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Sime Darby expects better results from 4Q due to diversified base

KUALA LUMPUR: Due to its diversified businesses, Sime Darby Bhd is cautiously optimistic that the group will perform well from this quarter onwards...

Corporate liability law on corruption comes into force on June 1

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KUALA LUMPUR: The government will enforce Section 17A of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 from June 1. It imposes liability...

Malaysia still lacks 500,000 workers in plantations - minister

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia still needs more than 500,000 workers in the plantation and commodity sectors despite an estimated 220,000 locals and...

Sime Darby 3Q net profit slips 48.2% to RM115 mil

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KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd recorded a net profit of RM115 mill in the third quarter ended March 31, 2020, down 48.2% from RM222 mil recorded in...

Maybank 1Q net profit rises 13.3%; CEO says may not be so rosy ahead

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) recorded a higher net profit of RM2.05 bil in the first quarter ended March 31, up 13.3% from RM1.81...

Riza’s deal raises question of what kind of PM we have

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion

By William Leong I am responding to two points raised by the Honourable MP for Beaufort, Azizah Mohd Dun, on my public questions to Prime Minister...

Gym operators to propose SOP to government

By Xavier Kong | | Featured, Mainstream

A group of gym and fitness centre operators will be banding together to present a set of operating procedures to the Ministry of International...

Restaurants incur extra costs complying with dine-in SOP

By Chee Jo-Ey | | Featured, Lifestyle, Mainstream

By Chee Jo-Ey AFTER the government announced that most business activities will be allowed to resume starting May 4 under a Conditional Movement...

Datasonic to bid for RM500 mil i-Kad project

By Xavier Kong | | Featured, Mainstream

By Xavier Kong DATASONIC Group Bhd will be bidding for the Home Ministry’s i-Kad project for migrant workers which sources say is worth RM500...

Wedding service providers seek silver lining amid Covid-19

By Sharina Ahmad | | Enterprise, Featured, Mainstream

By Sharina Ahmad WEDDING service providers across the spectrum have had their livelihoods disrupted by the Covid-19 crisis. With the movement...

ACI, IATA set out roadmap to restart aviation industry

By FocusM | | Featured, Mainstream

KUALA LUMPUR: The Airports Council International (ACI) World and International Air Transport Association (IATA) have jointly issued a paper on...

Malaysian air cargo carrier profits from soaring demand for medical gloves

By FocusM | | Featured, Mainstream

KUALA LUMPUR: Global demand for safety gear has helped Malaysia's state-owned air cargo carrier MAB Kargo (MASkargo) record "impressive" profits...

World's largest sovereign fund vows more transparency on shareholder votes

By FocusM | | Featured, Others

OSLO: Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest with US$1 tril (RM4.36 tril) worth of assets, will make its votes at shareholder meetings...

As lockdown fuels domestic abuse, social media users fight back

By FocusM | | Featured, Others

LONDON/TBILISI/NEW DELHI: When British teenager Kaitlyn McGoldrick heard domestic violence was increasing under lockdown, she posted a video on...

Covid-19: Thailand expects its vaccine to be ready by next year

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BANGKOK: Thailand, the first country outside China to report Covid-19 cases, expects to have its own vaccine for the deadly virus by next...

CPI declines 2.9% in April - Statistics Department

By FocusM | | Featured, Mainstream

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) declined 2.9% in April to 117.6 against 121.1 in the same month last year, the lowest rate of...

Malaysia’s forex reserves remain ‘resilient’ with April rebound - investment bank

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) foreign exchange (forex) reserves remain resilient, rising by US$800 mil to reach US$102.5 bil last...

Stabilising crude prices might provide Malaysia some respite

By Ranjit Singh | | Featured, Mainstream

By Ranjit Singh THE revival in global crude oil prices is good news for Malaysia as a net exporter of oil. Oil contributed around 20% of the...

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