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12/3/07 (Scripps News) - America's drive for energy independence and clean air could threaten orangutans, Sumatran tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses and the world's largest butterflies. All could be hurt as the rainforests of Southeast Asia are cleared to produce palm oil for use in biodiesel.

13/3/07 (Pakistan Times) ISLAMABAD - Malaysia is expected to increase its investments in Pakistan, particularly in food manufacturing and oleochemicals.

12/3/07 (The Edge Daily) - KAF Research has doubled its target price for TSH Resources Bhd to RM3.60 from RM1.80 on the expected higher earnings from its palm bio-integration and palm oil refinery operations.

6/3/2007 (ChemicalOnline) - Seaford, DE - Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc. announced recently NanOil, a two-cycle engine oil that is "smokeless" operating, environmentally friendly "Green" product, performs as a "moly" oil and can be made from by-products of one type of Green Palm Biodiesel production. NanOil is the first commercially offered organic synthetic oil.

7/3/07 LONDON (Reuters) - Using plants to feed our fuel needs may be a great idea, and the biofuel goldrush could be a moneyspinner for several poor countries, but some experts warn people may go hungry as food prices rise.

7/3/07 LAS VEGAS--Ethanol, says Michele Rubino, a managing consultant at Navigant Consulting.

5/3/07 (SeedQuest) Upton, New York - Using genetic manipulation to modify the activity of a plant enzyme, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have converted an unsaturated oil in the seeds of a temperate plant to the more saturated kind usually found in tropical plants. The research will be published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the week of March 5, 2007.

7/3/07 (EurekAlert) - Biofuels have been an increasingly hot topic on the discussion table in the last few years. In 2003 the European Union introduced a Directive suggesting that Member states should increase the share of biofuels in the energy used for transport to 2% by 2005 and 5.75% by 2010.

9/3/07 (The Star) - PENANG: Tejari Technologies Bhd, scheduled for Mesdaq listing today, plans to market its hydraulic systems to palm oil producers.

7/3/07 (Reed Business) Netherlands - Palm oil futures in Malaysia fell on speculation that record soybean crops in South America may boost soybean oil output and reduce demand for competing palm oil.

7/3/07 (Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR - Palm oil prices are holding on to last year's strong gains, despite a global flight from risky assets, and when industry analysts gather in Malaysia next week they are likely to say that the rally is far from over.

9/3/07 (Business Times) - KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell has revised upward its earnings estimate for plantation company TSH Resources Bhd for the next three years by 33 per cent, factoring in contribution from an associate company and increase in palm bio-integration earnings.