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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- S&P Global Ratings has lifted its 2026 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for Asia-Pacific to 4.3 per cent from 4.0 per cent, with the Malaysian economy now projected to grow at a faster pace of 4.5 per cent.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- S&P Global Ratings has lifted its 2026 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for Asia-Pacific to 4.3 per cent from 4.0 per cent, with the Malaysian economy now projected to grow at a faster pace of 4.5 per cent.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Global credit rating agency, AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a” (Excellent) for South Korea’s Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd (Meritz), with a stable outlook.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Port Klang has officially secured its place among the world’s Top 10 container ports in the Lloyds List of the World’s Top 100 Ports 2025, with the historic milestone being reached with the handling of 14.64 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2024.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened higher on Monday, buoyed by Friday’s Wall Street rally and bargain-hunting activity.
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From Saraswathi Muniappan
NAIROBI, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, at 5 pm local time (Malaysia 10 pm) for his official visit, the last leg of the three-country African tour.
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JAKARTA, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- Halagel (M) Sdn Bhd has relaunched the distribution of its products in Kota Padang through a collaboration with Aciak Mart, one of the largest retail chains in West Sumatra.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- RegASK, the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform enabling end-to-end regulatory intelligence and workflow orchestration, has become the first vertical-specific provider to earn ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its Artificial Intelligence Management System.
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By Danni Haizal Danial Donald
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended a two-day gain to close lower on Thursday, as profit-taking activities weighed on market sentiment, said a dealer.
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By Durratul Ain Ahmad Fuad
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Gold futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower today following the release of limited US economic data, with the upside shock immediately pushing December Federal Reserve (Fed) rate-cut odds down from around 50 per cent to roughly 30 per cent.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- G42 has welcomed the White House’s decision to authorise the export of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors to the company, marking a key shift from planning to deployment within the United Arab Emirates (UAE)–United States (US) AI corridor.
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PUTRAJAYA, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Koperasi Kakitangan Bank Rakyat Bhd (Sekatarakyat) has entered into a collaboration with Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd through the issuance of RM2 billion worth of Wakalah Sukuk, marking the cooperative's inaugural entry into the Shariah-compliant capital market.