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09/02/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Monday Feb 9.

09/02/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - In their continued efforts to float Oil Palm and Rural Development Company, a group of oil palm growers in Sullia taluk opened the office of the proposed company named ‘Sukrutha’ in Sullia on Thursday.

09/02/2015 (Bernama) - The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry (KeTTHA) will continue to take proactive measures to increase the generation of energy from renewable sources of energy in Sabah.

09/02/2015 (Bernama) - The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry has allocated almost RM1 billion to implement new projects to boost the existing power generation and supply system in Sabah.

09/02/2015 (eco-business.com) - A European Union decision to give consumers more information about the food they buy could mean good news for tropical countries whose forests are threatened by the expanding trade in palm oil.

09/02/2015 (AllAfrica.com) - Liberia's government must do more to award land rights to forest dwellers to protect natural resources from exploitation and encroachment of palm oil plantations, warns a report published by a global coalition pushing for forest policy reform.

09/02/2015 (Customs Today Newspaper) - Malaysian authorities have stepped up their crackdown on smuggling of subsidised cooking oil into southern Thailand, where it is sold for a profit.

06/02/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil climbed more than 5 percent on Thursday, its biggest single-day gain since October 2010 as the market was buoyed by hopes a plan by the world's top producer Indonesia to increase biodiesel subsidies would make blending profitable and as technicals provided support

06/02/2015 (Reuters) - The Philippine main index slipped on Thursday from the previous session's record closing high, while energy shares underperformed in Southeast Asia as investors cashed in for quick gains amid oil market volatility.

06/02/2015 (The Phnom Penh Post) - Exports of crude palm oil from the Mong Reththy company – the Kingdom’s sole producer of the product – increased 16 per cent last year, although prices were down about $200 per tonne from 2013.

06/01/2015 (New Food) - As of 1st January 2015 Ferrero products are produced with only palm fruit oil that is 100% certified as sustainable and segregated according to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) supply chain, one year ahead of its original target.

06/02/2015 (Jakarta Post) - The House of Representatives has lowered the subsidy proposed by the government for the sale of biodiesel, saying that the required amount was too high.