<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Former Johor Corp (JCorp) president and chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim has passed away at the age of 70, according to a Bernama report.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Muhammad Ali died about 3.30pm today at KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital. The report stated, citing close family members of the deceased, that he was admitted to the hospital for cancer&nbsp;treatment two months ago.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Bernama said he will be buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery after Isyak prayers today.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Muhammad Ali was recognised as an outstanding Malaysian corporate entrepreneur after a successful 28-year career as CEO of JCorp from 1982 till 2010.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>At the end of his tenure as CEO, JCorp was recognised as one of Malaysia’s outstanding corporations with more than 280 companies and 65,000 employees. Eight companies were listed, one on the London Stock Exchange, with total market capitalisation at end-2010 of RM18.1 billion.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Muhammad Ali was also president of the Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce (MICC) and chairman of Awqaf Holdings Malaysia Bhd — Malaysia’s first community-driven Corporate Waqf.</p></div>


KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Former Johor Corp (JCorp) president and chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim has passed away at the age of 70, according to a Bernama report.

Muhammad Ali died about 3.30pm today at KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital. The report stated, citing ...

Former JCorp CEO Muhammad Ali passes away at 70

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<p>President-elect Donald Trump thrust himself into the high-stakes fight over the fate of TikTok in the US by urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban the social media platform if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company.</p>


<p>The US Treasury Department may need to take "extraordinary measures" by as early as Jan 14 to prevent the US from defaulting on its debt, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers in a letter on Friday.</p>


<p>Terraform Labs Pte Ltd co-founder Do Kwon will be handed over to the US for prosecution, the government of Montenegro said, potentially ending a standoff over competing extradition demands by the US and Kwon’s native South Korea.</p>


<p>After closing the books on a banner year for US stocks, investors expect to ride seasonal momentum into mid-January when a slew of economic data and a transition of power in Washington could send markets moving.</p>


<p>China will reduce import tariffs on ethane and certain recycled copper and aluminium raw materials from next year, the government said on Saturday.</p>


<p>Azerbaijan Airlines said the crash of its passenger plane in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people this week was caused by “external interference.”</p>


<p>Freddie Mac's latest&nbsp;Primary Mortgage Market Survey<a data-rapid_p="7" data-v9y="1" data-ylk="slk:Primary Mortgage Market Survey,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/home-mortgage" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">,</a>&nbsp;released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark&nbsp;30-year fixed<u> </u>mortgage&nbsp;jumped to 6.85%, up from last week's reading of 6.72%.</p>


<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia is open to a Slovakian proposal to host peace talks with Ukraine to end a conflict he said Russia was determined to bring to a conclusion.</p>


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