading on Friday after falling overnight as downbeat U.S. data cast a shadow over the economic outlook, while the Japanese yen stabilised after rising against the greenback and the euro the previous day.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices drifted lower on Friday, pausing after three days of gains, as producers prepared to resume operations in the Gulf of Mexico and data showed Saudi Arabian exports rose from record lows.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 -- The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (KPPK) hopes the RRIM HYDROBEST technology can be used by smallholders nationwide to increase rubber plantations productivity.