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05/08/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped the most in more than a week on speculation that favorable weather in the U.S. may boost soybean yields, lifting global supplies of vegetable oils for use in food and fuel.

05/08/2011 (Economic Times) - The Karnataka government is working on modalities to provide assured returns to palm oil cultivators. India is the world's largest buyer of palm oil, which accounts for more than 80% of its edible oil imports.

05/08/2011 (Bernama) - Oil palm joint-venture companies (JVCs) managed by the Sarawak Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA) had suffered an estimated losses of RM33.6 million due to theft of fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) since last year.

05/08/2011 (Borneo Post) - Joint venture oil palm plantations between Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA) and private companies suffered an estimated loss of RM33 million through theft of fresh fruits bunches (FFB) since last year.

05/08/2011 (The Edge Malaysia) - Stocks with recent corporate developments which could see trading interest on Thursday, Aug 4 include Cepatwawasan Group Bhd, Malayan Banking Bhd, Catcha Media Bhd, plantations and Freight Management Holdings Bhd (FMH).

05/08/2011 (AFP) - Malaysia said Thursday that exports, the mainstay of the country\'s economy, grew 8.6 percent year-on-year in June, but analysts warned of an easing in the next six months due to the global slowdown.

05/08/2011 (Biofuels Digest) - In Malaysia, Lestari Pasifik Bhd has entered into a joint venture with Russia’s Artur Group to develop second-generation ethanol facilities in Malaysia and Indonesia with project financing from the Chinese government.

05/08/2011 (The Star) - Three public listed plantation firms Sarawak Plantation Bhd, IOI Corp Bhd and Kim Loong Resources Bhd are among four joint-venture companies that have suffered a combined losses of about RM33mil due to thefts of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) in their estates in Sarawak.

05/08/2011 (Borneo Post) - The world’s major consumer market, the US has made significant headway in a multi stakeholder initiative, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), that aims to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil in the world.

05/08/2011 (Bernama) - Malaysia recorded a trade surplus of RM7.60 billion in June, making it the 164th consecutive month of trade surplus since November 1997, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

05/08/2011 (Nigerian Tribune) - Four days after the commencement of Ramadan fast by Muslim faithful in the country, prices of foodstuffs and other commodities have gone up in Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital, this is just as people have been told to fear God and not make things difficult for others.

04/08/2011 (Manila Bulletin) – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is willing to partake with the equally poor Caraga Region or Region 13 a share from the lucrative job openings offered to an ARMM delegation by Malaysian authorities recently.