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16/03/2012 (People's Daily Online) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's state visit to China will further strengthen the strategic bilateral relationship between the two countries, Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao said here Thursday.

16/03/2012 (Bangkok Post) - Restaurant operators are being urged to increase their food prices by a small margin of 6-8 baht a dish to reflect real costs rather than jumping 10-20 baht per item.

16/03/2012 (Mongabay.com) - Eleven top scientists have slammed a proposed palm oil plantation in a Cameroonian rainforest surrounded by five protected areas. In an open letter, the researchers allege that Herakles Farm, which proposes the 70,000 hectare plantation in southwest Cameroon, has misled the government about the state of the forest to be cleared and has violated rules set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), of which it\'s a member. The scientists, many of whom are considered leaders in their field, argue that the plantation will destroy rich forests, imperil endangered species, and sow conflict with local people.

15/03/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose to a nine-month high on Wednesday as recovering exports raised demand prospects for the edible oil and upbeat U.S. economic data lifted investor confidence.

15/03/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil, used in everything from candy bars to instant noodles, will advance 3.4 percent to the highest in more than a year by June as cooking-oil supplies drop to the lowest in more than three decades, a survey showed. Margaret Brennan reports on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan."

15/03/2012 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures rose to a nine-month high on Wednesday as recovering exports raised demand prospects for the edible oil and upbeat US economic data lifted investor confidence.

15/03/2012 (Bangkok Post) - The government has decided against a cooking palm oil price increase requested by producers, but it may sell them cheap palm oil from reserves.

15/03/2012 (The Ecologist) - Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and fuel. But it's destroying rainforest and contributing to climate change. Sustainable certification schemes have been set up, but campaigners increasingly question whether they work.

15/03/2012 (The Sun Daily) - Gains in finance and palm oil plantation stocks pushed the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI to end the morning trading higher, tracking the rallies from Wall Stret and European markets, dealers said.

15/03/2012 (The Sun Daily) - The Malaysian economy only managed to achieve a moderate growth rate of 5.2% in the fourth quarter of 2011 because it has traditionally been over dependent on consumer demand in America and Europe to generate a growth rate in excess of 8% or even 7%. The Malaysian economy is a dependent economy in the sense that if America's growth rate slackens, Malaysia's growth rate also slackens in tandem.

15/03/2012 (Bernama) - Russia, which is looking to further enhance bilateral economic cooperation with Malaysia via joint ventures in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector, anticipates total trade between the two countries to return to pre-crisis level of US$2.4 billion this year.

15/03/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - India’s vegetable oil imports rose 59 per cent in February to 8.75 lakh tonnes against 5.50 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period, according to the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India.