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By Siti Radziah Hamzah
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- The ringgit weakened against the US dollar on Monday, primarily due to the latest tariff imposition by the United States on Canada, Mexico, and China, according to analysts.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) has urged the government to provide an export credit scheme and lower import duties on raw materials to support businesses, particularly micro, small, and medium enterprises.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- India-based Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), the integrated zinc and silver producer, has recorded its highest-ever nine months mined and refined metal production at 784 karat (kt) and 783 kt, respectively.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- On the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Guangdong Governor Wang Weizhong extended heartfelt greetings on behalf of the Provincial Government and its residents to overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan compatriots, and international friends.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Merz Aesthetics, the world’s largest dedicated medical aesthetics company, has unveiled the results of its inaugural global study, Pillars of Confidence: Global Insights on Aesthetics and Self-Affirmation.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is well positioned for a world where artificial intelligence (AI) dominates data centre development, as not all data centres are suitable to support the coming AI boom, said global real estate agency Juwai IQI.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- ASEAN's data centre demand outlook remained positive as the region is still in the early stages of the data centre build cycle, according to Maybank Investment Bank (IB) Bhd.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia commended the government’s efforts to boost foreign investment in high-tech and digital sectors.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Solidus Labs, the category-defining leader in cross-asset trade surveillance and risk monitoring, has launched the first-of-its-kind Trade Surveillance Academy (TSA), a publicly available training programme aimed at addressing the knowledge gap in the emerging field of trade surveillance.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Americhem Inc has launched a new research and development (R&D) centre in Silvassa, India, located at Olive Industrial Park, to strengthen its service capabilities across India and Southeast Asia.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Local institutions extended their support for Bursa Malaysia for the 15th consecutive week, recording net purchases of RM149.4 million, MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd (MIDF) said.
By Harizah Hanim Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened lower in the early session on the first trading day of February as investors focused on heightened global trade tensions and tit-for-tat measures following the US tariffs.
