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16/02/2015 (Borneo Post) - Slowing output, poor refining margin and huge unrealised foreign exchange (forex) loss will be the key highlights of plantation players in this upcoming results season.

13/02/2015 (Borneo Post) - The Malaysian economy registered a higher growth of 5.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14) compared with 5.6 per cent in 3Q14.

13/02/2015 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Friday Feb 13.

13/02/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysia will resume taxing exports of crude palm oil in March, a minister said on Thursday, after scrapping the duty for five months in a bid to spur demand and reduce bloated stockpiles.

13/01/2015 (Reuters) - Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

13/02/2015 (Reuters) - Wilmar International Ltd , the world's largest palm oil processor, said on Thursday that its net profit for the last quarter of 2014 climbed 8.7 percent, helped by strong performance in most key segments such as palm oil and sugar.

13/02/2015 (Sierra Express Media) - The country’s agriculture sector is currently scoring lots of success. Making the sector a commercial viable one is one of the goals of the present Minister, Dr. Joseph Sam Sesay who is currently spending a restless moment to achieve his dream. His successful tour on various projects in Kenema over the weekend has inspired farmers to be more robust in ensuring that President Koroma’s development plans for the agriculture sector is seen implemented in the field.

12/02/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday.

12/02/2015 (Borneo Post) - Despite the less-than-optimistic view on CPO production, analysts still hold hopes in Indonesia’s biodiesel move to boost the sector ahead.

12/02/2015 (Reuters) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

12/02/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - Bearish futures amid slack physical demand kept edible oils markets under pressure on Tuesday but tracking weak local currency and mixed Malaysia palm oil data kept the sentiment cautious. On the Bombay Commodity Exchange, barring palmolein and soya oil, all other edible oils remained unchanged. The volume was thin as stockists stayed away.

12/02/2015 (Borneo Post) - Analysts reaffirm their neutral stance on the plantation sector following the Malaysian Palm Oil Board’s (MPOB) announcement of an inventory dip for January 2015 to 1.77 million metric tonnes.