<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Have IHH Healthcare’s well-intentioned efforts to diversify its portfolio of hospitals into highly populous emerging markets with a highly visible pipeline of growth, finally started to bear fruits?</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>In 2Q19 ended June, Asia’s largest hospital operator reported earnings of RM185 million (S$61 million), up 12% from a year ago, as revenue jumped 37% to RM3.65 billion.</div>

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SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Have IHH Healthcare’s well-intentioned efforts to diversify its portfolio of hospitals into highly populous emerging markets with a highly visible pipeline of growth, finally started to bear fruits?

In 2Q19 ended June, Asia’s largest hospital operator reported earnings of RM185 million (S$61 million), up 12% from a year ago, as revenue jumped 37% to RM3.65 billion.

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This will be a relatively quiet week, perhaps, except for the scheduled testimony of Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial, without any major events in Malaysia. In the region, however, several countries will announce their third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP)...

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On the face of it, Nationgate Holdings Bhd (KL:NATGATE), which is an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider, registered a record profit in its latest quarterly results. However, closer scrutiny reveals that the Penang-based company’s profit was actually helped by unrealised foreign curr...

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TOKYO (Dec 2): Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment rose 8.1% year-on-year in the third quarter, the country's Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday, signalling that solid domestic demand was underpinning the country's fragile economic recovery.

Japan's stronger 3Q corporate capex points to solid domestic demand

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd (KL:PMETAL) jumped on Monday morning, after the group's third-quarter results beat analysts' expectations last Friday, boosted by higher aluminium prices.

Press Metal jumps after 3Q surprise, boosted by aluminium prices

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): LBS Bina Bhd (KL:LBS) surged in early trade on Monday, after the group declared special dividends, subsequent to posting quarterly earnings which were boosted by a one-off disposal gain.

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Bank Negara Malaysia has been urged to step in over excessive hikes in medical and health insurance premiums because of the persistent medical cost inflation over a number of years now.

In response to the public uproar, the central bank called for insurers and takaful players to be “mor...

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

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

Nestled along the main road of Bandar Sri Sendayan in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Suria Heights is a haven of tranquillity, luxury and sustainable elegance. Imagine a place where time slows down, giving you space to truly enjoy every moment. With inviting terraced homes and charming clusters and semi-detached homes, Suria Heights embraces warmth and environmental harmony, a uniquely beautiful place to call home.

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Asian stocks are poised for cautious gains after US shares rose on Friday and as global markets enter a seasonally strong period. Developing nation assets will be in focus after further tariff threats from US President-elect Donald Trump.&nbsp;

Equity futures in Australia, Hong Kong and mainland China point to early gains when markets resume trading on Monday, while contracts in Japan were steady.

Asian stocks poised for gains after best US month

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.

JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. is turning its back on a trend that’s been embraced by many of its Wall Street peers.

Transition finance — a term intended to describe the allocation of capital to activities that will ultimately help cut carbon emissions in the wider economy — exists in something of a regulatory gray zone.

JPMorgan rejects transition-finance trend gripping Wall Street

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.

Stocks versus bonds dilemma hits EM investors as Trump returns

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

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): 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.

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

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd (KL:PMETAL) jumped on Monday morning, after the group's third-quarter results beat&nbsp;analysts' expectations last Friday, boosted by higher aluminium prices.

Bank Negara Malaysia has been urged to step in over excessive hikes in medical and health insurance premiums because of the persistent medical cost inflation over a number of years now.

In response to the public uproar, the central bank called for insurers and takaful players to be “mor...

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Nestled along the main road of Bandar Sri Sendayan in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Suria Heights is a haven of tranquillity, luxury and sustainable elegance. Imagine a place where time slows down, giving you space to truly enjoy every moment. With inviting terraced homes and charming clusters and semi-detached homes, Suria Heights embraces warmth and environmental harmony, a uniquely beautiful place to call home.

TOKYO (Dec 2): Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment rose 8.1% year-on-year in the third quarter, the country's Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday, signalling that solid domestic demand was underpinning the country's fragile economic recovery.

On the face of it, Nationgate Holdings Bhd (KL:NATGATE), which is an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider, registered a record profit in its latest quarterly results. However, closer scrutiny reveals that the Penang-based company’s profit was actually helped by unrealised foreign curr...

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