<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>SINGAPORE (March 26): Sales of apartments at The Peninsula Residences Yangon have been launched by Yoma Strategic Holdings and its JV partners.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Located at the historic heart of downtown Yangon, The Peninsula Residences Yangon is a collection of 96 luxury private homes set within the approximately 10-acre Yoma Central development.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The Peninsula Residences Yangon offers the choice of two-bedroom, three-bedroom, four-bedroom, Penthouse and Terrace Penthouse serviced residences across its 26 floors... <a href="https://www.theedgesingapore.com/yoma-strategic-and-partners-launch-sales-peninsula-residences-yangon" target="_blank">(Click here to read the full story.)</a></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

SINGAPORE (March 26): Sales of apartments at The Peninsula Residences Yangon have been launched by Yoma Strategic Holdings and its JV partners.

Located at the historic heart of downtown Yangon, The Peninsula Residences Yangon is a collection of 96 luxury private homes set within the app...

Yoma Strategic and partners launch sales of Peninsula Residences Yangon

Britain's antitrust regulator said on Friday it had provisionally found Alphabet's Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition.

Google abusing power over website ads, UK regulator says

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Duopharma Biotech Bhd (KL:DPHARMA) has extended its group managing director (MD) Leonard Ariff Abdul Shatar’s contract for another year until Dec 31, 2025.

Duopharma extends group MD Leonard Ariff’s contract

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Malaysia could still benefit under either Donald Trump’s or Kamala Harris’ policies due to trade diversion and China plus one (+1) reshoring, but a Trump presidency could pose greater volatility for global trade, said CIMB Securities.

Malaysia could still benefit under Trump’s or Harris’ policies due to trade diversion, China+1 reshoring — CIMB Securities

Varia Bhd (KL:VARIA) has secured a subcontract for flood mitigation works worth RM334.69 million.

Varia said in a bourse filing Friday that the contract was awarded to its wholly-owned Pembinaan Teguh Maju Sdn Bhd by Ikatan Harmoni Sdn Bhd to build a flood control reservoir in Kota Tinggi, Johor.

Varia bags another flood mitigation job in Johor worth RM335m

OSK Holdings Bhd (KL:OSK) is expanding its cable manufacturing operations by acquiring the assets of Universal Cable (M) Bhd, currently under liquidation, for RM85 million.

OSK Holdings acquires Universal Cable's assets for RM85m to expand its cable manufacturing ops

Thailand’s electric vehicle (EV) sales are set to miss targets this year as lenders turn more cautious in sanctioning new auto loans with the nation’s household debt hovering near a record, according to an industry group.

Thai EV sales set to miss target as banks tighten auto loans

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Sept 6): Russia’s petrochemical giant Subur plans to place domestic bonds before the end of the year to fund the Amur gas and chemical complex (GCC), chief executive Mikhail Karisalov said on Friday, but stopped short of revealing its size.

Russia’s Sibur plans domestic bond issue to fund Amur gas complex

Euro-area momentum slowed in the second quarter, the latest piece of bad economic news for the European Central Bank.

Eurozone economy grew less than expected in 2Q 

The Biden administration plans to impose export controls on critical technologies including quantum computing and semiconductor goods, seeking to align key allies in a US-led push to thwart advancements in China and other adversarial nations.

US targets China with quantum and chip-related export curbs

(Sept 6): Iron ore rose from its lowest close since November 2022, as bearish investors took pause after a sharp slump for the steelmaking material.

Iron ore flicks higher from lowest close in nearly two years

Datuk Captain Izham Ismail, the group managing director of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), has apologised to Malaysia Airlines customers who are affected by the group’s network reduction exercise.&nbsp;

Captain Izham apologises for network cuts, says move to ensure 'Malaysia Airlines is a safe airline'

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Malaysia Airlines has unveiled flights to Paris in March next year, marking the national carrier’s return to the French city after more than nine years.

Malaysia Airlines to offer direct flights to Paris after nine years

China is combining two of its largest state-backed brokerages to create a new behemoth as it seeks to consolidate the US$1.70 trillion (RM7.37 trillion) sector and build stronger investment banks to compete with overseas financial firms.

China creates its largest brokerage to take on Wall Street

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Malaysia Airlines now expects to receive its first Airbus A330neo in October this year, instead of this month, said Malaysia Aviation Group’s (MAG) group managing director Datuk Captain Izham Ismail.

