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AmFIRST REIT's Mydin store buy to contribute DPU of 0.34 sen per year

AirAsia’s impending pullout from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (Subang Airport) has dealt an early blow to efforts to turn the Subang hub into a premium city airport. The carrier’s decision, just eight months after it started flying out of the airport, has given rise to questions about whether the government’s move to allow the return of single-aisle jet services out of Subang last year was a wise one.

Frankly Speaking: AirAsia’s pullout raises questions on Subang Airport’s expansion

In the world of high finance, there are sophisticated investors who cannot accept failure. Instead, they tend to invest more money, in a strategy known as “averaging down”. It effectively means putting more money into the investment with the view of keeping it afloat, and waiting in the hope that...

Alternative Views: Sapura Energy: A case of throwing good money after bad

Malindo Airways Sdn Bhd (Batik Air) has updated its power bank policy, effective immediately, allowing passengers to carry a maximum of two power banks, which must be kept on their person at all times and must not be placed in carry-on baggage.

Batik Air updates power bank policy with new carrying restrictions, effective immediately

Datuk Farhash Wafa Salvador, former political secretary to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has withdrawn his injunction application ahead of his defamation suit against former Umno information chief Isham Jalil.

PM’s ex-aide Farhash Wafa withdraws injunction application against former Umno chief Isham Jalil in defamation case

The sharp rise in transactions under the ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) scheme, which surged to RM7.1 billion in the second half of 2024, has surprised many.

Even more surprising is the fact that the most active BNPL users are individuals aged 21 to 45, earning less than RM5,000 per month.

'Buy Now, Pay Later' scheme helpful if used wisely but could be debt trap

Thailand’s steelmakers are asking their government for more protection as President Donald Trump’s import tariffs stir global fears about a glut of metal looking for other markets.

Steel’s tariff wars put Thai industry in ‘critical situation’

Chinese data centre operator GDS Holdings Ltd is seeking a US$3.4 billion (RM15.12 billion)-equivalent loan for its data centre operations in Malaysia, people familiar with the matter said.

GDS seeks record US$3.4 bil loan for data centre ops in Malaysia — Bloomberg

RHB Investment Bank (RHB IB) expects Malaysia's planned revision of private general practitioner (GP) consultation fees to have no financial impact on hospitals, as their fees are governed by separate regulations.

Private GP consultation fee revision to have no impact on hospitals, minimal effect on insurers — RHB IB

DAP now chooses to express its stance "strategically" on contentious issues rather than voicing them publicly after becoming part of the ruling coalition, said its secretary-general Anthony Loke.

DAP now strategic on contentious issues, Loke says was ready to step down to allow conscience vote

Malaysiakini journalist B Nantha Kumar was charged at the Shah Alam Court last Friday with accepting a RM20,000 bribe from Pakistani Muhammad Zahid as inducement to remove and also not to upload further articles on migrant worker syndicates on the Malaysiakini news portal.

Frankly Speaking: Don’t miss the big fish

Li Shufu, the billionaire behind one of the world’s largest automobile empires, has been doing some soul-searching.

Geely billionaire goes on a cost-cutting spree to catch rivals

Asia’s top performing currency last year is set for a bout of weakness as traders brace for a higher risk of an interest rate-cut amid trade tensions.

Ringgit bears emerge as traders weigh a rate cut in Malaysia

Oil prices surged on Monday, US stock futures slid while those in Asia charged higher as investors took stock of the contrasting fortunes between the US and the rest of the world.

Oil prices jump; optimism over China's consumption stimulus boosts Asia shares

An ambitious campaign to revive Thailand’s battered stock market is falling flat, as entrenched pessimism about the economy accelerates a foreign funds exodus.

World’s biggest stock rout deepens as Thai market rescue falters

Valuations of Malaysian stocks have turned more attractive following recent selldown though upside may be capped amid external uncertainties, Apex Securities said on Monday.

Apex Securities says KLCI valuation is now attractive, but sees little upside amid external risks

Chinese data centre operator GDS Holdings Ltd is seeking a US$3.4 billion (RM15.12 billion)-equivalent loan for its data centre operations in Malaysia, people familiar with the matter said.

PARIS (March 16): The stationing of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, as proposed by Britain and France as part of a ceasefire agreement with Russia, is a question for Kyiv to decide and not Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview.

Not for Russia to decide on peacekeepers in Ukraine, Macron says

An anxious sense of wait-and-see may emerge from central banks in the coming week, in their first collective assessment of how President Donald Trump’s trade policies are impacting the world economy.

Trump’s trade salvos test nerves of central bankers

Penang-based biomass material manufacturer HHRG Bhd on Monday announced that its new shareholder, Digital Trustees Bhd, has called for an extraordinary general meeting to remove its board of directors and replace them with three new directors.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the company said it received a written requisition from Digital Trustees to call for the meeting to vote on the removal of all the company’s directors, including its executive chairman Datuk Paduka Ammar Datuk Shaik Mahmood Naim.

HHRG’s new shareholder calls for EGM to remove board

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged the Economy Ministry to prioritise 10 key projects in Negeri Sembilan, particularly those related to flood mitigation.

Anwar urges focus on key projects in Negeri Sembilan, including Tuanku Jaafar Hospital 2

KUALA LUMPUR, (March 16): PKR information chief Datuk Fahmi Fadzil announced his candidacy on Sunday for the party’s vice-president post in the party elections in May. &nbsp;

Fahmi to contest PKR vice-president post

SINGAPORE (March 16): Singapore has established a taskforce to help Singaporeans and local businesses seize opportunities and reap the benefits of the upcoming Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link.

Singapore sets up taskforce to seize opportunities from RTS Link

ATLANTA/BENGALURU (March 16): Tornadoes killed at least 33 people across several states in the US&nbsp;Midwest and Southeast on Saturday (March 15) night, CNN reported.

Tornadoes strike US South, killing 33 people amid rising risk, CNN says

China will take steps to revive consumption by boosting people’s incomes, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, as part of a plan that adds to recent pledges by the government to support demand in an economy threatened by Donald Trump’s tariffs.

China maps out plan to raise incomes and boost consumption

DAP now chooses to express its stance "strategically" on contentious issues rather than voicing them publicly after becoming part of the ruling coalition, said its secretary-general Anthony Loke.

RHB Investment Bank (RHB IB) expects Malaysia's planned revision of private general practitioner (GP) consultation fees to have no financial impact on hospitals, as their fees are governed by separate regulations.

The UK is set to begin trade talks with the Philippines after the Asian nation agreed to lift an import ban on British beef and poultry products.

UK poised for trade talks with Philippines after beef ban lifted

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): A civil servant was arrested in Ops Outlander, an operation targeting a syndicate involved in late birth registration, on suspicion of accepting bribes ranging from RM10,000 to RM15,000 for each birth certificate issued.

Ops Outlander: Civil servant held for receiving bribes of up to RM15,000 for birth certificates

KUCHING (March 16): The interpretation of the law, including the quota of parliamentary seats in Sabah and Sarawak and the continental shelf, is expected to be finalised at the Malaysia Agreement 1963 Implementation Action Council &nbsp;(MTPMA63) this May.

MA63: Interpretation of parliamentary seat quota, continental shelf to be finalised in May — Fadillah

3R issues: Police to submit investigation paper to AGC on Monday&nbsp;