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KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Tourism Malaysia today welcomed the arrival of Xiamen Airlines’ inaugural direct flight from Nanjing to Kuala Lumpur, marking a significant enhancement in air connectivity between Malaysia and eastern China.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- OCBC Group Research has revised its Brent crude oil forecast higher, expecting prices to remain elevated at around US$100 per barrel through mid-year before easing towards US$70 per barrel by early 2027 amid ongoing supply disruptions.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd has publicly reprimanded and fined KAF Investment Bank Bhd (KAF IB) RM300,000 for breaching the Bursa Malaysia Securities ACE Market listing requirements (ACE LR).
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Kioxia Corporation, a leader in memory solutions, has announced the development of a Super High (input/output operations per second) IOPS solid-state drive (SSD) designed to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) systems by enabling graphics processing units (GPUs) to directly access high-speed flash memory.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s manufacturing sector stabilised in the second half of 2025 (2H 2025) following earlier weakness, with gradual improvement expected in the first half of 2026 (1H 2026), according to the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing (FMM).
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia stayed higher at midday in line with the upbeat regional market performance, supported by continued buying interest in selected heavyweights led by the financial services as well as industrial products and services sectors.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Pos Malaysia Bhd expects parcel volumes to increase by between 15 per cent and 20 per cent during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri period this year compared with ordinary months, driven largely by purchases of Raya clothing and hijabs.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- OXMIQ Labs (OXMIQ), a GPU architecture and artificial intelligence (AI) technology company, has announced a strategic technology partnership with AM Intelligence Labs to provide data centre and system infrastructure advisory.
JOHOR BAHRU, March 15 (Bernama) -- The National Economic Action Council (NEAC) will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the impact of the prolonged conflict in West Asia on the transportation sector, particularly aviation, and mitigation measures to safeguard oil and gas (O&G) supply.
By Samirul Ariff
Public discussion about energy often begins with a simple question: how much oil does a country possess? Yet this question, while intuitive, can be misleading. The real determinant of energy security is not merely the quantity of hydrocarbons beneath the ground, but the institutions and systems that govern their extraction, transport and distribution. Malaysia’s experience illustrates this principle clearly.
ISKANDAR PUTERI, March 14 (Bernama) -- SJK (C) Cheah Fah has launched the second phase of its expansion, supported by RM23 million from Sunway Group, to accommodate rising student enrolment as Johor’s southern corridor develops.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 (Bernama) -- A prolonged conflict between the United States (US) and Iran could slash West Asia crude oil output by as much as 70 per cent in a worst-case scenario, energy research firm Rystad Energy said.
