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18/04/2011 (Sydney Morning Herald) - Malaysia's palm oil lobby has reacted angrily to a push for labels to be added to foods containing the substance.

18/04/2011 (The Korea Herald) - Malaysian Plantation Industries and Commodities minister opened the inaugural Malaysia-Korea Palm Oil Trade Fair and Seminar last week.

18/04/2011 (Bloomberg) - At a time when consumers are focused on near-record food costs after grain and meat prices surged, stockpiles of edible oils needed to make everything from noodles to fish sticks are dropping to a three-decade low.

18/04/2011 (Business Times) - Ta Ann Holdings Bhd's move to aggressively plant more oil palms in the last five years is literally bearing fruit now.

15/04/2011 (Business Standard) - Refined palmolein weakened further in an otherwise sluggish oils and oilseeds market here today due to poor demand from retailers on the back of bearish Malaysian advice.

15/04/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped for a third day, the worst losing run this month, on speculation increased output from Indonesia and Malaysia, the top growers, will boost supply.

15/04/2011 (Business Times) - Malaysia’s palm oil exports fell 20.6 per cent in the first 15 days of April from the same period in March, independent market surveyor Intertek said.

15/04/2011 (Stabroek News) - The current government is going through with the Patamacca palm oil-project but with a different Chinese investor.

15/04/2011 (City Journal) - We're less than 50 years from the end of world oil supplies at current consumption rates according to a new report by HSBC bank. That coming shortage has brought new calls for increased reliance on biofuels, including from President Obama in last month's energy speech. Biofuels are made from crops like corn, sugar, palm oil and cassava root which are harvested and then shipped to plants to be converted into fuels like ethanol.

15/04/2011 (CRS Wire) - In celebration of Earth Day 2011 and beyond, Avon Products, Inc. [NYSE: AVP] has announced the company's new Palm Oil Promise, a company-wide global commitment to sustainable palm oil, as part of the company's 2011 Hello Green Tomorrow initiatives that also include new global fundraising efforts.

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15/04/2011 (Stock Market Wire) - Malaysian-focused palm oil plantation company Asian Plantations Limited reported a pre-tax loss of $3.8m for the year to December, against the previous $1.4m.