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Franchise sales to increase to RM23bil by 2025
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s franchise industry is expected to see its sales value increase to RM22.66bil by 2025 from RM14.65bil in 2020, says Prime Minister...
Bank Negara raises OPR by 25bps to 2.5%, as expected
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised its overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points (bps) to 2.5% on...
Bursa Malaysia snaps losing streak, ringgit weakens to 4.5028
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia finished higher on Wednesday in the absence of market-moving factors. While the ringgit weakened to a 24-year low against the...
Better Internet connectivity for Sarawak with a new submarine cable to...
KUCHING: Sarawak can look forward to better Internet connectivity following the launch of a new submarine cable to Singapore via Batam and a Tier...
Oil prices ease on symbolic OPEC+ output cut
SINGAPORE: OPEC and allied oil-producing countries, including Russia, made a small trim in their supplies to the global economy. Underlining their unhappiness as recession...
SK Hynix to invest US$11bil in new South Korea chip plant
SEOUL: SK Hynix Inc, the world's second-largest memory chip maker, said it will invest 15 trillion won ($10.9 billion) over the next five years...
Malaysia end-August palm oil stocks hit 2 million tonnes for first...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's palm oil inventories in end-August likely swelled above 2 million tonnes for the first time in more than two years lifted...
Maybank to facilitate the trading of shariah-compliant securities on Bursa under...
KUALA LUMPUR: Under the Islamic Securities Selling and Buying — Negotiated Transaction (ISSBNT) framework Bursa Malaysia has added Maybank Investment Bank Bhd(Maybank IB) as...
Indonesia hikes fuel prices by 30%, cuts energy subsidies
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Fuel prices increased by about 30% across Indonesia on Saturday. After the government reduced some of the costly subsidies that have kept...
EcoWorld in end-financing tie-up with Public Bank
PETALING JAYA: Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Public Bank Bhd to offer a special end-financing...
