<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Biscuit maker Hup Seng Industries Bhd is buying a new production line for €2.5 million (RM12.13 million) from an European supplier, GEA Group.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Hup Seng said the new line is part of the group's risk management programme to manage risks arising from ageing machinery and equipment.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>"The introduction of high-tech European ovens as gradual replacements for existing ageing ovens is to improve efficiency and productivity by reducing wastage and improving energy savings," it said.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Hup Seng's share price gained one sen or 0.98% to close at RM1.03 today, giving it a market capitalisation of RM824 million.</p></div>


KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Biscuit maker Hup Seng Industries Bhd is buying a new production line for €2.5 million (RM12.13 million) from an European supplier, GEA Group.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Hup Seng said the new line is part of the group's risk management programme to manage r...

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Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Effendy Shahul Hamid, CEO of group consumer and digital banking at CIMB, both parents of neurodiverse children, are calling upon all Malaysians to recognise, champion and celebrate different abilities and diversity in all its forms and complexities, one individual at a time.

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<p>Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Effendy Shahul Hamid, CEO of group consumer and digital banking at CIMB, both parents of neurodiverse children, are calling upon all Malaysians to recognise, champion and celebrate different abilities and diversity in all its forms and complexities, one individual at a time.</p>


<p>US President-elect Donald Trump warned the so-called BRICS nations that he would require commitments that they would not move to create a new currency as an alternative to using the US dollar and repeated threats to levy a 100% tariff.</p>


<p>R&amp;F Group Malaysia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China’s R&amp;F Group, is set to launch the third residential phase, comprising 4,385 units, at its 116-acre R&amp;F Princess Cove development in Johor Bahru in 1Q2025.</p>


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<p>Donald Trump tapped Kash Patel to be FBI director, nominating a loyalist to lead the chief US law enforcement agency — which the president-elect has long derided as corrupt.</p>


<p>US hiring probably jumped in November after hurricanes and a major strike undercut job growth a month earlier, consistent with a labour market that’s healthy yet gradually cooling.</p>


<p>US lender JPMorgan Chase agreed on Friday to drop its lawsuit against Tesla that accused the electric vehicle maker of "flagrantly" breaching a contract between the two companies in 2014 relating to warrants Tesla sold to the bank.</p>


<p>Black Friday spending in US retail stores was muted this year in contrast to a more robust rise online, as bargain-hungry Americans skipped stores in favour of their phones and laptops, according to data from Mastercard and other data providers.</p>


<p>The Syrian army said on Saturday dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack led by Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels who swept into the city of Aleppo, forcing the army to redeploy in the biggest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad in years.</p>


<p>Adani Group founder Gautam Adani responded for the first time on Saturday to allegations by US authorities that he was part of a US$265 million (RM1.2 billion) bribery scheme, saying that his ports-to-power conglomerate was committed to world class regulatory compliance.</p>


<p>Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that criticism by Elon Musk of Australia's social media ban on children under 16 was the X owner pushing an agenda for the social platform, while indicating he was open to talk to the billionaire about the ban, legislated this week.</p>
