BEIJING: China's new five-year policy blueprint laid out its ambitions to aggressively adopt artificial intelligence throughout the world's second-biggest economy and dominate emerging technologies such as quantum computing and humanoid robots.

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TPG Inc. is considering options for Asia OneHealthcare Sdn., including a sale or initial public offering, amid increasing deal activity for private equity-owned assets, according to people familiar with the matter.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia has kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 2.75%, as widely expected.

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SEOUL, March 5 — South Korea’s president ordered the activation of a US$68 billion (RM268 billion) market st...

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TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Oil prices surged more than 3% on Thursday, extending a rally as the escalating U.S.-Israeli war with Iran raised fears of prolonged disruptions to vital Middle East oil and gas supplies.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Sunview Bhd said its wholly-owned subsidiary Fabulous Sunview Sdn Bhd has secured a contract from Malakoff Evergreen Sdn Bhd for the proposed development of a solar photovoltaic power plant at Sungai Likau in Bintulu, Sarawak, valued at f...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia joined a rebound in global stock markets as traders were spurred to pick up bargains amid improved sentiment over the Middle East conflict.

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SEOUL, March 5 — South Korea’s chip industry is concerned that a prolonged Iranian crisis will disrupt suppl...

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China tells oil refiners to suspend exports: Bloomberg reportBEIJING, March 5 — China has told its largest oil ref...

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BEIJING, March 5 — China set the country’s lowest annual growth target in decades on Thursday at its yearly...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Penang Port Comission will explore a collaboration with Huawei Technologies to jointly advance the digital transformation of Penang Port.

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher on Thursday, tracking positive overnight Wall Street performa...

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WASHINGTON, March 5 — A US trade court judge on Wednesday ordered the government to begin paying potentially billi...

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HONG KONG, March 5 — China and Hong Kong stocks rose in early trade on Thursday after Beijing slightly tempered it...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The latest developments in the Middle East offered some relief to investors, who are expected to tread lightly amid the heightened uncertainty.

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South Korean sharessoared as much as 12 per cent at the open to swiftly erase almost all of their worst-ever daily slump a day earlier.

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — The ringgit opened marginally higher against the US dollar on Thursday as traders shifted...

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TOKYO, March 5 — Oil prices rose nearly two per cent in early Asian trade on Thursday off the back of persistent w...

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

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US stocks closed up on Wednesday, after a news report that Iran had signalled openness to talks and a pledge by President Donald Trump to steady oil markets calmed investor anxiety about the Mideast clash.

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SHANGHAI, March 5 — In a Shanghai shopping centre, customers browsed racks of used winter coats, US$2 (RM7.90) tro...

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"It's my strong belief that the tariff rates will be back to their old rate within five months," said US Treasury chief Scott Bessent.

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Jati Tinggi Group Bhd has secured a contract from Tenaga Nasional Bhd or TNB to perform contract works for 275kV of bulk supply to a data centre (DC) in Pasir Gudang, Johor, worth RM79.86mil.

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Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to keep the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 2.75% when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets today, according to Standard Chartered Bank.

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Thailand's largest conglomerate, the Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group), is buying a Malaysian premium supermarket operator for RM1.7bil �" six years after it bought Tesco Plc and renamed it Lotus's.

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