Berita Arkib

07/05/2013 (National News Bureau of Thailand [NNT]) – The Internal Trade Department will ask mall operators to keep prices of food court dishes from rising unreasonably; will also maintain the price of palm oil at 42 baht a bottle.

07/05/2013 (Business Mirror) - Militant labor organization Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Monday slammed the layoff of 104 palm-oil workers of the Malaysian-owned Agusan Plantation Inc. (API) in Agusan del Sur province’s Trento town on May 2 and blamed President Aquino for it.

07/05/2013 (THISDAY Live) - Crusoe Osagie writes that PZ Wilmar, which targets the peak of the nation’s oil palm plantation industry by its massive plantation development in Cross River State, will certainly reset the balance of power in the sector on completion of its 100,000 hectare plantation.

07/05/2013 (Stuff.co.nz) - In light of the devastation of the kiwifruit industry by the Psa virus, dairy farmers should be extremely concerned about biosecurity risks from the imported supplementary feed palm kernel expeller, two farming leaders say after visiting Malaysian palm oil crushing plants last year.

07/05/2013 (Bloomberg) - Indonesia’s economy grew at the slowest pace in more than two years last quarter as slower exports and government spending countered gains in consumption and investment.

06/05/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil inventories in Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, probably declined in April to the lowest level in nine months as exports held above production, boosting optimism that prices will rebound.

06/05/2013 (Mongabay.com) - Court orders Aceh governor to reverse decision to cancel palm oil concession in protected peatlands

06/05/2013 (Borneo Post) - Crude palm oil futures (FCPO) on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives declined this week due to weak Chinese economic data and slower palm oil exports growth.

06/05/2013 (Borneo Post) - The US non-farm payroll for April grew 165,000 while unemployment hit four-year low at 7.5 per cent.

06/05/2013 (The Express Tribune) - Pakistan’s edible oil import bill will drop below $2 billion at the end of fiscal year 2012-13 in June following a hefty decline in prices, helping to slow the drain on much-needed foreign exchange reserves, industry officials say.

06/05/2013 (FRANCE 24) - A baby Sumatran orangutan swings playfully on a branch at an Indonesian rescue centre, a far cry from the terror he endured when his pristine rainforest home was razed to the ground.

06/05/2013 (Business Recorder) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.