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08/11/2011 (Myanmar Times) - Minister for Commerce U Win Myint said the country had no choice but to continue importing palm oil if it wanted to keep prices stable, despite a call from one parliamentarian to protect domestic farmers.

08/11/2011 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to continue their uptrend on the back of improving risk appetite boosted by positive developments in the euro zone, dealers said.

08/11/2011 (AZoCleantech) - The University of Leicester conducted a study into greenhouse gas emissions emitted from oil palm plantations for the International Council on Clean Transportation. The study assessed the greenhouse gas emissions related to the production of biodiesel.

08/11/11 (Fiji Times) - The Ministry of Health has asked people to buy good quality oil to cook their food.

08/11/2011 (Myanmar Times) - Former prime minister, medical doctor, statesman, author and plenty more, Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a legend in Asia and renowned for his straight-talking ways, especially concerning the West.

08/11/2011 (Triple Pundit) - United Airlines just announced that Flight 1403, scheduled to take off today, Monday November 7th will be powered by Solazyme’s algae-derived biofuel. This will be the world’s first commercial biofuel powered flight. The flight’s route, from Houston to Chicago, is significant in several ways. First, the departure from Houston can be taken to symbolize a departure from the ”big oil” that Houston has come to represent. Second, it represents a full merging of United and Continental. The flight will be traveling from Continental’s hub in Houston to United’s hub in Chicago. Continental pilots will be manning the cockpit of the United 737-800 Eco-Skies aircraft.

08/11/2011 (Just-food.com) - There's been a sense of boldness from the world of food this past week, with companies making interesting moves into new products, acquisitions and territories. Perhaps with yet more economic turmoil on the horizon, food companies have decided that attack is the best form of defence in terms of weathering the financial storm.

07/11/2011 (Business Times) - Did you know that for every oil palm seed sold by Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn Bhd (AAR), half of the profits go to soldier pensioners?

07/11/2011 (The Star) - Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra), which has 18 oil palm estates, is targeting to carry out new planting and replanting on 6,360ha next year.

07/11/2011 (The News International) - The Port Qasim Authority said on Saturday that 54,770 tons of cargo consisting of 35,459 tons of imports and 19311 tons of exports was loaded and unloaded at the Port Qasim (PQ) during the last 24 hours.

07/11/2011 (Viet Nam News) - Oil palm trees have the potential of raising the incomes of poor farmers in disadvantageous areas, according to a HCM City resident who has planted more than 10ha of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) trees.

07/11/2011 (Business Times) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to continue their uptrend next week on the back of improving risk appetite boosted by positive developments in the euro zone.