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31/12/2014 (Washington Post) - Long before the massacre, when Mapiripan was just a faraway little place not worth fighting for, Aida Gordilla and her family came to the wide-open grasslands outside town and fenced off a homestead. They called it Macondo, like the enchanted village in the Colombian novel popular at the time, “One Hundred Years of Solitude.”

31/12/2014 (Borneo Post) - Public listed companies (PLCs) are generally not expected to be materially impacted by the floods in Peninsular Malaysia, but certain sectors such as plantations may feel the pinch with flooded estates giving rise to worry over crude palm oil (CPO) output.

31/12/2014 (Reuters) - U.S. wheat futures tumbled on Tuesday on profit taking and technical selling and as the dollar's strengthening against the euro added to already-challenging U.S. wheat export prospects.

31/12/2014 (The Star) - Around 6.34% or 23,730ha of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd’s (FGV) total estates were affected by the recent floods, with opportunity loss for its fresh fruit bunches production estimated at 11,000 tonnes, said Maybank IB Research.

31/12/2014 (Customs Today) - Indore based Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA) has welcomed the hike in Import duty on edible oils, both crude and refined by five percent.

31/12/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - The recent hike in customs duty on crude and refined vegetable oils is ill-timed and unwarranted given the emerging market situation; it once again demonstrates the lack of commercial intelligence within the policymaking circles in the ministries of agriculture, food and finance.

30/12/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil rose for an eighth consecutive session on Monday to its highest since Nov. 12 as floods in the country's key producing states reduced supplies of the world's most traded vegetable oil.

30/12/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

30/12/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil and rubber advanced as flooding in Malaysia and Thailand disrupted supplies from Southeast Asia, and forecasters said that further heavy rain over the next few days will probably exacerbate the situation.

30/12/2014 (Sun.Star) - The prospects are brighter for the palm oil industry in Mindanao next year, bolstered by strong market demand and the suitable climate of the island, an industry player said.

30/12/2014 (Street Register) - Palm oil and rubber advanced as flooding in Malaysia and Thailand disrupted supplies from Southeast Asia, and forecasters said that further heavy rain over the next few days will probably exacerbate the situation.

30/12/2014 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures declined on Monday on technical selling and profit-taking after stronger-than-expected weekly export sales earlier lifted the market to its highest in nearly six months