71. Quotas will be raised and tariffs lowered for imports of many agricultural products, including dairy products, citrus, meat, wheat, corn and soybeans. 72. Share prices in Hong Kong closed generally lower for the second straight day Tuesday on profit-taking. 73. Share prices in Hong Kong closed lower for the fourth straight day Thursday on profit-taking. 74. Soybeans and corn also finished marginally lower for the session. 75. The foreign worker levy will be lowered for both skilled and unskilled laborers, and government land rentals will drop significantly. 76. The harvest is moving ahead and market participants see prices lower for the near future. 77. The U.S. harvest is moving ahead and market participants see prices lower for the near future. 78. Warnings may be lowered for the southernmost of these islands later tonight or early Wednesday. 79. With Wall Street worrying about a recession, investors sold off stocks Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it was lowering interest rates for the second time this month. 80. The Shanghai Securities News daily said the centre also suggested that bank lending interest rates be lowered for the third time this year after the cut in reserve rates. |