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28/05/2015 (The Star) - The weaker price of crude palm oil (CPO) is making a huge dent on timber companies’ earnings.

28/05/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - Copra and coconut oil prices decreased at Erode markets for want of demand and higher arivals.

28/05/2015 (Business Standard) - Barring a rise in soyabean oil prices on scattered buying by retailers, other edible and non-edible oils held steady at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today due to restricted activity.

28/05/2015 (Hindu Busines Line) - Imported palmolein rose by ₹3/10 kg as local refineries increased their rates and rapeseed-mustard oil extended gain by ₹10. All other edible oils ruled unchanged.

28/05/2015 (GhanaWeb) - The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned against the mixing of food with adulterants, describing it as injurious to human health.

27/05/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday May 27.

27/05/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest in nearly two weeks on Tuesday, pulling up from three-week lows in the previous session, boosted by a jump in overseas edible oil markets and strong export demand.

27/05/2015 (Borneo Post) - Head of the Kotabaru Transportation Sugian Noor said it would provide heavy penalties for plantation companies that violate the rules, Antaranews reported.

27/05/2015 (RTT News) - Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc (AEP.L) which owns, operates and develops plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia, Tuesday reported that its first-quarter own production of fresh fruit bunches or FFB was 172,200 mt, a decrease of 5 percent from last year's 180,630 mt.

27/05/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - Activities in edible oils market increased on Tuesday as stockists gave fresh orders on back of firm futures amid higher physical demand. On the Bombay Commodity Exchange, palmolein rose by ₹1 and cotton oil declined by ₹3/10 kg each.Vikram Global Commodities (P) Ltd quoted ₹540 for Malaysian super palm May delivery. Liberty was quoting palmolein at ₹500 JNPT, super palmolein ₹535 and soyabean refined oil ₹595. Ruchi traded palmolein at ₹495, soyabean refined oil ₹585, sunflower refined oil ₹700. Allana’s rates: palmolein ₹504, super palmolein ₹537, soyabean refined oil ₹590 and sunflower oil ₹700.

27/05/2015 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd's profit before tax and zakat for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 fell 80.9 per cent to RM51.17 million from RM268.01 million in the same quarter in 2014.

27/05/2015 (Bernama) - Shares of Boustead Holdings Bhd were 8.0 sen lower at RM4.32 at mid-morning today on a lower-than-expected first quarter (1Q) ended March 31, 2015 performance.