KUALA LUMPUR: Building costs rose in December 2025, driven by higher cement and sand prices, data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) showed.

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SINGAPORE: Singapore's government will assess the performance of state investors GIC and Temasek against their mandates and risk profiles and will not compare them with other funds, a minister said on Monday.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Lianson Fleet Group Bhd said its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Icon Piai 1 (L) Inc, has completed the disposal of the Yinson Hermes, an offshore tug and supply ship, for US$10mil (RM40.65mil) cash as part of efforts to modernise and r...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia sustained a rally over the morning session, tracking optimism in global markets as recent US employment data helped alleviate concerns over the health of the economy.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 12 — Google yesterday unveiled a new iteration of its professional Gemini AI suite geared toward o...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd, in collaboration with Mawar Medical Centre and Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK), has carried out the fourth round of its food aid distribution programme at Arena Seremban.

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SINGAPORE: The dollar fell and U.S. equity futures slid after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Trump administration threatened him with a criminal indictment, stoking investor worries about the central bank's independence.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Association of Islamic Banking and Financial Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM) has appointed MBSB Bank Bhd's group chief executive officer Rafe Haneef as president effective Jan 1, 2026.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign investors turned net buyers of Bursa Malaysia equities last week, snapping a four-week selling streak, with net inflows of RM42.5 million.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Bursa Malaysia strengthened in early trade, tracking Wall Street’s gains from the pre...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Bhd and IJM Corp Bhd announced in separate filings with Bursa Malaysia that trading in their respective shares had been suspended from 9am on Monday.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 12 — US Federal ‌Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Sunday the Trump administration had thre...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The ringgit opened marginally lower today versus the greenback, pressured by a firmer US Do...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI edged higher on Monday as the market attempted to extend its gains over the previous Friday's rally.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Here is a recap of the announcements that made headlines in Corporate Malaysia.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened marginally lower on Monday versus the greenback, pressured by a firmer US Dollar Index (DXY) as markets repriced United States monetary policy following softer jobs data, an economist said.

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PETALING JAYA: Westports Holdings Bhd is expected to deliver flattish to slightly higher core net profit year-on-year (y-o-y) for the fourth quarter of last year (4Q25), driven by higher port tariffs.

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Advance GDP, China trade and Bank of Korea

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PETALING JAYA: There is plenty of positivity in the real estate sector in 2026, with factors such as a solid economic outlook, buoyant property transactions and a steady stream of infrastructure projects among the key catalysts.

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PETALING JAYA: After a volatile 2025 marked by sharp price swings and shifting trade flows, RHB Research is expecting the palm oil market to enter a more balanced phase this year, albeit one still shaped by geopolitics, biofuel policies and weather ris...

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A Singaporean initiative to boost the initial public offering (IPO) market with a fast-track route to a Nasdaq dual listing has garnered warm response from potential issuers, though bankers caution thin liquidity and a high valuation requirement could ...

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GANODERMA boninense is the oil palm industry's Public Enemy No. 1 �" quietly costing more than RM2bil a year. It doesn't shout.

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PETALING JAYA: Kinergy Advancement Bhd is emerging as a new name in Malaysia's independent power producer (IPP) space.

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PETALING JAYA: Gold is poised to glitter as it enters 2026, with the yellow metal showing strong momentum amid geopolitical risks, expectations of lower US interest rates and consistent global central banks' demand for the bullion.

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PETALING JAYA: This month, a number of the nation's best marketers and brand managers will descend on the annual Putra Brand Awards and Putra Aria Brand Awards (Paba) to celebrate the field's most outstanding brand-building efforts.

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