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27-10-2011
Trade Expo Books $464.5m, Exceeding Target of $380M
27/10/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Despite potentially negative impacts from the global economic downturn looming, Indonesia’s biggest international trade exhibition, Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI), has booked US$464.5 million in transactions, much higher than the initial target of $380 million.
27-10-2011
Where Are The Angel Investors?
“ANGEL investors don’t come with a halo and wings, but they can seem heaven-sent to an entrepreneur struggling to find financing.†— Cathie Gandel.
26-10-2011
Greenpeace Targets Neste Oil Over Palm Oil Production
26/10/2011 (AFP) - Dozens of Greenpeace demonstrators chained themselves outside Neste Oil headquarters near Helsinki on Tuesday in protest at the company\'s palm oil production for diesel fuel.
26-10-2011
IOI Corp Sees Better Performance in FY12
26/10/2011 (The Edge Malaysia) - IOI Corp Bhd expects its financial performance for the current FY12 ending June 30 to improve from a year earlier, buoyed by improved profitability in its resource-based manufacturing division.
26-10-2011
Protesters Travel To London Over Palm Oil Plant on Portland
26/10/2011 (Dorset Echo) - People from Dorset objecting to a palm oil-fuelled plant on Portland joined a protest in London as the government launched a consultation on renewable energy subsidies.
26-10-2011
Malaysia\'s IOI Corp Terminates MYR830 Million Oil-Palm Plantation Purchase
26/10/2011 (Fox Business) - IOI Corp. Bhd. (1961.KU), Malaysia's second-largest listed plantation company by acreage, said Tuesday it is terminating an MYR830.0 million acquisition of a 11,977.91-hectare oil-palm plantation.
26-10-2011
Annual Jakarta Expo Brings $464.5m Worth of Trade
26/10/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Indonesia posted a 26 percent rise in trade deals and beat expectations during a five-day trade expo that ended on Sunday in Jakarta.
26-10-2011
Plantations, Mining and REDD a Threat: Dayak
26/10/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Expanding oil palm plantations, mining concessions and even forest conservation projects are threatening to wipe out the traditional way of life of the Dayak tribes of Kalimantan, tribal elders say.
26-10-2011
VEGOILS-Palm Hits 4-week High on Euro Zone Hopes
26/10/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a near one-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by export data and expectations of lower output, with additional support from optimism over a possible solution to the euro zone's debt problems.
26-10-2011
Malaysian Futures Buoy Edible Oils
26/10/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils firmed up on Tuesday as crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD) Exchange rose to near one-month high.
26-10-2011
Record US Edible Oil Imports Expected in 2011-12
26/10/2011 (Business Recorder) - US vegetable oil imports are likely to touch a new record in October 2011-September 2012 as demand especially for biofuels outstrips supplies, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World forecast on Tuesday.
26-10-2011
Palm Oil Rises
26/10/2011 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a near one-month high on Tuesday, buoyed by export data and expectations of lower output, with additional support from optimism over a possible solution to the eurozone's debt problems.