CRUDE palm oil (CPO) prices are expected to remain high above RM5,000 a tonne at least for the first half of this year driven by festive season demand and tight global edible oil supplies. Malaysian Palm Oil Board DG Datuk Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said the current CPO price, which recently reached a high of […]
Read MoreMALAYSIA recorded RM306.5 billion worth of approved investments in the manufacturing, services and primary sectors in 2021 — the highest amount of approved investments since 2006, according to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA). The total foreign direct investment (FDI) and domestic direct investment (DDI) numbers exceeded expectations with stellar performance in 2021, increasing to […]
Read MoreHOUSTON: Oil prices working at their hottest stage in 14 years are poised to chop post-COVID pandemic gasoline demand as shoppers react to surging pump and energy prices by pulling again on spending and journey, high power executives warned on Monday. Global oil futures hit as a lot as $139 a barrel this week as gasoline, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will allow quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated travellers from April 1, ending almost two years of stringent border controls introduced to contain the Covid-19 outbreak. “Citizens with valid travel documents can enter and leave the country as they did before the pandemic,” Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Tuesday. “Foreigners will […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia attracted a record amount of approved investments of RM306.5bil for the manufacturing, services and primary sectors in 2021, the highest since 2006. In a statement, the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) recorded an 83% jump in approved investment in 2021 from RM167.4bil recorded in 2020. It said the manufacturing sector continued to […]
Read More[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian tech firm DiBiz launched the world’s first online marketplace for sustainable palm oil on Tuesday (Mar 8) to encourage sales of products certified as environmentally compliant as buyers have avoided the more expensive goods. The trading platform, called Trustparent Marketplace, will link palm oil buyers and sellers across the supply chain and […]
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