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20/12/2013 (Mongabay.com) - Malaysia's push to join the ranks of rich countries shouldn't come at the expense of the environment or the vulnerable groups, warned a U.N. expert after a visit to the Southeast Asian nation.

20/12/2013 (BBC News) - Dog walkers are being warned to keep their pets away from a white substance that has washed up in Devon.

20/12/2013 (Business Recorder) - Palm oil was offered lower on the European vegetable oils market on Wednesday because of spill-over weakness for CBOT soyaoil and a lower ringgit, which makes palm oil cheaper for dealers holding foreign currencies. "The bearish momentum continues and the European cash market eased as well. Buyers were still reluctant to do business, waiting for the market to reach a bottom," one broker said.

20/12/2013 (FINNBAY) – According to Corporate Knights Top Global Company 100 list, Finland’s national hero Neste Oil is selected as world’s second best company in most sustainable energy companies list. Greenpeace International disagrees selecting Neste Oil as an example company for a sustainable future.

20/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil climbed, set for the biggest weekly advance in four, as a decline in the Malaysian currency to the lowest level in three months boosted prospects for exports from the world’s second-largest producer.

19/12/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Wednesday, following weaker competing soy markets in China and the United States, but prices were held up by the ringgit's poor performance and concerns of another wave of floods disrupting output of the tropical oil.

19/12/2013 (Business Recorder) - London vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

19/12/2013 (MoneyControl.com) - NCDEX, the leading commodity exchange is seeing greater traction in its castor seed futures contract. Volume of Castor seed contract has seen over 95 percent increases in last one month. Apart from Castor seed contract, NCDEX crude oil contract has seen 1,14,400 barrels volume and recently launched Crude Palm Oil contract has also witnessed volume of 22724 MT during last fortnight.

19/12/2013 (The Star) - The singular row of corn growing by the side of the road seems a little out of place.

19/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil rallied the most in almost two weeks on speculation that exports from Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, may increase after the local currency slid to the lowest level in three months.

19/12/2013 (Reuters) - Plantation firm PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk, a unit of PT Astra International Tbk, reported its crude palm oil (CPO) output rose 4 percent during January to November, from the same period a year ago, said Director Juddy Arianto in a statement quoted by Kontan.

18/12/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Tuesday as investors booked profits from gains in the morning session, although losses were capped by weakness in the ringgit and worries that another wave of floods would curb supply of the tropical oil.