<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Ahmad Johari Razak, younger brother of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, resigned as independent and non-executive director of Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) “to pursue other interests”.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, MRCB (fundamental: 0.6; valuation: 0.8) announced that Ahmad Johari had also resigned from his position as the chairman of the nomination committee in the company.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Ahmad Johari’s position as nomination committee chairman would be replaced by Jamaludin Zakaria, who is also an independent and non-executive director in MRCB.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Ahmad Johari, who is a law graduate and director in six companies, was appointed as a director of MRCB in February 2014.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>MRCB closed one sen or 0.75% lower at RM1.32 yesterday, giving it a market capitalisation of RM2.37 billion.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>This article first appeared in <em>The Edge Financial Daily</em>, on May 14, 2015.</p></div>


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Ahmad Johari Razak, younger brother of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, resigned as independent and non-executive director of Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) “to pursue other interests”.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, MRCB (fundamental: 0.6; val...

Ahmad Johari resigns as MRCB director

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<p>MILAN/ROME/DUBLIN/BERLIN (Jan 29): The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek could not be accessed on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy, the day after the country's data protection authority requested information on its use of personal data.</p>


<p>(Jan 29): Thailand expects to complete its first high-speed rail network linking the country to China through Laos in 2030, a long-delayed project officials have touted as key to furthering bilateral relations and trade between the two nations.</p>


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<p>WASHINGTON (Jan 29): The US&nbsp;trade deficit in goods widened to a record high in December, likely as businesses front-loaded imports of industrial supplies and consumer goods, in anticipation of broad tariffs from President Donald Trump's new administration.</p>


<p>BRUSSELS (Jan 29): The European Commission presented on Wednesday its plans to reverse industrial decline in the bloc, and step up efforts to compete with the United States and China in new fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), to lower energy costs, and to cut red tape.</p>


<p>Asian stocks fluctuated on Thursday after the Federal Reserve held rates unchanged, with Chair Jerome Powell&nbsp;saying&nbsp;officials were not in a hurry to lower borrowing costs.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Shares in Japan opened slightly lower, weighing down a gauge of Asian equities despite a small gain for shares in Australia.</p>


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<p>The Bank of Japan made a significant step toward shrinking its massive balance sheet last week, while market watchers were fixated on the biggest interest rate increase from the central bank in 18 years.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The BOJ decided on Friday to offer no new lending from July under its fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending.</p>


<p>Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear on Wednesday the US central bank intends to hold interest rates where they are for the foreseeable future, pointing to a number of reasons why he and his colleagues expect to take their time before lowering borrowing costs again.</p>

<p>Chief among them: the wide uncertainty over how President Donald Trump’s policies — in areas such as immigration, tariffs, fiscal policy and regulation — could upend their expectations for the economy.</p>


<p>Microsoft&nbsp;on Wednesday forecast disappointing growth in its cloud computing business, sending its shares down more than 5% as investors worry about big spending, elusive artificial intelligence revenue and growing competition from cheaper AI models from China.</p>


<p>Stocks slipped and short-dated bond yields rose, though both pared bigger moves as early concern that the Federal Reserve was growing more worried about inflation got tamped down by Chair Jerome Powell.</p>

<p>In late hours, a $328 billion exchange-traded fund tracking the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) whipsawed.</p>


<p>Meta&nbsp;Platforms&nbsp;META.O&nbsp;beat Wall Street expectations for fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday but predicted sales in the current first quarter may not meet forecasts, sending mixed signals about how its bets on pricey artificial intelligence-powered tools are paying off.</p>

<p>The Facebook and Instagram parent company expects first quarter revenue between $39.5 billion and $41.8 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $41.72 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.</p>
