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10/25/2018	BlackRock: a vast money machine splutters FT - October 25 , 2018 But as BlackRock celebrates its third decade, its vast money-gathering machine has begun to splutter, raising awkward questions over its business, the investment industry more broadly and the health of global markets.
10/25/2018	Chinese stocks have their best day in 3 years FT - October 25 , 2018 Chinese stocks had their biggest one-day gain in almost three years on Monday, staging a dramatic rebound after Beijing made a concerted move last week to reassure investors and buoy markets following a steep sell-off.
10/23/2018	Look east for longevity NST - October 23 , 2018 The Japanese can teach us valuable lessons about eating right and living well and long.
10/23/2018	Alibaba arm opens first UK data centres The Edge Markets - October 23 , 2018 The Cloud-computing arm of Chinese retail giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd opened its first data centres in the UK, with two sites operational in London.
10/22/2018	Private investors want certainty for airports investments: ACI NST - October 22 , 2018 Private investors want certainty and incentives before investing in airport development, said senior industry executives.
10/22/2018	Paynet to launch DuitNow money transfer service in December NST - October 22 , 2018 Some 40 local and foreign banks are expected to offer DuitNow, a new electronic payment service from Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd(PayNet).
10/22/2018	Japan government wants lower mobile charges before Rakuten's entry next October Reuters - October 22 , 2018 Japan’s government wants to see greater price competition among the nation’s three dominant mobile phone network providers, before e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc enters the market in October next year with plans for lower smartphone charges.
10/22/2018	Uber to appeal Singapore's competition watchdog decision on Grab deal Reuters - October 22 , 2018 Uber Technologies Inc has decided to appeal a decision by the Singapore competition regulator that its merger with regional rival Grab violated the city-state’s competition laws, the firm said on Monday.
10/22/2018	LNG Canada: China’s import tariff on US LNG could leave projects 'dead in the water' The Sun Daily - October 22 , 2018 LNG Canada challenged competing US liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects today, saying many could end up “dead in the water” as long as China keeps its tariff on imports of the fuel from the US as part of the trade war between the countries.
10/22/2018	FB 'Dark ads' target Brexit NST - October 22 , 2018 PRIME Minister Theresa May has struggled to build support for her plan for Britain’s exit from the European Union. Now, it turns out, some of the opposition has come from an unknown organisation posting advertisements to millions of people on Facebook.
10/21/2018	Minister: For Malaysia, South China Sea is a free zone Malay Mail - October 21 , 2018 Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu said Malaysia would continue to insist on the South China Sea to remain a free zone from any military competition and enhancement.
10/21/2018	All land deals involving DBKL via open tender, says FT minister The Edge Markets - October 21 , 2018 All land deals involving the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be carried out through open tender, said Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad.
10/20/2018	China Issues Draft Plan to Further Cut Household Tax Burden Bloomberg - October 20 , 2018 China released a detailed draft plan for personal income tax cuts on Saturday, as the nation’s economic growth slowed to the weakest pace since the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2009.
10/20/2018	Commentary: Beware the culture warriors of social media Reuters - October 20 , 2018 The dominance of the old media is under threat from the new.
10/12/2018	Chinese investments in the US shrink 92 per cent as deals come under greater scrutiny amid trade war SCMP - October 12 , 2018 Global M&A activity also hits the lowest level for any single third quarter since 2013
10/12/2018	Global debts hit record US$182tril NST - October 12 , 2018 GLOBAL debt levels reached a record US$182 trillion (RM756.17 trillion) last year, having grown 50 per cent in the previous decade, but the picture looks less grim when public assets are taken into account, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
10/11/2018	Stumbling Toward Armageddon The New York Times - October 11 , 2018 Egypt and Syria began a coordinated assault on Israel in a bid to retake the territories lost in the Arab-Israeli War six years earlier. Bolstered by a Soviet airlift, President Richard Nixon forced out his attorney general and deputy attorney general, then fired the special prosecutor Archibald ...
10/9/2018	UN panel urges fast action to avoid climate catastrophe The Straits Times - October 9 , 2018 It says nations must alter the way their people eat, farm, commute and build immediately. Making an unprecedented call to action, the United Nations' climate panel said that to avoid catastrophe, all countries must change the way their people eat, commute, farm and build - and the changes mus...
10/4/2018	Plastic danger in eating fish NST - October 4 , 2018 Disposal of solid waste, in particular materials made from plastic, is seen to be the biggest environmental threat to the world, especially for countries surrounded by oceans, including Malaysia.
10/4/2018	Plastic thrown into oceans causing deaths of aquatic mammals NST - October 4 , 2018 Disposal of plastic-based solid waste into the oceans is causing the death of aquatic animals, particularly turtles and marine mammals, such as whales, dolphins and dugong.
10/4/2018	Shophouse at 21 Boon Tat Street fetches record price in District 1 Business Times - October 4 , 2018 Duck & Hippo group founder James Heng is paying S$4,259 per square foot for the property.
10/4/2018	AI could well devastate the developing world Business Times - October 4 , 2018 Through my work as a scientist, technology executive and venture capitalist in the US and China, I've come to believe that the gravest threat AI poses is to emerging economies.
10/4/2018	StarHub axing 10% of staff amid telco industry woes Business Times - October 4 , 2018 Telco StarHub is sending more than one-tenth of its staff to the chopping block.
10/4/2018	Singapore to embrace greener alternatives to LNG in marine-fuel mix Business Times - October 4 , 2018 MPA will set aside S$5m for R&D into biofuels and other cleaner-burning alternatives.
