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KLANG, May 29 (Bernama) -- Businesses are encouraged to integrate resilience, agility and adaptability into their strategies to navigate global supply chain disruptions, as geopolitical tensions have become increasingly common in today’s globalised economy.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- The 2025 Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI) revealed that while regulatory complexity remains a challenge in certain regions, it is growing geopolitical and economic uncertainty that now poses the greatest threat to international business operations.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has imposed an administrative monetary penalty on four banks, namely Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Bhd (BPMB), HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd, HSBC Amanah Malaysia Bhd and Maybank Islamic Bhd for various breaches of financial regulations.
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By Danni Haizal Danial Donald
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) -- The impact of enhancing the digital economy via the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Strategic Plan 2026-2030 will be immense because the region’s digital economy is projected to reach US$1 trillion by 2030, an economist said.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- Astral Asia Bhd's (AAB) wholly-owned subsidiary, Astral Chem Sdn Bhd (AC) has been granted iron ore mining rights from AAB's 65 per cent subsidiary, Astral Asia Plantation Sdn Bhd (AAP).
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- Astral Asia Bhd's (AAB) wholly-owned subsidiary, Astral Chem Sdn Bhd (AC) has been granted iron ore mining rights from AAB's 65 per cent subsidiary, Astral Asia Plantation Sdn Bhd (AAP).
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By Karina Imran
KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Strategic Plan 2026-2030 will drive deeper integration and create prosperity across the Southeast Asian economies, while strengthening the bloc’s resilience against external economic pressures, an economist said today.
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A Commentary By M.Saraswathi
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- The leaders of Southeast Asia’s 10-member grouping have adopted an ambitious new economic strategy that envisions a developed ASEAN as the epicentre of growth in the larger Asia-Pacific region, elevating its stature to emerge as the world’s fourth-largest economy.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Bernama) -- A prominent Malaysian private sector official has urged ASEAN to prioritise strategies and policies that address the challenges facing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), to ensure the regional economy fully benefits from their potential.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- ASEAN must take bold steps to address key trade challenges through enforceable agreements on reducing non-tariff barriers, expanding mutual recognition arrangements, and further operationalising the ASEAN Single Window for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Summit will be a platform to integrate regional economies and promote trade through potential agreements with an estimated RM300 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the next five years, according to Juwai IQI.
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PUTRAJAYA, May 21 (Bernama) -- Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) will continue to fulfil its function, activities, responsibilities and obligations as mandated under the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA 1974) and related regulations.