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12/08/2011 (Business Times) - Delloyd Ventures Bhd, an automotive components manufacturer and oil palm plantation company, expects to grow its revenue and profit by 20 per cent for its financial year ending March 31, 2012.

12/08/2011 (The Sun Daily) - Crude palm oil (CPO) prices on Bursa Derivatives held firm Wednesday to halt the recent slide, but the prospect of weaker demand overseas and a bumper crop at home means prices are likely to remain soft for the rest of the year.

12/08/2011 (The Edge Malaysia) - Plantation [] stocks were among the major losers in late morning on Thursday, Aug 11 in line with the weaker crude palm oil (CPO) prices and expectations that the prices could sink lower on recession fears.

12/08/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Ismail Segeir would like to do his bit for the environment, including reducing his carbon footprint.

12/08/2011 (The Edge malaysia) - CIMB Equities Research is maintaining its Neutral call on the Malaysian PLANTATION [] sector but may downgrade it after the results season.

12/08/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil imports by India, the largest buyer, may climb to a record this year as rising incomes stoke demand for cookies and potato chips, potentially stemming a decline in prices from a more than nine-month low.

11/08/2011 (Agrimoney.com) - Palm oil exports from Malaysia, the second-ranked shipper, have continued to soar after rising last month to their highest since at least 2006, boosted by a jump in purchases by China.

11/08/2011 (Philippine Information Agency) - Two weeks before the 7th National Palm Oil Congress in North Cotabato, more than 400 representatives of planters, investors, bankers, agricultural leaders, academe, government line agencies and local government units from all over the country have already confirmed their participation.

11/08/2011 (Pakistan Times) - Following a decrease in the price of palm oil in the international market, the price of cooking oil and ghee decreased by Rs 3 in the local markets, a report said on Wednesday.

11/08/2011 (Times of Zambia) - The government has installed a five kilovolt and a pump house at a palm oil project in Mwense where about K700 million be spent.

11/08/2011 (The Star) - The cost of production (COP) and profit margins among oil palm plantation companies will be minimally affected by the Malayan Agricultural Producers Association's (MAPA) decision to increase the wages of some 157,270 general plantation workers nationwide.

11/08/2011 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) prices rebounded to close slightly higher yesterday following lower production and declining inventory for July that was reported by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).