10/4/2018	Apple guards data privacy even in China, says Tim Cook Business Times - October 4 , 2018 Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Tuesday said the company is devoted to protecting people's privacy, with data encrypted and locked away on servers even in China.
10/3/2018	An Italian Hotelier Mixes Opulence and Wellness The New York Times - October 3 , 2018 Modeled after a 15th-century Apulian village, the resort rolls out over 250 acres just off the Adriatic in the Puglia region (or, in Latin, Apulia). His company, SD Hotels, turns traditional Puglia farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400-year-old olive gro...
10/3/2018	GE Downgrade Hits Company in a Debt Market It Once Ruled Bloomberg - October 3 , 2018 S&P cut the company’s short-term debt ratings to a lower tier. Lower rating may lift funding costs in commercial paper market.
10/2/2018	Tencent Music files for U.S. IPO, first-half revenue surges Reuters - October 2 , 2018 Tencent Music Entertainment, which owns China’s most popular music apps, has filed for a U.S. IPO seeking funds to develop content and new services.
10/2/2018	Manhattan Home Sales Tumble in a Market Clogged With Listings Bloomberg - October 2 , 2018 Deals drop for fourth straight quarter while inventory climbs. Would-be buyers balk at overpaying after years of price jumps.
10/2/2018	Hilton to double hotels in Africa in next five years -CEO Reuters - October 2 , 2018 Hilton Worldwide Holdings plans to more than double its hotels in Africa in the next five years by mainly striking deals with existing hotels for conversion into its brand, its chief executive said.
10/1/2018	Developers agree to reduce prices NST - October 1 , 2018 Local property developers expressed their commitment in offering lower house prices in response to the government’s call to pass the savings from Sales and Services Tax (SST) exemption to consumers, with some going as high as 10 per cent discount.
10/1/2018	China's manufacturers feel pinch as trade war escalates NST - October 1 , 2018 Two gauges of activity in China’s manufacturing sector worsened last month, reflecting the nation’s economic slowdown and the fallout from the trade war with the United States.
10/1/2018	China censors bad economic news NST - October 1 , 2018 CHINA has long made it clear that reporting on politics, civil society and sensitive historical events is forbidden. Increasingly, it wants to keep negative news about the economy under control, too
10/1/2018	The Hot Property That’s Next on Tech’s Agenda: Real Estate The New York Times - October 1 , 2018 Opendoor, a start-up that flips homes, attracted attention in June when it announced it had raised $325 million from a long list of venture capitalists. The financing valued the four-year-old company at more than $2 billion.

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10/25/2018	YTL Gets Behind Plastic Sustainability Efforts YTL Community - October 25 , 2018 Speaking at the Plasticity Forum networking session, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh said "This forum could not be more timely as the plastic crisis has become so alarming where drastic action needs to be taken to curb levels of plastic waste, and also at th...
10/22/2018	The Academy Schools London’s Bloomsbury in Style Robb Report - October 22 , 2018 The 50-room property is the latest to join the growing Bloomsbury Set of seriously luxe hotels.
10/11/2018	Tan Sri Francis Yeoh receives prestigious honour from Japan Kuala Lumpur - October 11 , 2018 YTL Corporation’s executive chairman Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping has been conferred the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Emperor of Japan for his contribution in promoting tourism and strengthening economic relations between Japan and Ma...
10/4/2018	YTL PowerSeraya rolls out integrated brand Straits Times - October 4 , 2018 YTL PowerSeraya (YTLPS) has launched an integrated brand for its business and consumer energy portfolio known as Geneco, ahead of the nationwide rollout of the open electricity market on Nov 1.
10/3/2018	Cash is king but debt matters Focus Malaysia - October 3 , 2018 YTL Power’s 4QFY18 results beat analysts expectations with full year 2018 net profit at RM621 mil. The company’s latest earnings are mostly attributable to its UK unit, Wessex Water’s sterling performance.
10/3/2018	YTL PowerSeraya Announces Launch of Geneco YTL PowerSeraya - October 3 , 2018 YTL PowerSeraya Pte. Limited (YTLPS) today announced the launch of Geneco, the integrated brand for both its business and consumer energy portfolios. The move comes ahead of the impending nationwide rollout of the Energy Market Authority (EMA)’s Open Electricity Market (OEM) beginning Novem...
10/2/2018	Better performance expected for YTL Power unit Wessex Water Affin Hwang Capital - October 2 , 2018 Wessex Water Services Ltd continues to be the main earnings and cash flow generator for YTL Power International Bhd, delivering close to 104% of the group profit before tax (PBT) in financial year 2018 (FY18).
10/2/2018	Twenty-six leaders make it to Asia's Top Sustainability Superwomen 2018 List CSRWorks International - October 2 , 2018 Twenty-six exceptional women leaders from 13 countries have made it to the inaugural Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen List of Honour. YTL Corp's Ruth Yeoh made the list as the Head of Sustainability.
10/1/2018	Construction Leading Lady Award: Dato' Yeoh Soo Keng The Edge - October 1 , 2018 "Initially, my father and brothers discouraged me from pursuing civil engineering as it was a tough profession for a woman. However, I convinced them that I wanted to be like them and that I could do it."
10/1/2018	Building through the generations Focus Malaysia - October 1 , 2018 NEARLY three decades after the debut of Pantai Hillpark in Kuala Lumpur, YTL Land & Development Bhd will return to its flagship mixed development with the launch of Pantai Mid-Levels.
10/1/2018	In Equal Measure Singapore Tatler - October 1 , 2018 As the Singapore Committee for UN Women celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, Hashirin Nurin Hashimi looks at some of the game-changing moments and milestones in its work towards women’s empowerment and gender equality.

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