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06/01/2014 (Business Mirror) - At least six foreign companies have expressed keen interest to invest in several palm-oil ventures jointly with Filipino partners in Mindanao.

06/01/2014 (Business Times) - Plantation companies will see better earnings ahead as the crude palm oil (CPO) price discount in Sabah narrows to RM40 per tonne from RM60.

06/01/2014 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower in a narrow trade on Friday as investors feared that surging supplies of the tropical oil will overwhelm global demand and weigh on prices.

06/01/2014 (News Strait Times) - Palm oil helps in the fight against cancer. Cancer is a much-feared disease that claims many lives every year. It is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. It could strike anyone, regardless of age, gender, geographical location or background. For many of us, the big "C" has a death sentence attached to it. The good news is that today, this may no longer be the case. Studies carried out over the past two decades in the United States, Canada and Malaysia have shown that Vitamin E tocotrienols are "very effective" in putting cancer under control.

06/01/2014 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Monday.

04/01/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower in tight trade on Friday as investors feared that surging supplies of the tropical oil will overwhelm global demand and weigh on prices.

04/01/2014 (ANTARA News) - The Indonesia Palm Oil Association hopes the world palm oil price will rise in the first quarter of this year, stated spokesman Tofan Mahdi.

04/01/2014 (Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) commission is slated next month to give sustainable certificates to 21 firms running oil palm plantations nationwide.

04/01/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils market ruled flat on Friday on slack demand tracking weak futures markets. Reports that palm oil production in Indonesia, the top producer, increased to 24.4 million tonnes last year dampened the edible oils market. Production in the South-East Asian nation could rise further this year to 28 million tonnes.

04/01/2014 (Business Recorder) - Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market eased on Friday on an improved supply outlook.

04/01/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian Palm oil future s technical analysis outlook for the week ended 030114

03/01/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures jumped to their highest in three weeks on Thursday before falling back in the negative territory on renewed concerns over demand and thin trading at the start of the new year.