Facebook deal sends message to WhatsApp’s Asia rivals
HONG KONG: Facebook’s stunning US$19 billion deal for messaging service WhatsApp places the social network in an arena where competition…
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Emerging countries urged to study Malaysia’s capital market
KUALA LUMPUR: Emerging countries have been urged to study Malaysia’s capital market fundamentals to build resilience in their own. International…
Upcoming result season to be stronger for planters — except Sarawak
KUCHING: The upcoming results season will be the strongest of recent quarters on higher crude palm oil (CPO), higher palm…
India’s private airlines want AirAsia’s entry blocked
NEW DELHI: AirAsia India seems to continuously face ‘roadblocks’ in taking to the skies with the latest being calls from…
Govt to continue educating consumers to be prudent
KUALA LUMPUR: Although the impact of consumer education is not immediate, the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism will…
Malaysian bonds head for weekly gain as country’s budget deficit narrows
MALAYSIA’S five-year bonds headed for a third weekly gain, the longest winning streak since September, after the nation’s fiscal deficit…
RBS to shrink investment banking with 30,000 cuts
ROYAL Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS) is planning to shut riskier investment-banking businesses and largely exit US and Asian…
‘Work closer to expand trade value’
PHNOM PENH: Small and medium enterprises entrepreneurs in Malaysia and Cambodia are encouraged to work closer to expand trade value…