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31/10/2007 (Reuters), New Delhi - The government’s decision to stop the import of palmoil at a southern port following lobbying by the rival coconut trade has helped stabilise coconut prices and bring the two oils to price parity.

01/11/2007 (Biofuels Review) - EU plans to increase the use of biofuels could spell disaster for some of the world's poorest people warns international agency, Oxfam in a briefing published today (1st November).

01/11/2007 (The Register) - European targets for use of biofuels will make life worse for some of the poorest people on the planet, according to a report from charity Oxfam.

01/11/2007 (Tehran Times) - Indonesia is seeking a return to its exports heyday of the early 1990s, spearheaded by a glittering trade fair in Jakarta recently, but analysts warn that growth so far is bypassing its workers.

31/10/2007 (The Star Online), Shah Alam - Southern Acids (M) Bhd registered better earnings in its core operating divisions for the financial year ended Apr 30, group managing director Datuk Low Mong Hua said.

30/10/2007 (Business Times, Malaysia) - Malaysian palm oil stocks are expected to fall 2.4 per cent in October from a month earlier due to declining production, a Reuters poll showed today.

30/10/2007 (Daily Express News), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil physical prices reached a record high of RM3,000 per tonne for November Monday, buoyed by skyrocketing oil prices of US$93 per barrel.

31/10/2007 (NST Online), Kuantan - Investors from the Middle East are expected to be among the first foreigners to take part in large-scale projects in the East Coast Economic Region (ECER).

30/10/2007 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - A total of 91 biodiesel projects with production capacity of 10.193 million tonnes per year were approved by end-September this year, Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Senator Datuk Dr S. Vijayaratnam said Tuesday.

30/10/2007 (Forbes), Kuala Lumpur - The mass production of palm oil-based biodiesel in Malaysia has been slow in taking off as the current high price of crude palm oil has made the use of the alternative energy source uncompetitive, a local daily reported Wednesday.

29/10/2007 (Xinhua), Dalian - Palm oil futures hit the maximum daily price rise limit on debut trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), in northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Monday.

29/10/2007 (International Herald Tribune), Singapore - Until recently, Jatropha Curcas, a tall bush with highly toxic fruit and bark, was mainly used as a hedge plant to keep livestock away from crops.