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2/4/07 (The Star) MARAN - Smallholders are urged to enhance their knowledge in the rubber and palm oil industries as well as livestock farming and aquaculture so that they could increase their family income.

30/3/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - Synergy Drive Sdn Bhd, formed to buy Malaysian plantation companies including Sime Darby Bhd, is reviewing its portfolio of assets, fuelling speculation some divisions unrelated to palm oil will be sold.

29/3/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - Bank Negara yesterday introduced an Islamic instrument that uses crude palm oil (CPO) as its underlying asset to manage short-term liquidity in the Islamic inter-bank money market.

1/4/07 (AP) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Only a few years ago, oil from palm trees was viewed as an ideal biofuel: a cheap, renewable alternative to petroleum that would fight global warming. Energy companies began converting generators and production soared.

27/3/07 (AP) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Once, palm oil was seen as an ideal biofuel, a cheap alternative to petroleum that would fight global warming.

2/3/07 (Reuters) - IMMINGHAM, England - Independent oil company Greenergy's biodiesel plant in north-east England began commercial production on Friday and should ramp up to full output in a couple of weeks, chief executive Andrew Owens said.

2/4/07 (Business Times) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) feels that palm oil will certainly qualify as second generation biofuel in reducing carbon dioxide emission by more than 80 per cent, with a little more fine-tuning in its processing technology.

30/3/07 (Bay Area Indymedia) - In today's world the use of biofuels has led to horrific consequences for the people of the world and the environment.

27/3/07 (The Star) - THE Country Heights Growers'Scheme (CHGS) offers an opportunity for female investors to invest in crude palm oil, one of the fastest growing industries in Malaysia today.

26/3/07 (Scoop.co.nz) - Have you ever noticed that a herd of lembu or cows, all tend to move together in the same direction? Have you often wondered why this phenomenon occurs?

26/3/07 KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- The merger of three Malaysian plantation groups into the world's biggest listed palm oil producer will not pose unhealthy competition to Felda (Federal Land Development Authority), the Dewan Rakyat was assured Monday.

22/3/07 KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Oils and fats producers need to work collectively to overcome potential shortages and create synergy that can have a favourable impact on their production costs, said Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.