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15/08/2014 (Reuters) - Palm oil prices should ease towards 1,900 ringgit ($594) over the next few weeks in order to stay competitive and recapture market share from rival vegetable oils, leading analyst Dorab Mistry said on Monday, as prospects of bigger supplies looms.

13/09/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up to touch their highest in over three weeks on Friday, with prices recording a second straight weekly gain thanks to firm soyoil markets overseas and a surge in crude palm oil export demand.

13/09/2014 (Borneo Post) - Daily FBM KLCI chart as at September 12, 2014 using Next VIEW Advisor Professional

13/09/2014 (Reuters) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

13/09/2014 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - Indonesia and the Philippines are looking at raising the level of existing bilateral trade to as much as $12 billion, given the prospective opportunities in seaweed, agriculture and palm oil plantation, mining, and even in retail and franchising.

13/09/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Major edible oils gained on Friday tracking firm futures, steady currency and seasonal demand. On the Bombay Commodity Exchange, imported soya and palmolein along with indigenous sunflower and rapeseed oil rose by ₹2 each. In line with extended gain in Malaysian palm oil futures, local refineries have increased their rates for palmolein by ₹2-5 for 10 kg. Groundnut and cotton refined oil rule unchanged. The volume remained thin but under current was a positive, said trade sources.

13/09/2014 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - PT. Musim Mas, the second largest palm oil processor in Indonesia, is eyeing to set up a palm oil plantation and possibly, a refinery in Mindanao, as part of its plans to further expand in the region.

13/09/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Plantation business groups have voiced their criticism toward the plantation bill, which is now in final deliberations at the House of Representatives, saying that it will hurt the business climate for plantation firms as well as growers.

13/09/2014 (The Guardian) - A worker moves soy beans A worker moves soya beans in the hold of a ship in Sao Paulo bound for Amsterdam. Countries such as Brazil are experiencing biodiversity loss as a result of agricultural expansion.

13/09/2014 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 95,651 tonnes of cargo comprising 68,520 tonnes of import cargo and 27,131 tonnes of export cargo including 4,248 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Thursday. The total import cargo of 68,520 tonnes comprised of 21,758 tonnes of containerised cargo; 1,193 tonnes of general cargo; 45,569 tonnes of bulk cargo: 29,064 tonnes of coal; 6,393 tonnes of DAP; 8,379 tonnes of soyabean meal and 1,733 tonnes of rape seed.

12/09/2014 (Bloomberg) - Food prices fell to the lowest in almost four years in August as costs of milk, cheese and cooking oils tumbled on signs of rising production.

12/09/2014 (Bernama) - Three research houses have maintained a 'neutral' rating on the plantation sector as Malaysia's palm oil inventory surged to 2.05 million tonnes in August 2014 after record-high production and lacklustre export growth.