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BENGALURU (April 30): McDonald’s Corp on Thursday smashed Wall Street estimates for comparable sales and returned to pre-pandemic levels of growth as more consumers, flush…

SINGAPORE (April 30): Oil prices slipped on Friday, taking a breather after touching their highest in six weeks as economic recovery and bullish summer fuel demand outlook…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Share prices of Ancom Bhd and 50.27%-owned associate Nylex (Malaysia) Bhd fell in morning trade on Bursa Malaysia today after Ancom announced…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Bursa Malaysia opened higher but retreated thereafter, as earlier gains were snapped by mild profit-taking in plantation and technology counters amid…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ), which owns about 24% of AMMB Holdings Bhd (AmBank), said today its first-half cash…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Individuals aged between 20 and 29 showed the highest Covid-19 cases incidence rate in the country per 100,000 population so far this…

Finally the dollar has found its feet, with the narrow trade-weighted DXY index posting two consecutive day of higher highs for the first time since late March. The index printed its loftiest level on the week so far at 91.13, extending the modest rebound from Monday’s eight-week low at 90.68. This has been concomitant with […]

The dollar has posted two consecutive days of higher highs for the first time since late March by the measure of the narrow trade-weighted DXY index. The greenback printed its loftiest level on the week so far at 91.13, extending the modest rebound from Monday’s eight-week low at 90.68. This has been concomitant with longer-dated […]

The Dollar eased some in NY. on Wednesday, though trade was on the light side ahead of the 14:00 ET FOMC announcement. The DXY slipped to near recent lows, bottoming at 90.80 from early highs of 91.08. Wall Street was mixed ahead of the Fed, while yields firmed up marginally. The Dollar ticked briefly higher […]

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): The government will not include the AstraZeneca vaccine under the National Covid-19 immunisation programme, said coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Speaking at a…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): As Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) chief executive Datuk Seri Amrin Awaluddin looks set to join Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) as…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): The FBM KLCI finished 0.11% or 1.82 points higher today at 1,608.5, in line with the gains seen among other regional…

SINGAPORE (April 28): Singapore’s Grab more than doubled its valuation to US$40 billion in about a year as part of the world’s largest SPAC deal,…

(This story has been amended for accuracy) KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases jumped to 3,142 today — the highest in two months  — bringing…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Malaysia’s exports grew 31% to RM104.95 billion in March from a year earlier, the largest year-on-year expansion in nearly four years,…

EVENING 5: AstraZeneca only for volunteers Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today. 1. The government decides that…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Based on corporate announcements and news flow today, companies that in focus on Friday (April 30) may include:  Lotte Chemical Titan…

Lembaga Tabung Haji announced the appointment of Datuk Seri Amrin Awaluddin as its group managing director and chief executive officer. KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Former chief…