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NEW YORK (Feb 12): The Nasdaq and S&P 500 eked out modest gains on Thursday with investors betting on more fiscal stimulus, but US President Joe…

(Feb 12): In early trading on Friday global markets were holding steady or slipping a bit as investors looked over mixed data and watched for…

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Feb 12): US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Few people will be sorry to see the end of the difficult Metal Rat year, which will be most remembered for…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should lead in the innovation and development of local products using indigenous technologies. In an email…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) will be the first person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine when the national vaccination…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Registration for Covid-19 vaccination to members of the public is expected to kick off in March and this will be on…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): A total of 3,318 new Covid-19 daily cases were reported in the country in the past 24 hours, taking the total…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Several localities in Batu Gajah, Perak and Besut, Terengganu will be placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) for 14…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): The Covid-19 pandemic has posed a huge challenge to the government and people, but Malaysia has the capacity to rise again,…

After touching two-week lows of 90.25 overnight, the DXY recovered to 90.48 ahead of the open, before settling into a narrow range through much of the session. A cooler U.S. January CPI outcome weighed on the USD broadly, though following four days of selling, the urgency to ditch the Dollar calmed. The double-edged sword of […]

Narrow ranges have been prevailing in overall languid trading conditions. Japanese, South Korean and Chinese markets were closed today, with the latter commencing the week-long lunar new year holiday. Singapore will be off tomorrow, and the lunar new year holiday will start tomorrow in Hong Kong. Despite these absentees, global stock markets have remained buoyant, […]

Narrow ranges have been prevailing in overall languid trading conditions. Japanese, South Korean and Chinese markets were closed today, with the latter commencing the week-long lunar new year holiday. Singapore will be off tomorrow, and the lunar new year holiday will start tomorrow in Hong Kong. Despite these absentees, global stock markets have remained buoyant, […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The High Court here will decide on March 11 whether or not to hear the full merits of a challenge filed…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Malaysia Airlines Bhd, which is in the midst of negotiating with its creditors including aircraft lessors to restructure its whopping debts,…

NOW, where shall we begin? “GameStop” was on the lips of almost everyone in the investing fraternity last week. Shares of GameStop Corp have jumped more than…

IPOH (Feb 11): Police will conduct thorough checks and vetting before approving permits for inter-district and interstate travel under the movement control order (MCO), ahead of…

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) has officially joined Perikatan Nasional (PN). Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also the PN…