Airlines go into overdrive to get voters home
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): The country’s two biggest carriers MAS and AirAsia are going into overdrive to ensure more voters are able to get back…
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): The country’s two biggest carriers MAS and AirAsia are going into overdrive to ensure more voters are able to get back…
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Malaysia, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer after Indonesia, set its crude palm oil export tax at 5% for May, after…
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Malaysian stocks closed lower today due to profit-taking after the surge early this week. The benchmark FBM KLCI ended the day 5.15…
SINGAPORE (April 13): Singapore’s competition watchdog on Friday outlined a set of interim measures for ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber Technologies to ensure an open…
SINGAPORE (April 13): United Overseas Bank (UOB), which has built up a regional presence across Southeast Asia and in China, aims to increase the number…
SINGAPORE (April 13): According to cybersecurity solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies, the financial sector currently faces a total of cyber threats from three main…
(April 13): Members of an 11-nation Asia-Pacific trade pact said Friday they opposed any renegotiation of the deal to accommodate the U.S. should it decide…
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Malaysia will be among beneficiaries of the United States successfully rejoining a revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), HSBC Global Research said in…
KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Sime Darby Plantation Bhd has lambasted a major UK supermarket chain’s decision to stop using palm oil, calling it “misguided” and…
The greenback was fairly steady through the N.Y. session on Wednesday, with narrow ranges seen in major pairings. U.S. CPI was on the cool side, which weighed slightly. The dollar perked up after the FOMC minutes later in the session, which were a tad on the hawkish side. EUR-USD bottomed at session lows of 1.2347, […]
OVERVIEW Markets wary of US air strikes against Syria following Trump’s tweets. EUR edging higher in quiet trade. GBP recovers after weaker than expected data. JPY firmer as risk appetite remains mildly negative. RUB slide continues. HIGHLIGHT US consumer price inflation fell for the first time in 10 months in March, but underlying inflation continued […]
The dollar found some bids following an early-morning tweet shower from Trump, which, among other things, said that an attack on Syria had not yet been decided and suggested that he doesn’t have any plans to sack special council Mueller. USD-JPY lifting about 15 pips from pre-tweet shower levels, enough for the pair to post […]