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21-11-2012
Golden Agri-Resources Raises $490 Million From Sukuk
21/11/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - Golden Agri-Resources, one of the world’s largest palm oil companies, announced on Monday that it raised 1.5 billion ringgit ($490 million) from selling five-year Islamic medium-term notes, called sukuk.
21-11-2012
Research and Markets: Palm Oil Producers 2012 Report Demonstrates 29 Companies seeing Sales Fall Last Year (Press Release)
21/11/2012 (Business Wire) - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Palm Oil Producers" report to their offering.
21-11-2012
Indian Oilseed Futures Trade Down, Taking Cues from Malaysia palm oil
21/11/2012 (The Star) - Indian oilseed futures traded down on Tuesday, taking cues from Malaysia palm oil futures, but soyoil futures rose on crushers' demand for soybean, traders and analysts said.
21-11-2012
US Fiscal Cliff May Hamper Malaysian Economy, Says Economist
21/11/2012 (The Star) - Malaysia could experience a slower economic growth of between 3% and 4% next year if the US fiscal cliff kicks in by next January, OCBC Bank Bhd's economist Gundy Cahyadi (pic) said.
21-11-2012
Several M&As Between Indian, Malaysian Companies Expected In Near Term
21/11/2012 (Bernama) - More mergers and acquisitions (M&As) between Malaysian and Indian companies are expected to take place in the near future as Malaysia is being seen as the springboard for the latter's foray into other Asean countries.
20-11-2012
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Rises To 2-Week High, Export Data Eyed
20/11/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest in two weeks on Monday, tracking gains in soybeans and rival soybean oil, although caution ahead of export data kept gains in check.
20-11-2012
Palm Oil Gains as Crude Oil Advances, Increasing Biofuel Appeal
20/11/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil climbed to the highest level in more than two weeks as crude oil rose on concern that Middle East unrest will disrupt supplies, increasing the appeal of vegetable oils as biofuel feedstock.
20-11-2012
Herakles Farms Continues Forest Clearing For Palm Oil Project, Sparking Social Unrest
20/11/2012 (Scoop.co.nz) - A US-owned company is clearing natural forest in the southwest of Cameroon to establish a large-scale palm oil plantation, heightening social tension as serious questions about the legality of the project persist, Greenpeace International has revealed.
20-11-2012
D-8 Trade Expo Begins on Sidelines of Summit
20/11/2012 (The Express Tribune) - With the aim of projecting Pakistan as a popular business destination, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf inaugurated on Monday a trade exhibition on the sidelines of the Developing Eight (D-8) Summit scheduled for November 22.
20-11-2012
IOI Corporation Berhad : IOI Corp 1Q Net Profit Jumps; Palm Oil Prices to Recover Early 2013
20/11/2012 (4-Traders) - IOI Corp. Bhd. (1961.KU), Malaysia's second-largest palm oil producer by acreage after Sime Darby Bhd., said Monday its fiscal first-quarter net profit more than doubled on foreign exchange gains and higher contributions from its non-plantation businesses.
20-11-2012
Beyond Flight of Fancy: The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
20/11/2012 (CIFOR) - When the Secretary-General of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Darryl Webber, rose to conclude the organisation’s tenth meeting two weeks ago in Singapore, he simply stated his view that “the RSPO is flyingâ€.
20-11-2012
China-Malaysia Trade Set For Further Expansion
20/11/2012 (Bernama) - The China-Malaysia bilateral trade is set to expand further, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.