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02/10/2013 (Business Recorder) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

02/10/2013 (Reuters) - Indian oilseed and soyoil futures fell on Tuesday on a sharp drop in overseas prices, a strong rupee and expectations of an increase in supplies from the new season soybean crop next week onwards.

02/10/2013 (Agri.EU) - Asking prices for palm oil in Europe rose on Tuesday on talk of good export demand and strength in the ringgit, which makes palm oil and products more expensive overseas.

02/10/2013 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) has successfully secured acceptances to acquire a 100 per cent equity in Pontian United Plantations Bhd as part of plans to expand its plantation landbank.

01/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest in nearly a week on Monday after the ringgit dropped in late trade, but weak U.S. and Chinese soy markets capped gains and locked prices in a tight range.

01/10/2013 (Dhaka Tribune) - NGOs like Green Bangladesh and Palli Unnayan Sangstha sold farmers their seeds, but allegedly reneged on their pledge to buy back the produce

01/10/2013 (Business Recorder) - Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

01/10/2013 (Sun.Star) - A Malaysian palm oil distributor in the Philippines has reported a good response from the Cebu market since their product was first introduced in the country in February.

01/10/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The country may see a decline in palm oil exports mainly due to stagnant production and greater domestic consumption following a government regulation on increased biodiesel mix in diesel fuel, according to the Indonesia Palm Oil Board.

01/10/2013 (Jakarta Globe) - During the last Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Vladivostok, Russia, in 2012, Indonesia lobbied hard to get its crude palm oil (CPO) included in the APEC Environmental Goods List — to get import duty exemption of up to 5 percent starting 2015.

01/10/2013 (Interactive Investor) - First half losses increased at Asian Plantations, a palm oil plantation company with operations in Malaysia.

01/10/2013 (cosmeticsdesign.com) - Renewable oil firm Solazyme has announced what it hopes is the ‘first of many’ agreements with Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever for the commercial supply its Tailored Algal Oil.