The rise in Johor property prices and the myth that Singapore buyers are responsible
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): We know that about a quarter million Singaporeans visit Johor each week, thanks to newly available data about cross-border traffic. No…
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): We know that about a quarter million Singaporeans visit Johor each week, thanks to newly available data about cross-border traffic. No…
BEIJING (March 20): China will open up its economy further, and its door to the outside will only get wider, with foreign and domestic firms allowed…
CYBERJAYA (March 20): The Sebenarnya.my portal where people can check the accuracy of any information that has been spread will soon be extended into social…
JOHOR BAHRU (March 20): 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) Chief Executive Officer, Arul Kanda Kandasamy, wants the company‘s success to be measured through the realisation of…
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The negotiation on Saudi Aramco’s US$7 billion (US$1 = RM3.91) investment in Petronas’ Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development project (RAPID) in…
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): LBI Capital Bhd’s shares rose as much as 12.3% to hit an intraday high of RM1.19 in early trade. The stock…
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The FBM KLCI rose 8.45 points or 0.5% after investors bought Malaysian blue chips including Public Bank Bhd and MISC Bhd…
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The government “will not take the risk” to bring toll concessionaires to court if they demand compensation for loss of future…
HONG KONG (March 20): China’s Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd said annual core profit doubled to a record on robust domestic sales and was hopeful…
Both the dollar and yen have traded firmly against most other currencies in early-week trading so far. EUR-USD has ebbed to a 17-day low at 1.2258, and EUR-JPY a two-week low, of 129.61, as a consequence. The biggest movers out of the main currencies have been AUD-JPY, NZD-JPY and CAD-JPY, which are down between 0.3% […]
EUR-USD wound back intraday losses that were seen in pre-Europe trading in Asia rising to the 1.2280-90 area. EUR-JPY, EUR-CHF and other euro crosses are also up, with the notable exception of EUR-GBP, which has descended further into three-month low terrain on pound outperformance, which has been bid on the expectation of positive news on […]
KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd’s net profit rose 23.5% to a record RM51.88 million in the fourth quarter ended Jan 31, 2018 (4QFY18)…