Malaysia Airlines to get first A330neo in October, one month late

Hartalega Holdings Bhd (KL:HARTA) said it is seeing demand recovery amid restocking activities while full capacity at Chinese factories have pushed some of the orders to Malaysia.

Demand for gloves at times is strong, but it may slow down occasionally, Hartalega chief executive officer Kuan Mun Leong told reporters following the annual general meeting of Malaysia's largest&nbsp;nitrile glovemaker. However, demand would likely normalise by 2026 after the “bumpy” years, he said.

Hartalega sees glove demand normalising by 2026, shrugs off Chinese competition

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Gamuda Bhd (KL:GAMUDA) said on Friday that its joint venture (JV) to build the Ulu Padas hydroelectric project has been approved by the Sabah energy regulator.

Gamuda’s Ulu Padas hydroelectric project approved by Sabah energy regulator

Warren Buffett extended his sales of Bank of America Corp shares into September, reaping a total of US$6.97 billion (RM30.23 billion) since the spree of disposals started in mid-July.

Buffett’s haul from Bank of America stock sales nears US$7b

A revised public display of the third phase of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT3) indicates the government’s commitment and another step forward for the project, CIMB Securities said.

Revised public display of MRT3 seen as another step forward, indicating govt commitment to project

Malaysia&nbsp;hopes for the influx of Russian companies into the country and an increase in the tourist flow between the two nations, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said in an interview with RIA Novosti and RT, reported Sputnik.

Anwar hopes for influx of Russian companies, increase in tourist flow

World shares held near three-week lows on Friday, the dollar nursed losses and crude oil languished near this year's lows, as investors waited for US jobs data that could decide the size and speed of coming rate cuts in the world's largest economy.

Markets on tenterhooks ahead of US jobs data, yen jumps

The prosecution and defence are still ironing out the details of Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's third letter of representation to drop all 17 money-laundering and tax evasion charges.

Details of Rosmah's third letter of representation in money-laundering case yet to be finalised, court told

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to cut the corporate tax rate, slash regulations and audit the federal government, embracing an idea proposed by billionaire backer Elon Musk, as he pitched his agenda to Wall Street and corporate leaders in New York.

Trump vows 15% corporate tax, taps Musk for federal audit

Pantech Global Bhd, a steel pipe manufacturer, has filed for an initial public offering on the Main Market to raise funds for expansion, including for the construction of a new plant and acquisition of an existing factory.

Pantech Global files for Main Market IPO

Malaysia racked up the largest hoard of foreign reserves in nearly three years by the end of August, according to the central bank.

BNM racks up biggest foreign reserves hoard since Dec 2021

Malaysia’s traditional media companies will likely trudge against sustained headwinds on consumer sentiment and advertising spending despite recent improvements, Kenanga Investment Bank warned.

Traditional media companies expected to keep struggling amid sustained headwinds

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) and Gagasan Nadi Cergas (KL:NADIBHD) has announced the commencement of construction for its Rumah Idaman Amani in Shah Alam. The project has a gross development value (GDV) of RM286 million.

PNSB, Gagasan Nadi Cergas break ground for Rumah Idaman Amani at City of Elmina, Shah Alam

China handed a nine-year prison term to a Taiwanese political activist convicted of “separatism”, a rare sentence that prompted Taiwan to warn its people about the dangers of travelling across the strait.

China jails Taiwanese person on separatism charge for first time

Billionaire John Paulson said the Federal Reserve (Fed) has waited too long to cut interest rates and expects the central bank to lower them in the months ahead.

Billionaire Paulson sees Fed cutting rates to as low as 2.5% by end of 2025

TOKYO/SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Sept 6): Japanese retail giant&nbsp;Seven&nbsp;&amp; i Holdings said on Friday that it had turned down Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard's US$38.5 billion (RM166.82 billion) cash bid, rejecting an offer that would be the largest-ever foreign buyout of a Japanese company.

Japan's Seven & i rejects Couche-Tard's US$38.5b takeover offer

IJM Land Bhd officially launched Phase 2 of Ridge View @ Puchong on Friday. This phase was soft-launched on June 29 and has been 70% taken up since then.

Phase 2 of Ridge View is part of the larger Ridge View landed hilltop residential development in Puchong, which will be developed in six phases.