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28/04/2011 (Commodity Online) - The crude palm oil futures traded on a negative note retreating from its recent rise due to profit selling.

28/04/2011 (Borneo Post) - The Industrial Development Ministry has agreed to work together with environmental organizations and look into their recommendations on how to protect the environment and at the same time complement industrial development.

28/04/2011 (Tempo Interactive) - The Forestry Ministry has received many complaints from forest-related business people about the long time it takes to issue licenses. Forestry Minister, Zulkifli Hasan, said the complaints have come from palm oil and mining business people. “There are many overlapping regulations between the central and the regional governments,” said Zulkifli in Jakarta yesterday.

27/04/2011 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices fell further by Rs 6.40 to Rs 512.60 per 10 kg in futures trade today amid profit-booking by traders due to weak demand and higher supply in the spot market.

27/04/2011 (ShareCast) - Malaysian palm oil cultivator Narborough Plantations saw revenue more than double in the first quarter of 2011 from a year earlier, while profits soared on the back of higher palm oil prices.

27/04/2011 (ShareCast) - Surging palm oil prices led to a sharp gain in 2010 revenue for Anglo-Eastern Plantations, which owns, operates and develops plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia.

27/04/2011 (Bloomberg) - Singapore’s Straits Times Index (FSSTI) fell 0.5 percent to 3,173.40 as of the 12:30 p.m. trading break. Almost six stocks dropped for each that rose in the benchmark index of 30 companies.

27/04/2011 (MSN News) - Select edible oil prices continued to decline and lost Rs 20 per quintal in the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today owing to sluggish demand at prevailing levels amid a weakening global trend.

27/04/2011 (HealthNewsDigest.com) - By now, you know that you should be avoiding trans fats. As food manufacturers re-formulate their brands to replace trans fats with other alternatives, it’s easy to become confused when you read the new food labels. Saturated, unsaturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated? Olive, canola, soy, Malaysian palm fruit oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil or animal fats (beef tallow, lard) – which are the healthier choices? The answers may surprise you.

26/04/2011 (Bernama) - Three native customary rights (NCR) grants have been issued involving 7,258ha of land for the benefit of 1,702 people in the Nabawan and Tongod districts, said Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.

27/04/2011 (The Star) - The number of country of origins (COOs) certificates issued to companies in Malaysia exporting to Europe and Asia-Pacific has increased by 22.8% in the first quarter compared with the same period last year.

27/04/2011 (WWF International) - Policymakers and business leaders must quickly back a bold target to stop forest loss as part of efforts to conserve biodiversity and fight climate change, according to a new WWF report.