<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>SINGAPORE (May 4): Great Eastern Holdings saw its earnings jump 68% to S$152.9 million in the 1Q ended March, from restated earnings of S$90.8 million a year ago.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The group says this was mainly due to higher operating profit and lower non-operating loss in 1Q18, compared with the corresponding quarter last year.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Total Weighted New Sales (TWNS) fell 17% to S$231.1 million in 1Q18, as a result of<a href="https://www.theedgesingapore.com/great-eastern-posts-68-rise-1q-earnings-1529-mil" target="_blank">...(click on link for full story on theedgesingapore.com)</a></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

SINGAPORE (May 4): Great Eastern Holdings saw its earnings jump 68% to S$152.9 million in the 1Q ended March, from restated earnings of S$90.8 million a year ago.

The group says this was mainly due to higher operating profit and lower non-operating loss in 1Q18, compared with the corres...

Great Eastern posts 68% rise in 1Q earnings to S$152.9 mil

IJM Land Bhd’s Savvy serviced apartment development under the larger 16-acre (6.47-hectare) Riana Dutamas master plan in Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, has achieved a Qlassic score of 85%, according to a press statement on Monday.

IJM Land’s Savvy serviced apartment at Riana Dutamas in Segambut achieves 85% Qlassic score

(Dec 2): Finance Minister Antoine Armand said France won’t accept artificial budget deadlines from Marine Le Pen even as the far-right leader gave her strongest indication yet that she’s prepared to topple the government as soon as this week.

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Assalamualaikum, may peace be upon all of you.

This Arabic greeting, adopted by all Muslims, is an essential reminder of the importance of peace for human progress, including shared prosperity. Unfortunately, the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s did not end with lasting peace but instead culminated in what was politely termed “unipolar domination”.

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November 2024 marks the month that Donald Trump won the US election to become the 47th president of the US. President-elect Trump is expected to move back into the White House next January. He was last in the White House from January 2017 to January 2021 as the 45th US president. The US Senate was then controlled by the Republicans.

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The government has decided to maintain the current price of raw water supplied to Singapore, as Malaysia may fall short of achieving the target of "zero dependency" on treated water from the city state by 2030.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): Analysts continued to be divided towards the prospects of banks, despite better-than-expected third quarter results and improving industry indicators, amid intense competition for deposits which could still hit net interest margin (NIM) in the near term.

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SYDNEY (Dec 2): Australian retail sales firmed for a third straight month in October, as tax cuts flowed through to wage packets and consumers became more confident that interest rates would not increase again, although policy easing still looked distant.

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SYDNEY (Dec 2): Chinese beauty brand Mao Geping Cosmetics, led by one of the country's most famous make-up artists, is aiming to raise up to $270 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to its regulatory filings made on Monday.

The company is selling 70.6 million share...

China's Mao Geping Cosmetics aims to raise up to $270 mln in Hong Kong IPO

Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBBANK) rose to its highest in more than a month on Monday, after the release of its third-quarter results last Friday, as analysts expect the country’s third-largest bank by assets to further write-backs of loan loss provisions in the coming quarters.

Public Bank climbs over one-month high as analysts see more write-backs in coming quarters

Local institutions were net buyers of Malaysian equities for the fourth consecutive week, with net buying of RM207.7 million last week.

However, this was lower than the RM250.6 million recorded in the week prior.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): Sime Darby Property Bhd (KL:SIMEPROP) said it has signed an agreement for a 20-year lease of data-centre facilities to Pearl Computing Malaysia Sdn Bhd for up to RM5.6 billion, beginning as early as 2027.

SimeProp inks data-centre lease agreement worth up to RM5.6b

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): The High Court on Monday has deferred in delivering its decision on a class action suit by pensioner Aminah Ahmad against the Public Services Department and the government, to compel them to enforce the Court of Appeal’s (COA) mandamus order, which mandates the government to pay them pre-2013 pension adjustment arrears prospectively from January 2022.

Pension arrears decision: Court postpones judgement on Aminah Ahmad’s case to Jan 16, 2025

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd (KL:PMETAL) jumped on Monday to its highest in more than one month, after the group's third-quarter results beat analysts' expectations last Friday, boosted by higher aluminium prices.

Press Metal shares top one-month high after 3Q surprise, boosted by aluminium prices

Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBBANK) rose to its highest in more than a month on Monday, after the release of its third-quarter results last Friday, as analysts expect the country’s third-largest bank by assets to further write-backs of loan loss provisions in the coming quarters.&nbsp;

CGS International views the recent lacklustre market performance as an excellent buying opportunity, as it&nbsp;sees potential price-earnings (P/E) expansion going into 2025.&nbsp;

CGS sees market dip as prime buying opportunity, predicts P/E growth by 2025

LBS Bina Bhd (KL:LBS) surged in early trade on Monday, after the group declared special dividends, subsequent to&nbsp;posting quarterly earnings which were boosted by a one-off disposal gain.

LBS surges in early trade after disposal gain boosts earnings and special dividends

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): In November, the Malaysian manufacturing sector experienced a slowdown as demand conditions remained subdued, according to a statement by S&amp;P Global on Monday.

Malaysian manufacturing saw eased production and new orders in November, while exports rose — S&P Global PMI

Asian stocks rose for a second day, following gains on Wall Street last Friday. The dollar strengthened after US President-elect Donald Trump told BRICS nations not to&nbsp;create a currency&nbsp;to rival the greenback.

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Fresh from having charges dropped in one criminal case, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is back again in court, this time defending himself in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial.

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JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co&nbsp;is turning its back on a trend that’s been embraced by many of its Wall Street peers.

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The foreign labour market is a lucrative business in Malaysia. Every year, up to 2.7 million foreign workers come into the country seeking employment legally

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Investors are scrambling to decide if Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House will sustain or derail the rally in emerging-market (EM) bonds witnessed under Joe Biden.

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Bangladesh wants to sharply lower prices under a power purchase deal with India's embattled&nbsp;Adani&nbsp;Group unless it is cancelled by a court, which has called for an investigation into the 25-year deal, its de facto energy minister told Reuters on Sunday.

Bangladesh wants to renegotiate Adani power deal unless court cancels

Macau’s gaming revenue rose 14.9% in November, exceeding analysts’ expectations in a month that’s typically slow due to a lack of holidays.&nbsp;

Macau's gaming revenue up 14.9% in November, above estimates

Local institutions were net&nbsp;buyers of Malaysian equities for the fourth consecutive week, with net buying of RM207.7 million last week.

However, this was&nbsp;lower than the RM250.6 million recorded in the week prior.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): The Madani Government’s determination and efforts to combat cybercrime in ensuring online safety take a significant step forward with the tabling of two related bills in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday.

Combating cybercrime, Madani Govt to table two bills in Parliament on Monday 

MILAN/DETROIT (Dec 2): Stellantis Chief Executive Carlos Tavares resigned abruptly on Sunday, two months after a profit warning at the maker of Jeep, Fiat and Peugeot cars that has lost around 40% of its value this year.

The company said it would seek to find a replacement CEO in the fi...

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares abruptly quits as US Jeep, Ram sales falter

The government has decided to maintain the current price of raw water supplied to Singapore, as Malaysia may fall short of achieving the target of "zero dependency" on treated water from the city state by 2030.

WASHINGTON (Dec 1): US&nbsp;President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who had been convicted of making false statements on a gun background check and illegally possessing a firearm and pled guilty to federal tax charges.

Biden says he has pardoned his son Hunter

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): The dropout issue, the achievements of the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2015-2025 (Higher Education), and the services of automatic passport scanning machines at all national entry points will be topics to be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday.