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04/10/2013 (Bloomberg) - Felda Global Ventures Bhd. (FGV), the world’s third-largest manager of oil palm plantations, may buy land in Southeast Asia and expand into Africa with 2.6 billion ringgit ($814 million) remaining from its share sale.

03/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Wednesday, tracking weak soy markets, as investors fretted about surging global supply of the competing oilseed that could snatch demand away from the tropical palm.

03/10/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped after a three-day advance amid expectations that rising production will expand a glut of the commodity used in food and fuels.

03/10/2013 (Jakarta Post) - As many as 90 companies from seven countries are participating in a three-day palm oil industry exhibition in Indonesia, which starts on Wednesday in Medan, North Sumatra.

03/10/2013 (Bernama) - Alliance Research has maintained a neutral call on IOI Corp Bhd as it views the mandatory general offer (MGO) of the remaining 60.4 per cent stake in Unico-Desa Plantations Bhd amounting to RM1 billion as a pricey acquisition with no immediate earnings accretion.

03/10/2013 (Radio New Zealand) - One of the farmers who has been campaigning for tighter controls on palm kernel stock feed imports is applauding the Government's latest move in that direction.

03/10/2013 (Borneo Post) - Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas will see Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Sarawak next week to resolve complaints about differing prices of fresh fruit bunches (FFBs).

03/10/2013 (Borneo Post) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd’s (FGV) acquisition of Pontian United Plantations Bhd’s (Pontian) 100 per cent equity stake is expected to boost its crude palm oil (CPO) output.

03/10/2013 (Business Recorder) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

03/10/2013 (News Straits Times) - Recently, scientists from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) made headlines. Their breakthrough in deciphering oil palm genome was well-received.

03/10/2013 (Business Recorder) - The Federal Board of Revenue has restored facility of input tax adjustment upto maximum of 5 percent on palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) for the ghee and cooking oil industry. The FBR has issued instructions on \'Input tax adjustment on by-product PFAD\' to all Chief Commissioners of the Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) and Regional Tax Offices (RTOs) here on Wednesday.

03/10/2013 (The Star) - Plantation giant IOI Corp Bhd has launched an RM1bil takeover of Unico-Desa Plantations Bhd at RM1.17 a share, just slightly below the latter’s last traded price.