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07/10/2014 (Jakarta Post) - As foreign investment from South Korea to Indonesia has risen in the past few years, bilateral economic relations between the two countries have reached new heights. However, a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), which is expected to strengthen ties, will not be signed anytime soon due to a recent deadlock in negotiations.

07/10/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil stocks at the end of September likely held steady at a more than one-year high above 2 million tonnes, a Reuters survey showed on Tuesday, as a removal of export taxes was unable to boost shipments as much as initially expected.

07/10/2014 (BelTA) - Belarusian processing companies do not use palm oil and genetically modified organisms to manufacture food products, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats told a press conference when asked by a Russian journalist, BelTA has learned.

07/10/2014 (NASDAQ) - Malaysia's August exports rose 1.7% from a year earlier, official data showed Tuesday, mainly driven by demand for electronics from advanced economies even as shipments to China slumped.

07/10/2014 7 (Reuters) - Malaysia's palm oil outputmay ease in October as wet weather delays harvesting and reducesoil extraction rates from fresh fruit bunches, planters andtraders said, indicating production growth could have peaked twomonths ahead of schedule in August.

06/10/2014 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged higher on Friday to 2,170, due to crude oil rebounding from a 27 month low, as well as recovering soybean prices caused by heavy rain which slowed down the speed of harvesting across the US Midwest, according to Reuters.

06/10/2014 (Borneo Post) - The week at a glance 5 October 2014

06/10/2014 (Business Times) - Indonesia’s latest stance on peat conservation could cause the country to miss out on some US$12 billion (RM39.10 billion) in potential export revenue per year, according to the Association of Palm Oil Companies in Indonesia (Gapki).

06/10/2014 (Business Standard) - The Narendra Modi government has set up a mechanism to monitor prices of key essential commodities to ensure there is no unusual flaring in the ongoing festival season.

06/10/2014 (Mongabay.com) - A new report published by Forest Heroes, an advocacy campaign pushing for an end to deforestation, ranks global palm oil companies on their sustainability commitments.

04/10/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Friday as crude oil bounced off a 27-month low, although the ringgit's strength curbed the gains and pulled the tropical oil to its first weekly drop in five.

04/10/2014 (Reuters) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.