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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Malaysia's palm oil stocks seen to drop further to 2.24mil tonnes in April
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Supply tightening boosts value for Malaysian palm oil
Ingrained With The Palm
21/04/2012 (New Straits Times) - Time to get new furniture? Consider furniture made of palm wood. According to William Wong, director of Palm Wood Technology, the wood comes from palms that are felled after they can no longer produce fruit. Thus using such wood helps save the environment indirectly. By using palm wood, he says, we will be doing our part to preserve Nature as we won’t need to cut down trees in the jungle.
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Ends Higher; Europe Woes, US Data Weigh
21/04/2012 (Reuter) - Malaysian palm oil futures reversed earlier losses to end higher on Friday on last minute buying, although traders remained wary over the weak global economy and slowing export data.
UPDATE 1-Farmer Shareholders OK Malaysian $2 Bln Palm Oil IPO
20/04/2012 (Reuters) - A Malaysian farmers' investment cooperative (KPF) voted in favour of a $2 billion listing of a state-linked palm oil firm, a government minister said on Thursday, in the face of objections from the opposition.
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Down on Europe Concerns, Exports Eyed
20/04/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures closed slightly lower on Thursday, recouping most of their losses after Spain sold as many bonds as it wanted, which helped calm fears about the euro zone economy but concerns about slowing demand kept prices lower.
Astra Agro Sells 5,000 Tons of Palm Oil in Auction
20/04/2012 (Bloomberg) - PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia’s biggest listed plantation company by market value, accepted bids for 5,000 metric tons of 9,000 tons of palm oil it offered at an auction in Jakarta.
Analysts: Sime Set For Some Corporate Actions
20/04/2012 (The Star) - Despite the expectation of slower earnings growth in the financial year ending June 30, 2013 (FY13) following a sterling performance thus far, news flow on potential corporate actions such as spin-offs and mergers and acquisition could attract investors to diversified group Sime Darby Bhd.
Palm Oil Still Eyes 3,402 Ringgit
20/04/2012 (Business Recorder) - A bearish target of 3,402 ringgit per tonne remains unchanged for Malaysian palm oil, provided it does not suddenly jump to 3,520 ringgit.
Controversial Felda Co-op Votes in Favour of Felda Global Ventures Listing
20/04/2012 (The Star) - The controversial Koperasi Permodalan Felda (KPF) EGM ended on a positive note yesterday with a majority of the representatives voting in favour of Felda's investment arm, Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd's (FGVH) listing on the main market of Bursa Malaysia.
Made-in-Malaysia Innovations Can Yield RM1Bil in Revenue, Says Najib
20/04/2012 (The Star) - Malaysian businesses can start bidding from today for locally developed innovations that have the potential to yield up to RM1bil in revenue.
