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1/3/06 PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) - Margarine, lipstick, ice cream, shampoo, chocolate -- all use palm oil as a crucial ingredient but with booming demand, the plantations are swallowing up forests, a conference here heard.

1/3/06 (The Edge Daily) - TSH Resources Bhd is acquiring a 100% shareholding in an Indonesian oil palm plantation company PT Teguh Swakarsa Sejahtera, which owns 17,000 ha of land in East Kalimantan, for one billion rupiah (RM402,000) cash.

3/3/06 (The Malay Mail) - THE public was told by Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) that excessive ammonia was the reason for their smelly tap water. And that it was nothing to worry about.

1/3/06(USDA/FAS GAIN Report ) - Despite a lower per hectare rapeseed harvest this year, the EU sees a record harvest crop in 2005. This is caused by an increased area planted with rapeseed, a trend that seems to continue also in 2006.

28/2/06 JAKARTA (Asia Pulse) - The association of palm oil companies (Gapki) predicted the prices of crude palm oil (CPO) will hover around US$450 per ton this year.

26/2/06 (RedNova) - PALM oil traders are optimistic of the commodity's performance this year, putting the average price of crude palm oil (CPO) at RM1,500 a tonne against last year's RM1,394.

1/3/06 CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A small North Carolina-based specialty crops company is trying to turn a humble wildflower into a major new oilseed crop that could produce an alternative to coconut and palm oils.

1/3/06 PALO ALTO, Calif. (soyatech.com) - Decreases in the production costs of vitamin E is a viable element to market growth. Competitors in this market are creating more efficient, less expensive production methods by consolidating manufacturing facilities.

1/3/06 (Financial Times UK) -Tesco will announce plans to build a factory to make diesel from home-grown crops.

25/2/06 (Business Times) - MALAYSIA'S crude palm oil (CPO) prices are expected to get an unexpected boost from a possible appearance by the La Nina phenomenon that could curb harvesting activities and output.

25/2/06 (Business Times) -- CHINA, the world's largest consumer of vegetable oils, may import 14 per cent more palm oil this year to meet demand for processed foods, LMC International, a London-based researcher says.

2/3/06 HAMBURG (Reuters) - Wed: A below-average increase in global palm oil production, with strong consumption, is likely to raise prices in the near future, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday.