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• Gold to average $1700 in Q1, $1875 in 2012: Barclays
• Copper to average $9,000 a metric ton in Q2; nickel at $23,500: Deutsche Bank
• Gold to average $1,800 in Q2; silver at $34: Deutsche Bank
• Gold imports: The key to determining future inflation?
• Realty industry hindered by capital shortage
• Vietnam’s home prices to fall 15 pct before rebound, CBRE says
• Petrol importers must ensure quality
• Vietnam to delay 4G wireless technology until 2018
• Robusta premium drops 22% as Vietnam may sell beans after rally
• Food agency proposes to hoard 1m tonnes of rice

Gold to average $1700 in Q1, $1875 in 2012: Barclays Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST Gold to average $1700 in Q1, $1875 in 2012: Barclays

Copper to average $9,000 a metric ton in Q2; nickel at $23,500: Deutsche Bank Posted: 20 Feb 2012 11:01 PM PST Copper to average $9,000 a metric ton in Q2; nickel at $23,500: Deutsche Bank

Gold to average $1,800 in Q2; silver at $34: Deutsche Bank Posted: 20 Feb 2012 10:27 PM PST Gold to average $1,800 in Q2; silver at $34: Deutsche Bank

Gold imports: The key to determining future inflation? Posted: 20 Feb 2012 10:22 PM PST Do faltering gold imports in the last quarter of 2011 suggest Indian consumers believe that inflation is coming off? Very likely, according to a report by Nomura Securities, which says lower gold imports represent a good leading indicator of inflation. "High inflation expectations encourage people to shift to gold as a store of value," the [...]

Realty industry hindered by capital shortage Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:21 AM PST Local real estate firms are facing a shortage of capital as they can't easily access bank loans or borrow from their customers like before. The majority of property firms only have about 20 percent of invested capital by using their own equities when developing fresh projects. This means they have to borrow money from banks [...]

Vietnam’s home prices to fall 15 pct before rebound, CBRE says Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:21 AM PST Vietnam’s home prices may fall as much as 15 percent this year before the nation’s property market starts attracting buyers, according to CBRE Group Inc. “We will see a stop” to the decline in residential prices, Marc Townsend, managing director of the brokerage’s local unit, said in an interview in Hanoi Thursday. “We begin to [...]

Petrol importers must ensure quality Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST Petrol importers must take responsibility for ensuring product quality to the point when it reached consumers, said deputy minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa. At a meeting with petrol importers to discuss methods to enhance petrol quality on Thursday, Thoa said that the ministry would work with relevant ministries to scrutinise current [...]

Vietnam to delay 4G wireless technology until 2018 Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:20 AM PST The Ministry of Information and Communications will not issue licenses for fourth-generation wireless technology until 2018 to maximize the use of existing networks first. Under a new plan for the development of the telecom industry, local companies need to expand the coverage of their 3G mobile networks and make full use of their available facilities [...]

Robusta premium drops 22% as Vietnam may sell beans after rally Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:17 AM PST The premium for robusta coffee delivered in March over May dropped another 22 percent today as farmers in Vietnam, the world's biggest grower of the beans, resumed sales to take advantage of higher prices. Beans for March delivery were $102 a metric ton more expensive than May-delivered coffee by 4:22 p.m. on NYSE Liffe in [...]

Food agency proposes to hoard 1m tonnes of rice Posted: 20 Feb 2012 08:17 AM PST The Vietnam Food Association has submitted to the Government a plan to buy 1 million tonnes of rice from farmers for temporary stockpile. The move is seen as part of efforts to stabilize rice prices in the country. The association proposed that one million tonnes of rice should be bought from March 15 to April [...]

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