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24/07/2014 (The Star) - Affin Investment Research is maintaining its target price for Genting Plantations at RM11.39 as the share price has been resilient despite weaker crude palm oil (CPO) prices.

23/07/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday.

23/07/2014 (Bangkok Post) - A commercial launch for B20 biodiesel is anticipated after the Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency Department yesterday completed two years of laboratory testing and field trials.

23/07/2014 (THISDAY Live) - As the power challenge facing the nation continues to take its toll on the industrial sector, Crusoe Osagie analyses the approach of integrated palm oil producer's, Presco Plc, in dealing with the intractable problem.

23/07/2014 (Daily News & Analysis) - Consumer Guidance Society of India (CGSI), a city-based NGO on Monday unearthed a huge edible oil adulteration racket carried by several shops. CGSI in a meeting claimed that almost 64% of the loose edible oil (namely sesame oil, coconut oil, groundnut oil, mustard oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed, soybean, godtel), is mixed with palm oil, thus putting the consumer's interest at stake.

23/07/2014 (Alliance News) - Dekeloil PLC Tuesday said it is confident of achieving key milestones in the next twelve months, as its second logistics hub, which should enhance the deliverability of its fresh fruit bunches from regional smallholders, is now operational.

23/07/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures slipped to a near 10-month low on Tuesday, following losses in Chinese soy markets and on worries of bumper soy crops, although anticipation of tighter palm supplies curbed losses.

23/07/2014 (Reuters) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

22/07/2014 (Reuters) - Indonesia is expected to export between 19 million and 20 million tonnes of palm oil in 2014, according to a leading industry association, a decline of up to 9.5 percent from the 21 million tonnes the world's top producer shipped in 2013.

22/07/2014 (Reuters) - Oil palm plantation company PT Sawit Sumbermas Sarana said its fresh fruit bunches output reached 211,600 tonnes in the first quarter of this year, up 24 percent from 175,290 tonnes in the same period a year earlier, said CEO Rimbun Situmorang.

22/07/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives edged lower on Monday dropping to a nine-month low on weakness in the soya complex and a firm local currency once again dampening sentiment. Exports showed a positive trend for a change.

22/07/2014 (Reuters) - Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.