LONDON: British inflation slowed last month for the first time since May, official figures showed on Wednesday, offering some relief to the government before next week's annual budget and boosting the chance of a December rate cut by the Bank of Englan...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) registered positive earnings growth in the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2025, supported by net-fund based income and non-interest income (NoII) growth.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia continued its downtrend, ending the morning session lower in line with regional sell-offs amid weaker Wall Street performance overnight.

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KUALA LUMPUR: PETRONAS Chemicals Group Bhd (PetChem) narrowed its net losses in the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2025 (3QFY25), with overall earnings improvement delivered by stronger operational performance, continued cost discipline and lower foreign...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.3% in October from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The rise was less than the median forecast of a 1.5% increase in a Reuters poll of economists.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's inflation eased to 1.3 per cent in October 2025, down from 1.5 per cent in September 2025, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Shopee has partnered with City-Link Express, GDEX, Pos Malaysia, and SPX Express through a...

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TOKYO, Nov 21 — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet approved a major stimulus package today, ai...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Electrical engineering service provider HE Group Bhd aims to improve the group's financial performance next year, driven by rising demand for data centres in Malaysia and optimism after its transfer to Bursa Malaysia's Main Market today.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 21 — US employment growth accelerated in September, but the labour market remained sluggish and fa...

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The downturn comes a day after a region-wide rally fuelled by an earnings report from AI bellwether Nvidia.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark index extended losses in early Friday trade, following Wal...

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WASHINGTON, Nov 21 — The US Justice Department has charged four people in a scheme to illegally export Nvidia AI c...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Asian markets started sharply lower as equities prices tracked Wall Street's steep decline that saw the Nasdaq falling more than 2% in a tech sell-off.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The Consumer Credit Bill 2025, which provides broader consumer protection by regulating exc...

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SYDNEY, Nov 21 — Asian shares extended a global rout today as the much anticipated US jobs data failed to provide...

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KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened firmer against the US dollar on Friday despite stronger US labour market data that continued to support the greenback.

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TOKYO: Japan sees currency intervention as a possibility in dealing with excessively volatile and speculative moves in the yen, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday, in the strongest warning to date against recent falls in the currency.

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SYDNEY: Asian shares extended a global rout on Friday as the much anticipated U.S. jobs data failed to provide clarity on interest rates, with investors returning to dumping riskier assets even after Nvidia's earnings dazzled.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The ringgit opened firmer against the US dollar on Friday despite stronger US labour market...

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Enterprise Singapore also narrowed the 2025 forecast to around 2.5 per cent from an earlier projection of between 1 to 3 per cent.

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

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SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday upgraded its economic outlook for 2025 as third-quarter gross domestic product growth beat market expectations and initial estimates.

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A PLANNED planned $20 billion bailout for Argentina from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup has been shelved as bankers pivot instead to a smaller, short-term loan package, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources.

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Singapore's economy grew 4.2 per cent in the third quarter, higher than the 2.9 per cent advance estimate.

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