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CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
CPO Futures Close Higher On Stronger Crude Oil Prices Amid US-Iran Conflict
CPO Futures Set To Trade Higher Next Week On Rising Crude Oil Prices
Gap Between Refiners, Resellers Oils Prices Widen
29/11/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Palmolein and groundnut oil was unchanged despite lack of demand on Monday. Sunflower fell by Rs 5 for 10 kg, cotton oil by Rs 4 for 10 kg and rapeseed oil by Rs 2 for 10 kg on seasonal higher arrivals. Soya refined oil rose by Re 1. Demand is generally low during month-ends.
NCDs The Greatest Threat To Society
29/11/2011 (Fiji Times) - One of the greatest threats to our society are non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Agricommodity Price Movements
29/11/2011 (WorldCrop.com) - The five best performing agricultural commodities since the start of 2011 are Feeder cattle [CME], Class IV Milk [CME], Lean hogs [CME], Cash-settled butter [CME], and Rough rice [CBOT]. The five worst are New York Cotton [ICE], Wheat [CBOT], Oats [CBOT], Kansas wheat [KCBT], and Crude palm oil (US$) [CME].
Scene: Govt ‘Slow’ To Solve Orangutan Killings Case
29/11/2011 (Jakarta Post) - The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) says the Indonesian government is too slow in taking legal action against the killers of orangutans in Kalimantan even though the slaughter has been taking place at oil-palm plantations belonging to Malaysian companies around Kalimantan.
Rupee Depreciation Unlikely To Hit Trade With India: Malaysia
29/11/2011 (Economic Times) - Rupee depreciation against the US dollar is unlikely to hit bilateral trade between India and Malaysia, a senior Malaysian trade official said today.
Record Number Of Delegates Attend Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil Meeting
28/11/2011 (The Star) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) grouping has described its recently concluded 9th Annual Roundtable Meeting (RT9) as a success given the growing number of its members as well as the record attendance of about 1,000 delegates at the international sustainable palm oil event.
Paradise Lost at Hands of  Palm Oil Companies
28/11/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Life was idyllic in the village of Muara Tae, in East Kalimantan’s West Kutai district — before palm oil companies moved in, Petrus Asuy says.
‘Nigeria Needs Indigenous Technology’
28/11/2011 (Vanguard) - Nature abhors waste and so every material on earth is useful. Man can only say a material is useless when he has not found the means of converting it to something useful. Author Richard Dawkins rightly said: “Nature is a miserly accountant, grudging the pennies, watching the clock, punishing the smallest extravagance.â€
Exporters See Demand Drop Despite Declining Rupiah
28/11/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Slowing overseas demand for Indonesian goods is the latest issue for the country’s exporters, even as the rupiah depreciates to a level that favors their businesses.