<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡11日讯）吉打州苏丹端姑阿都哈林殿下在今日下午2时30分辞世，享年89岁。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>殿下曾出任两次最高元首，并创下历史。殿下是在2012年二度出任最高元首。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Star Online引述吉打州务大臣办公室的一名官员的话表示，吉打州务大臣拿督斯里阿末峇沙是在下午约2时40分，从吉隆坡一飞抵亚罗士打机场就接获苏丹的死讯。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：倪嫣鴽）</p></div>


（吉隆坡11日讯）吉打州苏丹端姑阿都哈林殿下在今日下午2时30分辞世，享年89岁。

殿下曾出任两次最高元首，并创下历史。殿下是在2012年二度出任最高元首。

Star Online引述吉打州务大臣办公室的一名官员的话表示，吉打州务大臣拿督斯里阿末峇沙是在下午约2时40分，从吉隆坡一飞抵亚罗士打机场就接获苏丹的死讯。

 

（编译：倪嫣鴽）
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吉打州苏丹与世长辞

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd’s quarterly profit missed analysts’ estimates, a sign that clients from banks to retailers remain hesitant to commit to large investments on information technology.

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US consumer prices rose slightly more than expected in September amid higher food costs, but the annual increase in inflation was the smallest in more than 3-1/2 years, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates again next month.

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Pfizer Inc company officials threatened legal action against two former top executives who had been working with Starboard Value to push for changes at the drugmaker, the activist investor alleged on Thursday in a letter to the company’s board.

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York president John Williams said Thursday he expects more rate cuts lie ahead as inflation pressures continue to moderate.

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Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcement that made the headlines on Thursday:

Public Bank, LPI Capital, Top Glove, Sunway, KJTS, Sunway Construction, MGB, Talam Transform, Sapura Resources, Sarawak Cable

Europe’s sugar companies are facing revenue pressures, after last year’s stellar performance, as increased supplies are pushing down prices and hurting their bottom line.
 
Suedzucker, the largest producer of the sweetener in Europe, saw an 81% drop in operating profit for its sugar unit in its first-half financial report, citing falling prices in the European Union (EU) and higher exports from the bloc to the world market.

Europe’s sugar companies see strong supplies eating into their profits 

Johor-based furniture manufacturer SHH Resources Holdings Bhd (KL:SHH) said it is diversifying into the food industry by acquiring a majority stake in a health foods and frozen fruits company.

SHH Resources diversifies into food industry via 51% stake buy in health foods firm

Trading in Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBBANK) and LPI Capital Bhd (KL:LPI) will resume on Friday, following the announcement of Public Bank’s acquisition of a 44.15% stake in the insurer for RM1.72 billion.

Trading in Public Bank, LPI Capital to resume on Friday after acquisition announcement

Yang Dipertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir has decreed that the welfare of children associated with GISB Holding Sdn Bhd (GISB) in the state be safeguarded, including ensuring they receive proper mainstream education.

Tuanku Muhriz issues decree to protect welfare of GISB-linked children

The Royal Malaysian Police will collaborate with religious authorities and related agencies to ensure that the teachings and beliefs propagated by GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISB) are not revived.

Police, religious authorities join forces to prevent resurgence of GISB beliefs

<p>Consolidated Teh Holdings Sdn Bhd and the estate of the&nbsp;late Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow — the largest shareholders of Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBBANK) — will&nbsp;undertake a restricted offer for sale of shares in the company to eligible employees, investors and directors.</p>


Public Bank’s Teh family to trim down shareholdings to 10% in next five years via restricted offer for sale

<p>Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBBANK), the third-largest bank in Malaysia by assets, is acquiring a 44.15% stake in insurer LPI Capital Bhd (KL:LPI) for RM1.72 billion in cash from the family of the late Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow.</p>


Public Bank to acquire 44.15% stake in LPI Capital for RM1.72 bil, triggering MGO at RM9.80

<p>The National Heart Institute (IJN) is seeking a 10-40% increase in the fees it charges patients that the Ministry of Health outsources to it, saying a review is necessary given inflation and rising costs, as the fee structure was set over 20 years ago in 2003.</p>


IJN seeks 10-40% increase in fees it charges MOH patients

<p>Former chief inspector Azilah Hadri, the Special Action Unit officer convicted of murdering Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu 18 years ago, has had his death sentence commuted to 40 years’ jail and 12 strokes of the rotan.</p>


