KUALA LUMPUR: Capital A Bhd has officially completed its Practice Note 17 (PN17) regularisation plan today following the lodgement of a sealed High Court order confirming a capital reduction of RM5.51 billion.

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KUALA LUMPUR: YNH Property Bhd has decided to defer upcoming coupon payments under its perpetual securities issuance programme as a strategic move to conserve cash reserves.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit broke through the key psychological level of 4.00 against the US dollar, touching a more than seven-year high of 3.9992 earlier today, buoyed by a robust outlook for Malaysia's economy, easing geopolitical tensions, and the de...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Citaglobal Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary, Citaglobal Telecommunication Sdn Bhd (CGT), has accepted approval from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for a RM48.5mil Wi-Fi connectivity project under the Universal ...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI climbed for a third day, to its highest in almost seven years, while the ringgit crossed the psychologically crucial RM4 per US dollar level.

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BOND investors who have spent months wagering that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's successor will push for interest-rate cuts face a stress test of those bets with President Donald Trump's choice expected any day.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Bhd will launch the Mini FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Futures (FKLM) on Jan 26, 2026, offering investors a lower-cost entry into the local derivatives market.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The ringgit climbed to its strongest level in about five years on Friday, moving past the 4...

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GOLD notched another record high on Friday, while silver and platinum also extended gains to hit all-time peaks, powered by diminishing confidence in U.S. assets on account of geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty.

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TOKYO: Hawkish signals from the Bank of Japan on Friday lifted short-term government bond yields to a three-decade high, but did little to curb persistent weakness in the yen.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit breached the RM4 threshold to hit a fresh five-year high as traders assessed strong economic growth and an otherwise upbeat annual outlook.

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Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd. sees the ringgit strengthening further after its run as Asia's top-performing currency last year, its managing director Datuk Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir said. 

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CHINA is accelerating a shift toward a new growth model anchored in tech-driven domestic consumption as geopolitical tensions and technological disruption reshape the global economic landscape, officials, business leaders and economists have said.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's economic outlook moderated in November 2025, with the Leading Index (LI) increasing 0.2 per cent to 113.2 points from 113.0 points in the corresponding period last year, supported by domestic demand.

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SINGAPORE: Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 1.2% in December from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI slipped in morning trading, but remained set to close the week on a slight gain after a volatile week marked by geopolitical turmoil and tariff threats.

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TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei stock average extended its advance and government bond futures turned lower on Friday after the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged, as had been widely expected.

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PERTH: Oil prices rebounded on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed threats against major Middle Eastern producer Iran, raising concerns of military action that could disrupt supplies.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 23 — TikTok announced yesterday it has established a majority American-owned joint venture to oper...

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BEIJING: China is likely to set a 2026 official economic growth target of between 4.5% and 5%, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday, reflecting how even a $1.2 trillion trade surplus cannot shield the world's No.2 economy from slowing global...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Mild profit-taking nudged Bursa Malaysia lower at the open today, following its robust clos...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The ringgit opened near a five-year high against the US dollar today after Bank Negara Mala...

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SINGAPORE: Stocks made tepid gains in early Asian trading on Friday ahead of the Bank of Japan's latest policy meeting, at which it is widely expected to keep rates on hold.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened near a five-year high against the US dollar on Friday after Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)'s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI hovered near weekly highs following the previous day's rally triggered by US President Donald Trump stepping back from the tariff threats on Europe.

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