KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI rallied to its intraday high on Thursday, outperforming regional peers on improved investor appetite.

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IPOH: Upscale supermarket Cold Storage has returned to Perak with the official opening of its new outlet at Sentra Mall Ipoh today, marking a renewed commitment to strengthening its presence within local communities.

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SINGAPORE: Oil prices eased on Thursday as investors shifted focus back to Russia-Ukraine peace talks and monitored potential fallout from a U.S. seizure of a sanctioned tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The complex money laundering investigations related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) are a significant achievement and demonstrate enhanced coordination between various law enforcement agencies (LEAs), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the F...

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ASIAN equities witnessed their largest monthly foreign outflows in nearly six years in November, driven by a selloff in high-flying technology stocks as concerns over stretched valuations prompted investors to cut exposure.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Ambest Group Bhd, an engineering support services provider specialising in precision machining, has signed an underwriting agreement with Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd for its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market of Bursa...

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EMERGING Asian equity markets traded mixed on Thursday, while currencies held steady as market participants digested less-hawkish-than-feared comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after a widely expected interest rate cut.

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SINGAPORE: Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Thursday and bitcoin fell back below the $90,000 threshold in a renewed signal of market jitters as fresh concerns about artificial intelligence profits weighed on technology stocks.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's natural rubber (NR) production rose 11.4 per cent to 29,673 tonnes in October 2025 from 26,647 tonnes in September, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said on Thursday.

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CHINA's consumer inflation accelerated to its highest level in nearly two years in November, official data showed on Wednesday, reinforcing signs of a gradual recovery in domestic demand as policy support continued to filter through the broader economy.

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CHINESE telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp may pay more than $1 billion to the U.S. government to resolve years-old allegations of foreign bribery, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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SINGAPORE: The dollar fell out of favour on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered a less hawkish outlook than some had anticipated, giving investors confidence to short the currency as they bet on two more rate cuts next year.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Analysts have expected Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to maintain the benchmark rate at 2.75 per cent in 2026 despite the United States central bank's latest rate cut.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI climbed at midday as investors digested the US Federal Reserve's rate cut and firmer regional signals.

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MEXICO CITY, Dec 11 — Mexican lawmakers yesterdaybacked a measure to raise tariffs on goods from China and o...

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HONG KONG: Shares of Jingdong Industrials Inc, a unit of Chinese online retailer JD.com, opened down 7.8% in their Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, after the company raised HK$2.98 billion ($383.08 million) in a listing.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Wasco Greenergy Bhd is positioning itself as a niche integrated bioenergy solutions provider amid rising demand for decarbonisation technologies across the region.

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SAN FRANCISCO: Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, the company confirmed on Wednesday, a move that could help prevent its artificial intelligence chips from being smuggled into...

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SYDNEY: Australian employment fell in November by the most in nine months, while annual jobs growth slowed sharply from earlier this year, a sign the labour market is cooling and could ease pressure for a near-term rate hike.

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Resident unemployment fell for younger workers below 30, but inched up among workers in their 40s and 50s.

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong's de-facto central bank lowered on Thursday its base interest rate charged via the overnight discount window by 25 basis points to 4.0%, tracking a cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Gamuda Bhd fell in early trade Thursday after earnings came in below expectations, but Maybank Investment Bank Research recommended buying the stock on weakness.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher on today, buoyed by regional market optimism and Wall Street&r...

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PETALING JAYA: Proton Holdings Bhd recorded strong November sales of 13,451 units (domestic and export), driven by heightened public attention following the recent launches of the Proton e.MAS 5 and the all-new Proton Saga.

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PETALING JAYA: Apex Securities has maintained its "buy" call on Cheeding Holdings Bhd following the group's announcement yesterday that it secured a RM13.5mil contract from Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) for works at the PMU 132/11kV Genting Sempah substati...

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