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28/02/2014 (Business Recorder) - Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

28/02/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly listed palm oil firm PT Astra Agro Lestari (AALI) posted a decline in profit of 25 percent in 2013 to Rp 1.8 trillion mainly due to currency depreciation and falling commodity prices.

28/02/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia’s palm oil industry has denied green activists’ claims that it was behind the deforestation that has driven the highly endangered orangutan from its natural habitat.

27/02/2014 (Reuters) - Singapore and Malaysia are grappling with some of the driest weather they have ever seen, forcing the tiny city-state to ramp up supplies of recycled water while its neighbour rations reserves amid disruptions to farming and fisheries.

27/02/2014 (Bernama) - The benefits of Australia's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) go far beyond the removal of tariffs on goods and services traded between the country and its bilateral partners, says Craig West, chief executive of Succession Plus Pty Ltd here.

27/02/2014 (Bernama) - TH Plantations Bhd posted a lower pre-tax profit of RM71.04 million for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2013 from RM185.85 million recorded in the preceding year.

27/02/2014 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) chalked up a higher pre-tax profit of RM1.50 billion for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2013 from RM1.07 billion recorded in 2012.

27/02/2014 (Bernama) - IOI Corp Bhd posted a lower pre-tax profit of RM487.3 million for the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2013 compared with RM490.3 million recorded in the same period of 2012.

27/02/2014 (Borneo Post) - Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd’s (SOP) earnings are expected to improve this year despite the fact that its financial year 2013 (FY13) earnings missed analysts’ expectations.

27/02/14 (24) - Malaysia will supply all kinds of palm oil to Kyrgyzstan. The Minister of Economy Temir Sariev stated today at parliamentary session.

27/02/2014 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday.

28/02/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil may extend a rally as dry weather in the main growing regions in Southeast Asia spurs speculation of lower output growth just as biodiesel demand expands, according to hedge fund manager Michael Coleman.