<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Malaysia's February palm oil stockpile fell 5.32% to 1.46 million tonnes, from 1.54 million tonnes in January, on lower crude palm oil (CPO) output.&nbsp;</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said in a statement today that CPO production fell 1.43% to 1.26 million tonnes, from 1.28 million tonnes.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The palm oil stockpile comprises CPO and processed palm oil. Palm oil stockpile rose, despite a drop in the commodity's exports.&nbsp; 
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According to MPOB, palm oil exports declined 13.97% to 1.11 million tonnes, from 1.29 million tonnes.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>In January, the country's palm oil stockpile fell 7.54% from a month earlier, while exports rose 1.49%, according to MPOB.</div>

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Malaysia's February palm oil stockpile fell 5.32% to 1.46 million tonnes, from 1.54 million tonnes in January, on lower crude palm oil (CPO) output. 

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said in a statement today that CPO production fell 1.43% to 1.26 millio...

Malaysia's February palm oil stockpile down as CPO output falls

Voice TV, a television station owned by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s family, is set to cease operations next month and lay off about 200 employees including journalists, local media Thai PBS reported.

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BERN (April 26): Climate campaigners picketed the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) shareholders meeting on Friday to protest against the central bank's investments in companies they say damage the environment and carry out fracking.

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The Bank of Japan (BOJ) largely left its monetary policy settings unchanged on Friday, which the market will see as a dovish move and likely to lead to further yen weakness, analysts say.

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): China will firmly support Malaysia in pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions, and support Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in promoting the principle of "Malaysia Madani" in governance.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi sa...

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PARIS (April 26): French energy giant TotalEnergies posted a 22% decline in first-quarter earnings versus a year earlier on Friday, as higher refining margins only partly offset a steep decline in profits from natural gas.

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Japan said it plans to expand restrictions on exports of four technologies related to semiconductors or quantum computing, the latest in a global push to control the flow of strategic tech.

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Doctor-turned-businessman Tan Sri Mohan MK Swami and his partner Datuk Seri Dr Shamir Kumar Nandy agreed on Friday to acquire a 58% stake in property management company Turiya Bhd for RM52.86 million from MAA Group Bhd.

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RHB Retail Research said YTL Corp Bhd is eyeing to extend the upside movement after it staged a bullish breakout.

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The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has given businessmen Mirzan Mahathir and Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir a 30-day extension from Friday to declare their assets to the anti-graft body.

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