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29/05/2013 (Reuters) - Kenanga Research raised its call on oil palm agribusiness firm IJM Plantations Bhd to "outperform" from "market perform" on a bright earnings outlook despite softening crude palm oil prices.

29/05/2013 (IPE.com) - ABP, the €292bn pension fund for Dutch civil servants, and PFZW, the €136bn scheme for healthcare professionals, have said they will remain invested in Wilmar International due to their successful efforts to engage with the controversial palm-oil company to date.

29/05/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The undercurrent in edible oils market remained firm on Tuesday tracking firm domestic and overseas futures markets and weak Indian currency which led to import parity costly. In local market, barring palmolein which increased by Re 1 and rapeseed oil declined by Rs 3 for 10 kg all other oils ruled unchanged on slack physical demand. The volume was thin, said sources.

29/05/2013 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 76,209 tonnes of cargo comprising 57,011 tonnes of import cargo and 19,198 tonnes of export cargo including 2,314 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 57,011 tonnes comprised 15,616 tonnes of containerised cargo; 2,018 tonnes of general cargo; 11,536 tonnes of bulk cargo: 3,955 tonnes of DAP; 7,581 tonnes of rock phosphate and 27,841 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

29/05/2013 (Jakarta Globe) - A man running a business on a main road in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, was recently slapped with a fine after destroying a tree that he considered a nuisance to his business.

28/05/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest in more than 1-1/2 months on Monday, on optimism that stocks could ease further, although investor caution curbed gains.

28/05/2013 (The Star) - While Malaysia fought admirably to topple the anti-palm oil campaigns such as the Nutella Tax proposal in France and the palm oil labelling issue in Australia last year, more smearing campaigns instigated by Western NGOs and green activists are set to crop up this year.

28/05/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Indigenous edible oils continued to decline while the undertone in imported oils remained steady on Monday despite extended gain in Malaysian palm oil futures. The volume was thin and isolated due to slack demand. Morale was steady, said sources.

28/05/2013 (SBWIRE) - Palm Oil Consumers Action today launched its micro stock watch of American companies that use palm oil in their products.

28/05/2013 (Business Recorder) - Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

28/05/2013 (Malaya) - Up to 30 percent of large import commodities now in the market—from rice to oil, light bulbs to such agriculture products as vegetables and palm oil to cars—are smuggled, according to the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP).

28/05/2013 (Economic Times) - Crude palm oil prices marginally up by Rs 1.40 to Rs 475.90 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions amid pick-up in demand in spot markets.