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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
Palm Oil Output Surge In Oct, CPO Price Could Hit RM4500 In Dec: MPOC
Paradise lost for soap and ice cream
25/04/2008(Infoshop News) - Are you a "green" consumer? Even if your intentions are good, your "Earth friendly" soap and organic ice cream may be driving species to extinction and heating up the planet, especially if these products contain palm oil.
Malaysia, Indonesia plan to promote palm oil
25/04/2008 (Business Standard) - Senior officers from Malaysia and Indonesia discussed strategies to promote palm oil in the global market to counter the anti-palm oil campaign in the West, particularly by soy oil producers.
Indonesia hindering Asean FTA
24/04/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - Indonesia has turned out to be the surprise sore point in the proposed India-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) that was scheduled to be in place last month. Jakarta’s insistence on offering lower market access to India than other Asean members has held up the pact.
Ethics Girl: The real cost of Dove\'s \'real women\'
23/04/2008 (The Independent) - Think of Dove cosmetics and you might think of a bunch of right-on soap makers, who have contributed to the great feminist movement by plastering pictures of plus-size women in their bras and knickers on advertising billboards across the country.
Kenya oil firm expands ahead of customs union
23/04/2008 (Reuters, Africa), Nairobi - Kenya's leading edible oils processer Bidco is increasing production capacity at a cost of $10 million ahead of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa's customs integration, its boss said on Wednesday.
Govt to start verifying oil palm commodity shipments
23/04/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - The Trade Ministry will start verifying all domestic shipments of oil palm commodities on April 24, Ardiansyah Parman, the director general of domestic trade, said Tuesday.
India soyoil, oilseeds seen up on rising crude
23/04/2008 (Reuters, India), Mumbai - Indian soyoil June futures are seen rising on Wednesday as high crude oil prices raised hopes of fresh demand from the biofuel sector, analysts said.
Palm oil prices gained 14% this year
23/04/2008 (Daily Times, Pakistan), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose on Tuesday, pulling back from near two-week lows hit earlier in the session as soyoil prices gained momentum in Asian trade.
Brown sounds retreat on biofuels
23/04/2008 (The Scotsman) - IT WAS seen as a radical solution to tackle climate change by reducing harmful gases from car exhausts, while sheltering motorists from soaring petrol prices.
