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CPO prices to consolidate at RM4,000 to RM4,300
CPO Futures Close Higher On Stronger Crude Oil Prices Amid US-Iran Conflict
CPO Futures Set To Trade Higher Next Week On Rising Crude Oil Prices
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Perks up Ahead of Industry Data
12/09/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Friday as traders took up positions ahead of a slew of industry reports that could shed light on a decline in vegetable oil supplies.
Feronia\'s Ambitions in Africa Reach Beyond Palm Oil Plantations
12/09/2011 (Proactive Investors USA & Canada) - Feronia Inc. got into the palm oil business in September 2009 through the purchase of a 100,000 hectare plantation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Unilever. Within the plantation lies 15,000 hectares of oil palm in production and another 55,000 hectares suitable for planting. The company’s other main division is focused on large-scale mechanized farming, modeled after methods successfully implemented in Brazil.
Malaysia Exports Up 7.1% in July
12/09/2011 (AFP) - Malaysia said its exports, the mainstay of the country's economy, increased 7.1 percent year-on-year in July, easing from the previous month as the global economy slows down.
Malaysia\'s Foreign Investments Steady
12/09/2011 (Channel Asia News) - Foreign direct investment inflows into Malaysia have been holding up, despite the global economic uncertainty.
OSK Says \"Aye\" To Sarawak Oil Palms
12/09/2011 (Bernama) - OSK Research continued to like Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd (SOP), which will be included in the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Mid 70 Index from today, as it has one of the most favourable tree age profiles within their plantation universe.
Biofusion To Diversify Into Industrial Waste Recycling Business
12/09/2011 (Bernama) - BioFusion Sdn Bhd, a BioNexus-status company involved in bioremediation activities for the treatment of agricultural waste and soil amelioration, plans to diversify into the industrial waste recycling business within a year.
Trade Deficit Widens to 19.54% in July-August
12/09/2011 (Daily Times) - The country’s exports and imports witnessed a significant imbalance as trade deficit widened by 19.54 percent in the first two months of the financial year 2011-12, Federal Board of Statistics (FBS) reported on Saturday.
BI To Require Exporters To Bring Home Overseas Funds
12/09/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Bank Indonesia (BI) will require exporters and debtors to bring home funds parked overseas to Indonesia-based banks in a move that will add billions of dollars in foreign exchange liquidity and ease pressures on the rupiah.
Areca Growers Reject Scheme to Replace Disease-Hit Palms
12/09/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Arecanut growers whose plantations have been hit by yellow leaf disease (YLD) in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada have rejected a proposal of the government to replace disease-hit palms with new saplings under a scheme of the National Horticulture Mission.
