KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar on Monday as heightened risk aversion strengthened the greenback after Brent crude oil prices surged 15.5 per cent to US$107.04 per barrel, an analyst said.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark index ended the week slightly higher, driven by strong buying interest in Petronas Chemicals, which surged by more than 20 per cent as investors viewed it as a potential beneficiary of the Iran crisis due to its domestic feedstock supply and cost advantages.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- Both of Malaysia's commitments regarding Licensing Certainty as contained in the Joint Statement on the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) (Article 5.2) and the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Critical Minerals (Areas of Cooperation, Section 3) do not affect the government's decision to enforce technical conditions on Lynas Malaysia or other rare earth elements (REE) companies that are about to be approved to operate in Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) through MIMOS Bhd is focusing on integrated circuit (IC) design, advanced packaging and high-value technology to increase the complexity of the country's economy.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- Global business communications platform provider, 8x8 Inc has won the Cybersecurity Initiative of the Year – Singapore award at the Asian Telecom Awards 2026 for its 8x8 Omni Shield real-time short message service (SMS) fraud mitigation solution.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- Space42 and Viasat Inc will present updates on their planned direct-to-device (D2D) infrastructure and the priorities for Equatys, their upcoming joint venture, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended the morning trading session higher, amid bargain-hunting activities after yesterday’s sharp losses.
By Kisho Kumari Sucedaram
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) – As the war in the Middle East enters its third day, global aviation continues to be disrupted with commercial flights across the region remaining at a standstill, as major airports continue to be closed and regional airspace restricted, resulting in a mind-boggling 2,000 flights being cancelled.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- The government has approved the renewal of Lynas Malaysia’s operating licence for 10 years, effective tomorrow, following technical assessments, verification of legal compliance, consideration of national strategic interests, and commitments given by the company.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- Maxis Bhd has been awarded the title of “Network Transformation Icon-Performance” by international telecommunications publication The Fast Mode in its 2025 awards programme.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- SynaXG announced major technical breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI)-native radio access networks, demonstrating concurrent operation of 5G FR1, 5G FR2 and AI workloads on NVIDIA AI-RAN platform with real-time, policy-driven GPU orchestration.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Gulf national oil companies are unlikely to declare force majeure pre-emptively amid elevated geopolitical risks in the Middle East, following the reported sea traffic disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, said SPI Asset Management managing partner Stephen Innes today.
