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The Feel-Good Oil
PALM oil, produced from the fruit of the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), contains a variety of fats, vitamins and nutrients, with no unhealthy trans-fatty acids that is mainly found in hydrogenated oils. Palm oil is free of artery-clogging trans-fats as it is made up of a mixture of fatty acids and co...
Palm Futures Lower on Choppy Trading
KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil futures (CPO) on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed lower in choppy trading yesterday, dealers said. The dealers also said the market was now awaiting the release of Malaysian palm oil exports data for the first 10 days of this month today by Cargo surveyors, Intertek Tes...
EU Biofuel Policy Could Defeat Its Environmental Aims
IS it really in Europe’s interest to provoke a trade war with emerging markets in Southeast Asia and Latin America over biofuels? Of course it is not. Yet open trade with these regions may become the first casualty when the European Union (EU) moves closer to restricting access to its ma...
CPO Futures Set to Continue Uptrend
Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to continue their uptrend next week given the bullish outlook for the commodity. Jim Teh, senior palm oil trader, Interband Group of Companies, said the CPO prices were likely to trade between RM3,300 and RM3,400 per tonne. R...
Finding Vitamin E’s Anti-Cancer Properties
CLINICAL TRIAL: Study on tocotrienols’ effect on women with advanced breast cancer to begin soon Top-grade oil palm seeds. Malaysia is the world’s biggest tocotrienol producer and exporter. 1 / 2 KUALA LUMPUR: A GROUP of researchers is embarking on a clinical trial on breast-cancer patie...
CPO Futures Ended Higher on Speculative Buying
KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended higher for the third consecutive day yesterday on speculative buying. Interband Group Sdn Bhd senior palm oil trader Jim Teh said that although the prices moved up in the last few days, volume was still low. He sai...
