KUALA LUMPUR: British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd said Datuk Sri Mohd Nizom Sairi has been redesignated as chairman of the board from Jan 1, 2026.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's headline inflation edged up slightly to 1.4 per cent in November 2025 from 1.3 per cent in the previous month, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

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Timbre Group did not explain why it was cutting short its tenancy at One Punggol, said hawkers who met the operator on Monday.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Signature Alliance Group Bhd (SAG) said it is "entering 2026 with a positive outlook," supported by an unbilled order book of RM297.4 million from 83 ongoing projects that provide it revenue visibility for the next 12 to 24 months

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KUALA LUMPUR: Innoprise Plantations Bhd has appointed Datuk Kelvin Tan Aik Pen as the group's managing director effective Jan 1, 2026.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's official reserve assets amounted to US$124.12 billion (US$1=RM4.04) as at Nov 30, 2025, while other foreign currency assets stood at US$266.2 million, according to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

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TOKYO, Dec 31 — Japanese tech investor SoftBank said Wednesday that its stake in OpenAI is now around 11 per cent...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Smelting Corp Bhd (MSC) has appointed Nicolas Chen Seong Lee and Lam Hoi Khong as co-group CEOs, effective Jan 1, 2026.

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WASHINGTON, Dec 31 — Iowa farmer Aaron Lehman was already paying a hefty price for health insurance, but his premi...

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SINGAPORE: Asian stocks drifted on the last trading day of a year that has seen investors brush off much of the tariff-related uncertainty and embrace AI chip stocks, while the dollar's dismal year has left the euro and sterling standing tall.

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BEIJING: China's factory activity returned to marginal expansion in December, as stronger production and domestic demand offset a decline in foreign orders, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday.

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SINGAPORE: Oil prices slipped more than 10% in 2025, with Brent heading for its longest stretch of annual losses ever, as supply outpaced demand in a year marked by wars, higher tariffs ‌and OPEC+ output and sanctions on Russia, Iran and Venezuela.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 — The ringgit extended its rally, opening slightly higher against the US dollar on Wednesday...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The domestic market is expected to move sideways as investors vacate their desks for the year-end in the absence of fresh catalysts to shore up buying interest.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit extended its rally, opening slightly higher against the US dollar on Wednesday as the greenback weakened after the release of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes overnight.

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

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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed fractionally lower in choppy trading on Tuesday, as gains in communication services stocks were offset by declines in technology and financial stocks, with financials also weighing on the Dow.

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NEW DELHI, Dec 31 — When India overtook China as the world’s largest producer of rice this year, the country...

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MELBOURNE, Dec 31— In the hinterlands of Australia’s historic goldfields, Vicki Plumridge jumps for jo...

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The sheer pace of quantumactivity from tech firms in 2025 would have been unthinkable even five years ago, says Catherine Thorbecke for Bloomberg Opinion.

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TT Vision Holdings Bhd (TTVHB) has secured several purchase orders for its solar cell inspection equipment from one of its major customers, totalling RM7.11mil.

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Insas Bhd has ceased to be a a substantial shareholder of Omesti Bhd following the disposal of 112.35 million ordinary Omesti shares on Dec 29.

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Prices of gold and other precious metals rebounded from a sharp sell-off in the previous session yesterday as focus returned to persistent global risks that have propelled bullion to its ‌strongest annual performance in more than four decades.

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The Kuala Lumpur rubber market closed higher yesterday, supported by steady crude oil prices and mixed trends in regional rubber futures, according to a dealer.

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Bursa Malaysia's barometer index ended firmer yesterday, reversing losses earlier in the day to close 0.21% higher �" a new high this year �" driven by late buying activity amid signs of year-end window dressing.

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