After a ban on sea sand exports, Malaysia’s Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister now says the government’s decision was not made to impinge on Singapore’s land reclamation efforts as global news reports have suggested. In a report by The Star on Thursday (July 4), Dr Xavier Jayakumar noted that Singapore “can always buy sand from […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Datuk Pahamin Ab Rajab and his five partners who are keen to take over Malaysia Airlines Bhd have given their assurance that there will be no job cuts should their plan to turn the ailing airline around be accepted by the government. The offer through their vehicle, Najah Air Sdn Bhd, has proof […]
Read More[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s exports rose in May amid a surge in palm oil shipments, though the pace of growth was slower than expected, government data showed on Thursday. Exports grew 2.5 per cent in May from a year earlier, below the 3.6 per cent expansion forecast by economists in a Reuters poll. In April, exports […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform, Funding Societies Malaysia is cooperating with Lazada Malaysia to offer short-term and e-commerce financing, specifically for traders on Lazada e-commerce platform. In a joint statement, they said P2P platform is an alternative option for financing which has been gaining tremendous interest over the years. The platform, it explained, has […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened flat on Thursday against the US dollar amid market concern on global economic growth as well as the fragile truce on US-Sino trade war, a dealer said. At 9 am, the ringgit stood at 4.1350/1380 against the greenback from Wednesday’s close of 4.1350/1380. Vanguard Markets managing partner Stephen Innes explained […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Nestle (M) Bhd says most of its products will not be hit by the sugar tax imposed by the government effective July 1. “Basically this little impact (of the sugar tax) that we have, we will find a way to absorb it. We will find a way to defend the price of our products so […]
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