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28/03/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil declined to head for a fourth quarterly loss on concern that demand for the most- consumed edible oil will weaken as Europe’s debt crisis drags on.

28/03/2013 (Business Recorder) - Wednesday\'s Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

28/03/2013 (Bernama) - Malaysia expects double-digit growth in bilateral trade with Australia this year from RM43.72 billion last year, with the extensive implementation of the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA).

28/03/2013 (Bernama) - A portion of the RM10.4 billion proceeds from the listing of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) will be used to expand the markets in Indonesia and perhaps Myanmar and Cambodia.

27/03/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower on Tuesday in rangebound trading amid concerns over lower export demand, while worries about the potential impact of a Cyprus bailout scheme also dented investor appetite for riskier assets.

27/03/2013 (FOOD Magazine) - Woolworths has been singled out by environmental campaigners over their use of palm oil in their hot cross buns this easter.

27/03/2013 (Business Recorder) - Tuesday\'s Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

27/03/2013 (Bloomberg) - Global rapeseed production may climb to a record as outlook improved for crops in Australia, the European Union and India, Oil World said.

27/03/2013 (FoodBev.com) - Waitrose will reach its challenging target of 100% fully sustainable palm oil by the end of this year (2012), the company has said.

27/03/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Projections of a sharp fall in palm oil inventory in Indonesia and lower production in Malaysia may push up palm oil prices in May.

27/03/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced for the first time in three days, rebounding from a one-week low, on optimism that demand in China will increase as inventories decline.

26/03/2013 (The Star) - The issue on sustainably-produced palm oil hogged the limelight again when the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) recently said it has sold its stakes in 23 oil palm plantation firms which are not producing sustainable palm oil.