KUALA LUMPUR: Airlines feel "pretty powerless" at present amid escalating geopolitical tensions and volatile fuel prices, with little visibility on how the unfolding West Asia conflict will affect the aviation industry, said Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

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BEIJING/SINGAPORE: Oil prices jumped on Thursday as Iran stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, raising fears of a prolonged conflict and oil-flow disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has raised its April crude palm oil reference price, a change that lifts the export duty to 9.5%, a circular on the Malaysian Palm Oil Board website showed on Thursday.

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SYDNEY: Shares in Asia fell broadly on Thursday as oil prices roared 9% past $100 a barrel on reports of more ships struck in Gulf waters and terminal shutdowns - a jump that could rapidly stoke inflation and push global borrowing costs higher.

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THE Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is well-positioned to help companies from the Chinese mainland raise funds globally and expand overseas, while deepening cooperation with the mainland in sectors such as healthcare and biotechnology, said a m...

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — The ringgit extended gains against the US dollar and other currencies at today’s op...

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US company objects to use of British entrepreneur’s name in her collaboration with Zara.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should continue its diplomatic engagement while demonstrating transparency in its manufacturing and supply chains, and strengthening trade diversification, an economist said.

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KUALA LUMPUR: MN Holdings Bhd said its wholly-owned subsidiary MN Utilities Engineering Sdn Bhd has secured a RM216mil contract in relation to a project involving the implementation of a consumer substation for a data centre in the southern region of P...

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BRUSSELS, March 12 — The average price of an electric car dropped for the first time since 2020 in Europe last yea...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The latest cybersecurity incidents reported by a few brokers have been contained and all trading and market operations continue as normal, with no evidence of unauthorised trading activity or financial loss, Bursa Malaysia says.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Investors remained on edge as conflicting developments over the war in the Middle East and the global supply of crude oil continued to influence trading sentiment.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) has announced a 5.35 per cent dividend for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2025 (FY2025), its highest payout in eight years.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (MARGMA) and Monash University Malaysia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen talent development, research collaboration, and innovation within Malaysia's rubber...

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KUALA LUMPUR: ACE Market debutant OGX Group Bhd has secured order books worth RM72 million as of Jan 13, 2026, as it accelerates expansion in East Malaysia.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Principal Asset Management Bhd, a joint venture between Principal Financial Group and CIMB Group, received two nods in the Malaysia Country Awards Category of the Asia Asset Management (AAM) Best of the Best Awards 2026.

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Singapore is among the US' trading partners subject to the excess capacity probe. The US said it found that Singapore had excess global capacity in semiconductors despite a trade deficit.

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SINGAPORE: The safe-haven U.S. dollar hovered close to its strongest levels this year on Thursday as climbing oil prices threatened to spur inflation and force central banks globally to adopt more hawkish policy stances.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The United States (US) has initiated investigations into the acts, policies, and practices of 15 economies, including Malaysia and the European Union (EU), under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to structural excess capaci...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) says the country has a degree of structural resilience to external shocks arising from the ongoing US-Iran conflict.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit extended gains against the US dollar and other currencies at Thursday's opening, supported by stabilising oil prices following the International Energy Agency's (IEA) decision to release additional supply into the market, an e...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Investors' fears over disruptions to global oil supply intensified after three vessels were struck by projectiles in the Straits of Hormuz, underlining Iran's threat to attack any vessel that attempted to pass the crucial shipping lane.

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Brent Crude was up 7.2 per cent at US$98.60 per barrel.

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Both main crude contracts jumped more than 7 per cent and back towards US$100 on Thursday,as Iran struck two tankers in Iraq and threatened to bring down the global economy.

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SYDNEY: Shares fell in Asia on Thursday as oil prices jumped on reports that more ships had been struck in the Strait of Hormuz and in Iraqi waters, fuelling inflation and pushing borrowing costs higher worldwide.

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