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14/11/2012 (Daily Express) - The Palm Oil Industry Cluster (POIC) Sabah's strategies will focus on promoting downstream activities to assist Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

14/11/2012 (The Punch) - A Singaporean firm, Wilmar International, has inaugurated a 50,000 hectare ultra-oil palm plantations capable of employing over 20,000 workers.

14/11/2012 (The Sun) - TH Plantations Bhd (THP), which has obtained all the necessary regulatory approvals to acquire TH Ladang (Sabah & Sarawak) Sdn Bhd and a 70% stake in TH Bakti Sdn Bhd from its parent Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH), expects to neutralise the dilution to its earnings following the acquisitions in the third year from increased revenue stream, said its CEO Datuk Zainal Azwar Aminuddin.

14/11/2012 (The Express Tribune) - Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) is endeavouring to enrich its system database with profiles of agriculture products which will be ‘just a click away’ for foreign buyers in the international market, said PMEX representative Nida Latif to investors, progressive farmers and industrialists at a seminar at the Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).

13/11/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures recovered after falling to their lowest in three years on Monday, as a rise in Malaysian palm oil stocks in October missed market expectations and signalled a slowdown in inventory buildup.

13/11/2012 (Bloomberg) - Ivory Coast’s palm-oil industry protested a French proposal to raise taxation of the food ingredient fourfold, saying the oil crop is the victim of a “powerful disinformation campaign.”

13/11/2012 (Borneo Post) - Crude palm oil futures (FCPO) on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives declined this week due to the rising palm oil stocks in July and the improved weather condition in US.

13/11/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil rebounded from the lowest level in three years as stockpiles in Malaysia, the largest producer after Indonesia, climbed less than expected in October.

13/11/2012 (Borneo Post) - The government is always appreciative and recognises the contribution and role of oil palm smallholders in the country.

13/11/2012 (AFP) - Malaysia'a official Palm Oil Council on Monday slammed as "irresponsible" and "badly informed" a French senator's call to slap a 300-percent tax increase on palm oil, known in France as a "Nutella tax" after a popular brand of spread.

13/11/2012 (The Star) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has slammed a French senator's proposed "Nutella tax" - the imposition of a 300% tax increase on palm oil -- and urged the French government to reject the plan.

13/11/2012 (Fox Business) - Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. (E5H.SG) said Monday its third-quarter net profit fell 22% from a year earlier because of lower palm oil prices and higher soybean costs.