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05/11/2014 (Tax-News.com) - The European Union (EU) has sought the World Trade Organisation's (WTO's) support to resolve trade tax disputes with Brazil and Russia.

05/11/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil entered a bull market on expectations that an increase in the biodiesel mandate in Malaysia and the biggest monthly rally in soybeans since 2012 would boost demand for the world’s most used cooking oil.

05/11/2014 (Jakarta Post) - State-owned plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara VII (PTPN VII) is preparing itself for an initial public offering (IPO) plan next year to support expansion and strengthen its capital structure.

05/11/2014 (Jakarta Post) - The government has boosted exports of a number of new items in a bid to meet its export targets and reduce the trade deficit.

05/11/2014 (Borneo Post) - One of the progressive initiatives of the palm oil industry is the target to get all palm oil mills installed with biogas capture facilities for utilisation to eliminate methane gas released into the atmosphere.

05/11/2014 (AllAfrica.com) - The Federal Government is committed to supporting private sector investment in backward integration to make Nigeria self sufficient in oil palm production.

05/11/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data revealed on Wednesday that the Indonesian economy grew by only 5.01 percent in the third quarter of the year, the lowest growth recorded since 2009.

05/11/2014 (Reuters) - Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

04/11/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil entered a bull market on expectations that an increase in the biodiesel mandate in Malaysia and the biggest monthly rally in soybeans since 2012 would boost demand for the world’s most used cooking oil.

04/11/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

04/11/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended higher on Monday as the currency weakened pushing prices to four-month highs.

04/11/2014 (Daily Express) - Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB) Research opined that the planned B7 Biodiesel programme is not expected to boost crude palm oil (CPO) price significantly mainly due to CPO's narrow discount against soy oil and the economic viability of voluntary biodiesel demand given the current low crude oil price.