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17/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures climbed to their highest level in more than five weeks on Wednesday after healthy demand for the tropical oil fuelled hopes that stockpiles would be kept in check despite a seasonal rise in output in the world's top producers.

17/10/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced for the first time in three days after data showed that shipments increased from Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer.

17/10/2013 (Agrimoney.com) - Shares in Equatorial Palm Oil soared 40% after the palm oil minnow revealed it was in talks over a takeover by Malaysia-based giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong, which would gain a foothold in Africa through a deal.

17/10/2013 (Plastics Today) - For a company with plastic additive sales currently in the order of 15% if its $1 billion in annual revenue, Malaysian-based Emery Oleochemicals (8b/A62) has lofty options to transform itself into a major global supplier of lubricants, specialty plasticizers and antistatic agents based on renewable resources.

17/10/2013 (Radio Australia) - While world leaders hailed the recent APEC summit in Indonesia a success, the host country suffered a setback in its bid to have its lucrative crude palm oil recognised as environmentally friendly.

17/10/2013 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, left the tax on exports of crude palm oil unchanged for a ninth month, helping boost shipments and compete with the biggest supplier Indonesia.

17/10/2013 (Farm and Ranch Guide) - As farmers are cleaning out their bins of 2012 sunflower crop, deliveries to the processing plants have been larger than normal and that has impacted nearby seed prices.

16/010/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil, the world’s most-consumed cooking oil, is poised to advance as much as 5.2 percent in the next two weeks, according to technical analysis by Commtrendz Risk Management Services Pvt.

16/10/2013 (Mizonews.Net) - The 10th Mizoram Oil Palm Advisory Committee yesterday met here in Aizawl during which a review on cultivation was held.

16/10/2013 (eNews Park Fores) - Today, activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN) delivered a set of demands to local food giant PepsiCo, Inc. regarding the company’s use of the controversial food additive palm oil in its products. RAN recently announced a new national campaign to remove “Conflict Palm Oil” responsible for rainforest destruction, human rights violations and carbon pollution from America’s snack foods.

16/10/2013 (Mongabay.com) - Local groups have called on the governor of Jambi province to cancel PT Asiatic Persada’s permit after Wilmar’s sale of the company stalls IFC-mediated talks.

16/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysia, the world's No.2 palm oil producer, has set its crude palm oil export tax for November at 4.5 percent, a government circular showed on Wednesday.