Bloomberg

Sunday 30 Mar 2025

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Ukraine to seek more US investments in talks over economic deal — BloombergUkraine will ask for changes to a sweeping new economic deal proposed by US President Donald Trump, including a pledge for more US investments, according to a person familiar with the matter.

By Volodymyr Verbianyi / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Highlight

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Myanmar's quake toll passes 1,000 as foreign rescue teams arriveMyanmar’s death toll from Friday’s powerful earthquake passed 1,000, amid extensive damage in the country's second-largest city of Mandalay, as international rescue teams arrived to help search for survivors.

By Khine Lin Kyaw, Pathom Sangwongwanich & Jackie Cai / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Analysis

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Indonesians feeling market gloom ahead of major holidayIndonesia’s market turmoil is adding to the economic worries sapping sentiment among consumers, businesses and retail investors ahead of one of the Southeast Asian country’s biggest holidays.

By Grace Sihombing & Norman Harsono / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

South Korea's ex-president Moon summoned for graft questioning, Yonhap reportsSouth Korean authorities have summoned former president Moon Jae-in for questioning as a part of an investigation into allegations of bribery related to his ex-son-in-law’s appointment at a Thai airline, Yonhap reported, citing an unidentified official at the prosecutors office.

By Sarina Yoo / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Focus

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

US FCC chairman orders DEI investigation into Disney, ABCThe head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered an investigation into Walt Disney Co and its ABC network over their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, broadening his examination of media and telecommunications companies for perceived discriminatory biases.

By Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Aviation

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Airbus wins £150m contract to land European rover on MarsAirbus SE has won a £150 million (US$194 million or RM860.92 million) contract to develop a landing platform that will deliver a UK-built rover onto Mars for a mission to look for signs of life.

By Kate Duffy / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Trade War

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Trump, Carney talk about new deal, plan meeting after Canada’s electionUS President Donald Trump said he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and that the two would meet after Canada’s election, amid an intensifying tariff war between the neighbouring allies and major trading partners.

By Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Trade War

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Trump open to tariff negotiations, will hit drug imports ‘soon’US President Donald Trump said he is open to negotiations that would reduce the tariffs he’s planning to implement on countries next week, but that he does not expect deals ahead of his April 2 announcement.

By Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

M&A

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Musk’s xAI start-up swallows up X social network in surprise dealElon Musk said his xAI artificial intelligence start-up has acquired the X platform, which he also controls, at a valuation of US$33 billion (RM146.36 billion), marking a surprise twist for the social network formerly known as Twitter.

By Kurt Wagner & Katie Roof / Bloomberg

29 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Tech

28 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Apple, Meta face modest fines as EU seeks to avoid US spatApple Inc and Meta Platforms Inc are set to be hit by fines under the European Union’s (EU) Big Tech competition rulebook towards the end of next week, with the iPhone maker facing the added threat of recurring penalties under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).

By Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg

28 Mar 2025, 08:00 am

Making a bold move in Kota Kinabalu

Man of the house

Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers

Young man rescued from Cambodia job scam repatriated to Malaysia

Festive season airfares to Sabah, Sarawak remain low, controlled — Loke

India airlifts field hospital, relief materials to quake-hit Myanmar

Insolvency DG warns of rising trend in self-declared bankruptcy

Earthquake: 50 SMART team members leave for SAR mission to Myanmar

Dewan Rakyat speaker urges all parties to refrain from making racist comments

Zelenskiy says Ukraine expects strong Western response to Russian drone attacks

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