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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 (Bernama) -- The global decoupling presents a major disruption but also offers a significant opportunity for ASEAN, positioning it as a key player in a fragmented global economy.
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JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- The Johor government will hold meetings with Qatari government representatives and companies that can potentially boost the economy and attract investments, thus creating more job opportunities in the state.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- Malaysia welcomes direct investment from Indonesian companies and encourages strategic collaborations such as mergers between companies owned by Malaysian and Indonesian entities, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) can be seen as an example to promote ASEAN's strong supply chain resilience to attract foreign direct investments, said Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Liew Chin Tong.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- About 170 new roles are set to be created and 92 million displaced by 2030, resulting in a net rise of 78 million new jobs, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian economy is expected to maintain a sustainable growth rate of 5.0 per cent in 2025 from an estimated 4.9 per cent in 2024, supported by a stable labour market condition, conducive fiscal and monetary policies amid lingering external uncertainties, said an economist.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has emphasised and challenged the heads of Government-Linked Investment Companies (GLICs) and Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) to play a leading role in presenting meaningful proposals and initiatives related to bumiputera economic development.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- The World Economic Forum (WEF) expects more focus on tariffs and industry policies during the second term of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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By Karina Imran & Mikhail Raj
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- Prices of double-storey residential houses in the Klang Valley, especially in Kuala Lumpur (KL) and Petaling Jaya (PJ), are expected to increase by 3.0 per cent to 4.0 per cent this year.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- Bird's nest processor MYMBN Bhd has yet to fully quantify the financial impact of the temporary suspension of bird’s nest exports to China.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- Two former company directors pleaded guilty to using company funds amounting to RM200,000 as bonus payments to themselves without the company’s approval and were fined RM100,00 each for the offence.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 (Bernama) -- The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives is expected to trade with a slight bullish bias next week, given the seasonally strong fundamentals, a dealer said.