Azilah gets 40 years and 12 strokes of the rotan for Altantuya's murder

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Top Glove Corporation Bhd (KL:TOPGLOV) said on Thursday that its net losses narrowed sharply as sales surged, and the world’s largest glovemaker by capacity also booked gains from land sale.&nbsp;</p>


Top Glove’s net loss narrows sharply in 4Q on higher sales, gain from land sale

<p>The Cabinet, at a meeting on Tuesday, approved the adoption of the Data Centre Planning Guidelines (GPP) developed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government through the Town and Country Planning Department (PLANMalaysia).</p>


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<p>HONG KONG/SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Oct 10): China's central bank said on Thursday that it would start accepting applications from financial institutions to join a newly created funding scheme, initially worth 500 billion yuan (US$70.62 billion, or RM303.7 billion), to aid the capital market.</p>


China kicks off 500b yuan swap facility to aid stock market

<p>STRONG investment inflows into Penang’s electrical and electronics segment have fuelled its industrial sector growth, but left the state with a palpable infrastructure headache.</p>

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<p>Sapura Resources Bhd (KL:SAPRES) said on Thursday that it has issued show cause letters to its managing director Datuk Shahriman Shamsuddin and appointed a new acting MD.</p>


Sapura Resources issues show cause letters to Shahriman, appoints Reza Abdul Rahim as acting MD

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Real estate advisory firm AREA Group of Companies, through its special purpose vehicle Data Gateway Sdn Bhd, signed a sale and purchase agreement with Northern Gateway Sdn Bhd to purchase 30 acres of industrial land in Delapan, Kedah, to develop the first phase of its hyperscale data centre campus called AREA Data Centre Campus (ADCC).</p>


AREA acquires 30-acre land in Delapan, Kedah to build data centre

<p>Top Glove Corp Bhd (KL:TOPGLOV), the world’s largest glove manufacturer by capacity, is confident it has sufficient capacity to meet the anticipated surge in US demand for medical gloves following the imposition of higher tariffs on Chinese imports, which are set to take full effect in January 2025.</p>


Top Glove confident of meeting US glove demand amid China tariff woes

<p>Founded in 1927, the US-based Marriott International has more than 30 brands and nearly 9,000 properties as well as 149 restaurants in 141 countries today. In a roundtable media discussion in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 10, Marriott International chairman of the board David S Marriott revealed that the ...

Marriott International’s expansion plans in Malaysia backed by positive market outlook

<p>Malaysia's palm oil stocks rose more than expected in September to hit an eight-month high, as a sharp fall in local consumption outweighed a modest increase in exports and reduced production, the industry regulator said on Thursday.</p>


Malaysia's palm oil stocks hit eight-month high as consumption slows

<p>Datuk Dominic Silva has stepped down as the chief executive officer of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank (MIDF IB), the position that he held for almost six years.&nbsp;</p>


Dominic Silva steps down as MIDF IB CEO

<p>An operations director of a housing company with the title ‘Datuk’ has been remanded for four days from today to assist in the investigation into the false claims involving a housing project in Temerloh, Pahang worth RM4.25 million.</p>


‘Datuk’ duo remanded over false claims

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Sunway Bhd’s (KL:SUNWAY) unit Sunway Developments Pte Ltd (SDPL), together with Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd, have been awarded a parcel of land by the Housing and Development Board of Singapore.</p>


Sunway to jointly develop Singapore land for mixed-use development worth S$668.28 mil

<p>More China-based companies have expressed interest in being off-takers to set up manufacturing facilities within UEM Sunrise Bhd’s (KL:UEMS) Renewable Energy (RE) Industrial Park in Gerbang Nusajaya, Iskandar Puteri, Johor.</p>


More Chinese companies looking to set up facilities in Johor's RE Industrial Park

<p>Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Lazada is courting top European fashion and design brands to help fend off Asian rivals and eventually reach its goal of US$100 billion (RM429.6 billion) in e-commerce volume by 2030.</p>


Alibaba’s Lazada wants Armani, D&G to help hit US$100b goal

<p>（吉隆坡10日讯）全国第三大银行大众银行（Public Bank Bhd）（KL:PBBANK）豪掷17亿2000万令吉现金或每股9.80令吉，向已故丹斯里郑鸿标的家族收购伦平资本（LPI Capital Bhd）（KL:LPI）44.15%股权。</p>


大众银行豪掷17.2亿 收购伦平资本44.15%股权

<p>Construction and property development company MGB Bhd (KL:MGB) said it will undertake mixed development and residential projects on 26 acres of land in Taman Bukit Serdang, Seri Kembangan with a combined gross development value (GDV) of RM861.35 million.</p>
