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7/31/2018 |
Adopt 'No Malaysian left behind' approach in development, govt urged
FMT - July 31 , 2018 The government has been urged to host public town hall meetings, and not closed-door discussions, in preparing for the tabling of the mid term review of the 11th Malaysian Plan in Parliament in Oct 2018. |
7/31/2018 |
Record £5.2bn paid in death tax as net widens
Daily Express - July 31 , 2018 Grieving families paid a record high inheritance tax bill of £5.2billion in the past tax year, official figures revealed yesterday. |
7/30/2018 |
Office lobbies get the co-working makeover
FT - July 30 , 2018 No longer a statement of status, corporate reception areas are abuzz. |
7/30/2018 |
Israel Doesn't Want to Be My State
The New York Times - July 30 , 2018 The law asks progressive Israelis — both Jewish and Palestinian — to suspend our fantasies of equal rights and a future in which all the country’s citizens, regardless of religion, race or gender, have a sense of belonging. |
7/30/2018 |
An Influential French Director Is Accused of Sexual Abuse. The Reaction Has Been Muted.
The New York Times - July 30 , 2018 French filmmaker Luc Besson, 59, is the first prominent film figure in France to face accusations in the #MeToo era. |
7/29/2018 |
11 and Married: Malaysia Spars Over an Age-Old Practice
The New York Times - July 29 , 2018 Ayu’s marriage to Che Abdul Karim Che Abdul Hamid, a 41-year-old rubber trader with a prominent role at his mosque and a fleet of fancy cars, has reignited debate in Malaysia about the persistence of conservative Islamic traditions in this modern, multiethnic democracy. |
7/29/2018 |
Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You
The New York Times - July 29 , 2018 Now the race is on to become the go-to destination for cryptocurrency companies that are looking for shelter from regulatory uncertainty in the United States and Asia. |
7/28/2018 |
'Trillion Bun' selling like hot cakes
The Star - July 28 , 2018 A bakery in Bandar Baru Klang, Selangor, has shown that there’s “dough” in the bun. |
7/25/2018 |
Buoyant LVMH warns of trade war impact on luxury sector
FT - July 25 , 2018 LVMH surged to a record half year even as the world’s biggest luxury group warned about the potential impact of a global trade war on consumer sentiment. |
7/24/2018 |
4 ways to contain Trump and prevent global wreckage after Helsinki and NATO summits
USA Today - July 24 , 2018 Helsinki was a clarifying moment. Congress and the world need a Trump containment strategy, or we'll be living with the global wreckage for generations. |
7/24/2018 |
Spotify’s India launch hits music label resistance
FT - July 24 , 2018 Daniel Ek and Wall Street analysts often use a baseball analogy to describe Spotify’s future. The company, which Mr Ek founded in 2006, is still in the “early innings” of a global move from CDs to music streaming, they say, pointing to the billions of smartphone owners across th... |
7/24/2018 |
Heavy industry turns to renewables in drive to go green
FT - July 24 , 2018 In the forests of central Sweden, construction is about to begin on a giant wind farm with a single purpose: to supply power to the aluminium smelters of Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s biggest producers, for the next 29 years. |
7/24/2018 |
Wealthy Saudis sit on cash as purge casts shadow over investment
FT - July 24 , 2018 Wealthy Saudi merchant families are holding back from investing in the kingdom as nervousness triggered by Riyadh’s anti-corruption purge exacerbates a fragile business climate. |
7/20/2018 |
TMJ: I think M'sia should continue with HSR
The Star - July 20 , 2018 The Crown Prince of Johor has weighed in on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Rail (HSR), stating that Malaysia should not withdraw from the project. |
7/19/2018 |
Alibaba Spends $2.2B, Looks To Connect With Shoppers In Elevators, Too
Forbes - July 19 , 2018 China’s Alibaba Group has become one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies by promoting online shopping via computer and mobile phone screens. Now, it wants to connect with you through outdoor marketing screens and elevator ads, too. |
7/19/2018 |
Taxi-Hailing Apps Take Root in Japan as SoftBank, Didi Join Fray
Bloomberg - July 19 , 2018 Using an app to order up a car ride isn’t common in Japan, even though ride-hailing has spread across the globe. |
7/18/2018 |
In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home
Channel News Asia - July 18 , 2018 The robot takes advantage of Chinese consumers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping. |
7/18/2018 |
Buffett's Berkshire gains as company lifts cap on stock buybacks
Business Times - July 18 , 2018 The firm's board announced late Tuesday that it's removing a cap on stock buybacks, giving the Berkshire chairman and chief executive officer greater leeway to parcel out profits, rather than hunt for more acquisitions. |
7/17/2018 |
China's stalled investments to top agenda when Malaysian envoy visits Beijing, observers say
SCMP - July 17 , 2018 Close aide to recently re-elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is expected to pave way for leader’s trip next month |
7/6/2018 |
Chen to become sole chairman of debt-laden HNA after Wang's death
Reuters - July 6 , 2018 China’s HNA Group said it has made co-founder Chen Feng its sole chairman after fellow chairman Wang Jian died. |
7/5/2018 |
Fulfil promise to strengthen Chinese education, Teo urged
The Star - July 5 , 2018 Fulfil your promise to empower Chinese education in the country, MCA Youth has reminded newly minted Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching. |
7/5/2018 |
Fulfil promise to strengthen Chinese education, Teo urged
The Star - July 5 , 2018 Fulfil your promise to empower Chinese education in the country, MCA Youth has reminded newly minted Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching. |
