`India can become global player in apparel exports'
India can become the new global player in the apparel export market given the declining share of South-east Asian countries in this niche market and rising wages in Asean region wiping out their competitive edge.

Major base metals to climb in 2nd half and 2001
BASE metals prices, buoyed by growth in major industrial nations, are seen climbing but worries about the end of the long US expansion are curbing the bullish impact of supply disruptions and falling stocks.

Kuwait to seek bids to boost oil exporting capacity
Kuwait will launch aninternational tender possibly worth some 200 million dinars ($650 million) to boost the OPEC member's oil export capacity to around three million barrels per day (bpd), a senior official said.


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