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25/03/2014 (Reuters) - Boustead Holdings Bhd , Malaysia's defence-to-financial conglomerate, said on Monday it has obtained approval from regulators to list its oil palm plantation arm Boustead Plantations on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange.

25/03/2014 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Tuesday.

25/03/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly listed plantation company PT BW Plantation saw its profits plunge significantly last year despite increasing sales, as it suffered from rising costs and price volatility.

24/03/2014 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose 3.4 per cent for the week and a 17-month high after Friday’s closing which stretched gains into for the third straight week due to strong export data and concerns of dry weather which potentially squeeze supplies.

24/03/2014 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Monday.

24/03/2014 (The Star) - Small-capitalised plantation stocks which have been under the radar for much of the past one year are poised to play catch-up with their larger peers moving forward.

24/03/2014 (The Star) - The dramatic narrowing of crude palm oil (CPO) price discount to its competitors – soybean and rapeseed oils – can hamper the steady increase in the price of the local commodity, currently trading above RM2,700 per tonne, from touching the targeted RM3,000 per tonne mark this year.

24/03/2014 (GhanaWeb) - Building Business on Values Integrity and Dignity with an acronym B-BOVID, an agro-based firm in the Western Region will soon start extracting palm oil and palm kernel oil for local consumption and export.

24/03/2014 (Jakarta Post) - As domestic palm oil producers struggle with various barriers in export destinations, ranging from repeated trade remedy measures to environmental concerns, they are turning to the great potential of the local market.

24/03/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Palm oil business players are shifting their focus to new foreign markets this year amid trade remedies and other barriers implemented in some key export destinations.

24/03/2014 (Bernama) - Moody's Investors Service expects crude palm oil (CPO) prices to average between US$700 and US$800 (US$1.00 = RM3.30) per tonne this year, its Vice President Alan Greene said.

22/03/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil production in Indonesia, the world’s largest supplier, will probably climb for the first time since September as yields recover from a seasonal decline. Prices in Kuala Lumpur tumbled to a one-month low.