7/5/2018 |
A taste of the future in Negri
The Star - July 5 , 2018 Promoting the Seremban siew pao or baked Chinese dumpling would help in boosting tourist arrivals to Negri Sembilan. |
7/5/2018 |
Singtel rules out cyber attack as cause of 3 1/2 hour outage
The Straits Times - July 5 , 2018 Telco and IMDA conducting separate probes into 31/2-hour widespread disruption. |
7/5/2018 |
Toggle promises rebate after streaming glitch
The Straits Times - July 5 , 2018 Mediacorp said yesterday that a bug in the software of a piece of equipment caused a glitch in its entertainment service Toggle during the World Cup match between Sweden and Switzerland on Tuesday night. |
7/4/2018 |
Razer launches e-wallet service, Razer Pay in Malaysia
NST - July 4 , 2018 Razer Pay in Malaysia is a partnership between Razer Inc (51 per cent) and Berjaya Corp Bhd (49 per cent), a platform designed for youth and millennials. |
7/4/2018 |
Smartphone Maker HTC To Layoff A Quarter Of Staff After Years Of Losing Money
Forbes - July 4 , 2018 HTC’s plan for another round of job cuts in Taiwan illustrates just how far the once mighty smartphone maker has fallen behind its rivals, and some analysts see few apparent prospects of that changing anytime soon. |
7/4/2018 |
PBOC acts to calm markets after yuan falls
The Straits Times - July 4 , 2018 China's central bank moved to calm jittery financial markets yesterday after the yuan fell. |
7/3/2018 |
New China rail network cuts transit time for exports to Singapore and beyond
The Straits Times - July 3 , 2018 Industrial cargo such as car parts, machinery and petrochemical products from western Chinese inland cities Chengdu and Chongqing now have an alternative route to be exported to Singapore and beyond. |
7/3/2018 |
GSK director sued over US opioid crisis
BBC - July 3 , 2018 A board member at GlaxoSmithkline is one of those being sued by the US state of Massachusetts over the US opioid addiction crisis. |
7/3/2018 |
U.S. slaps Glencore with subpoena as part of money-laundering probe
Reuters - July 3 , 2018 U.S. authorities have demanded Glencore (GLEN.L) hand over documents about its business in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela and Nigeria as part of a corruption probe, sending the mining company’s shares down more than 8 percent. |
7/3/2018 |
PwC must pay FDIC $625.3 million over bank's collapse: U.S. judge
Reuters - July 3 , 2018 A federal judge on Monday said PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP must pay $625.3 million in damages to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp for failing to uncover fraud that led to one of the largest bank failures of the global financial crisis. |
7/3/2018 |
SocGen to buy Commerzbank's equity markets and commodities arm
CNBC - July 3 , 2018 The two banks did not disclose a price for the transaction. Commerzbank said on Tuesday that its EMC division had 2017 gross revenues of 381 million euros ($443.18 million). |
7/3/2018 |
At Chanel and Dior, the Incredible Intimacy of What You Can't Buy Online
The New York Times - July 3 , 2018 There’s a war going on for the soul of couture. |
7/3/2018 |
Tagwalk Wants to Be the Google of Fashion
The New York Times - July 3 , 2018 You may not have heard of it, but this French start-up says it has created fashion’s first search engine. |
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7/25/2018 |
Malaysia's YTL Hotels to open second London hotel
Hotel Management - July 25 , 2018 Malaysia's YTL Hotels is on track to open the Academy Hotel in August in London's Bloomsbury district. |
7/19/2018 |
YTL Corporation awarded Malaysia Company of the Year at CSR Malaysia Awards 2018
Kuala Lumpur - July 19 , 2018 Malaysia's outstanding corporations in CSR initiatives were honoured at the CSR Malaysia Awards 2018. YTL Corporation won Malaysia Company of the Year in the Conglomerate category for championing IT education in schools and welfare activities. |
7/17/2018 |
Major step forward for YTL Power in Indonesia
The Borneo Post - July 17 , 2018 YTL Power Bhd’s (YTL Power) 80 per cent-owned Tanjung Jati power plant project in Indonesia is understood to have crossed a major hurdle having finalised power purchasing agreement (PPA) terms with the local regulators. |
7/16/2018 |
YTL Power’s Tg Jati clears major hurdle
The Star - July 16 , 2018 YTL Power International Bhd’s 80%-owned Tg Jati power plant project in Indonesia is understood to have crossed a major hurdle having finalised its power purchase agreement (PPA) terms with the local regulators, according to MIDF Research. Tg Jati is a 1320MW coal power plant scheduled for c... |
7/16/2018 |
Monkey Island joins Small Luxury Hotels of the World
The Caterer - July 16 , 2018 YTL’s Monkey Island Estate has joined the Small Luxury Hotels of the World global hotel consortium ahead of its opening in August. |
7/16/2018 |
Chamber honours the best in business at anniversary bash
The Edge Malaysia - July 16 , 2018 Infrastructure conglomerate YTL Corp Bhd was recognised as the Malaysian Investor of the Year in the UK at the inaugural British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce’s (BMCC) Business Excellence Awards 2018. |
7/12/2018 |
Luxury by the ocean at Ritz-Carlton Koh Samui
The Star - July 12 , 2018 This is the Ritz-Carlton on Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand. The resort is YTL Hotels’ newest luxury addition to Thailand’s second most popular holiday destination, after Phuket. |
7/11/2018 |
Wessex Water recognised as industry leader by the Environment Agency
Bath Echo - July 11 , 2018 Wessex Water is an industry leader for environmental performance for the fifth time in seven years, according to a new report by the Environment Agency. |
7/4/2018 |
The Samui Way
The Edge - July 4 , 2018 Revel in the magic of island life at The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui, a five-star oceanfront resort. |