The Malaysian government should develop a policy that can limit government guarantees on a case-by-case basis to contain its debt burden.

That is the recommendation put forward by the Auditor-General's Report 2018 for the recently released Federal Government's Financial Statement 2018.

AG audit proposes cap on Putrajaya debt guarantees

MALAYSIAN aviation has seen nearly everything in the past decade — irrational price wars, multiple heart-wrenching tragedies, the birth of a new regulator and, soon, its impending end.

Already the region’s largest budget carrier in 2010, AirAsia Group Bhd has continued to fly high. Its ...

2010 > 2019 - Newsmakers: Navigating turbulence, tragedies and shifting runways 

THE last decade ended pretty much the way it began — with corporates eyeing the lucrative PLUS Expressways Bhd.

But the intervening years amounted to a decade of two halves for major government-linked investment companies (GLICs) operating on Bursa Malaysia and the government-linked com...

2010 > 2019 - Newsmakers: Game of musical chairs continues

So, 2020 is here and with that comes great opportunity for a fresh start. The question most of us ask ourselves is usually this: What about myself do I want to change for the better this year?

Setting New Year resolutions can be daunting. You want to go for meaningful change but not set...

Coffee Break: New year, new decade, new you?

AS China sought to assert itself on the global stage in the past decade, Malaysia too was caught up in that country’s emerging Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

In a nutshell, BRI is how China branded its avalanche of investments in various transport and logistics infrastructure projects ...

2010 > 2019: Decade of Disruption - China’s BRI — a ‘poisoned’ lifeline as 1MDB was sinking

AMONG notable off-market transactions in the period under review was Amanah Saham Bumiputera’s (ASB) sale of 75 million Sime Darby Bhd shares, or a 1.1% block, off market for RM2.35 apiece on Dec 11. Five days later, ASB sold a further 100 million shares or a 1.47% stake for RM2....

Off-Market Trades:Sime Darby Bhd, Sime Darby Plantation Bhd, Caring Pharmacy Group Bhd

NOW that its state road maintenance contract has been renewed — but only for only half the road length — Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) is eyeing new maintenance jobs for public roads in the coming two years to make up the shortfall.

Managing director Datuk Isaac Lugun says the group is prepa...

Cahya Mata eyes new road jobs to revive fortunes

IT is crunch time for Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDPB) as the planter seeks to raise cash while grappling with sizeable sums of maturing debt, much of which is due in the next 12 months.

The planter tells The Edge that it is in the process of refinancing its bank borrowings following a ...

Crunch time for Sime Darby Plantation as debt matures 

AFTER its worst quarterly performance on record, sugar refiner MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd is making cash-flow management its priority as it juggles heavy debts and refining overcapacity.

Amid signs that a cash squeeze is looming, group CEO Datuk Khairil Anuar Aziz tells The Edge via emai...

Newsbreak: Debt-laden MSM makes cash flow top priority after record loss  

This is the final full working week before the Christmas holidays descends in full force. Expect gripping headlines from multiple court proceedings involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and more in Kuala Lumpur to compete for the public’s attention amid the growing festive mood.

On...

The week ahead: More court drama ahead of Christmas break

Opec+ is set to keep oil production targets steady for November, three sources close to the matter said ahead of the group's meeting on Sunday.

Opec+ set to keep November oil output targets steady — Reuters

The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, Nournews reported Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying on Sunday, a few days after Tehran received Washington's reply to its diplomatic proposal.

Iran says Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until conditions are met

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered a thorough investigation and response measures over recent personal data leak incidents at banks, finance companies and public agencies, Seoul's presidential office said on Sunday.

South Korean president orders probe into data leaks across financial industry

BATU PAHAT (Oct 4): A 16-year-old female student died after she was found unconscious and covered in blood at a school in Yong Peng Saturday.

Police said a 16-year-old male teenager was arrested at about 7pm in the Yong Peng area, about an hour after police were alerted to the incident....

Teen nabbed after student found murdered at Yong Peng school

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his condolences over the death of secondary student Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairoul Faisal, whose body was found with injuries at a school in Yong Peng, Johor on Saturday.

In a Facebook post, the prime minister extended his condole...

PM orders swift probe into death of Yong Peng schoolgirl

Over the past decade, scholars and journalists have been writing about what the march of digital technology means for humanity with a mixture of hope and anxiety: hope because of the rise in living standards that the digital revolution has made possible, and anxiety because it has deepened social...

Real World Economics: How to Stop the AI-pocalypse

Train services on the MRT Putrajaya Line are experiencing delays following a power supply disruption caused by a cable theft incident near Taman Equine Station, according to Rapid KL.

Services on Putrajaya MRT line disrupted due to cable theft 

Bankers in Hong Kong skipped the summer break as an artificial intelligence-fuelled rush for capital sent share sales to a record, defying a bruising sell-off in the city’s stocks.

AI deal frenzy powers Hong Kong fundraising to record summer

Our cover story features Johor-based BCB Bhd (KL:BCB), who views Johor’s next phase of growth as not about chasing the latest property cycle, but positioning its developments in the state’s evolving economic landscape.

BCB maps its next phase of growth across Johor

Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s Sementara brings together 75 paintings and drawings spanning decades of the painter’s career, from his celebrated Smokers and Sofa series to pieces exploring the human form, ritual, portraiture and animals. Drawn from the Steve Wong Art Collection, the retrospective highlights Zakii’s distinctive mastery of shadow, light, charcoal and chiaroscuro, alongside his fascination with the body and its spiritual dimensions.

State of becoming

Our cover story features Johor-based BCB Bhd (KL:BCB), who views Johor’s next phase of growth as not about chasing the latest property cycle, but positioning its developments in the state’s evolving economic landscape.

(Oct 4): A former OpenAI safety employee who recently resigned criticized the company's approach to AI safety, arguing that a fast-paced culture focused on rapid development increases the risk of failures.

Writing in "I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken," published by the Atl...

OpenAI safety employee quits, says 'time for trial and error is over'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the recent rise in US Treasury yields was in line with global trends and didn’t warrant consternation, even as worries about persisting price pressures pushed some benchmark rates to their highest in more than two decades.

Bessent downplays worries on rising yields, AI bubble concerns

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed his condolences over the death of secondary student Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairoul Faisal, whose body was found with injuries at a school in Yong Peng, Johor on Saturday.

In a Facebook post, the prime minister extended his condole...

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday they had targeted an Aramco facility in the Saudi capital Riyadh with ballistic missiles and drones, saying the attack was in retaliation for Saudi attacks on Yemen's Sanaa and other provinces.

Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Aramco facility in Riyadh with missiles, drones

Any urgency among Federal Reserve and European Central Bank policymakers to follow up September interest-rate hikes at this month’s meetings has been dialled back in the wake of soft US jobs data and acute stress in French financial markets.

US Fed, ECB minutes to show inflation fears as hike bets fade

BATU PAHAT (Oct 4): A 16-year-old female student died after she was found unconscious and covered in blood at a school in Yong Peng Saturday.

Police said a 16-year-old male teenager was arrested at about 7pm in the Yong Peng area, about an hour after police were alerted to the incident....

Train services on the MRT Putrajaya Line are experiencing delays following a power supply disruption caused by a cable theft incident near Taman Equine Station, according to Rapid KL.

Ahmad Zakii Anwar’s Sementara brings together 75 paintings and drawings spanning decades of the painter’s career, from his celebrated Smokers and Sofa series to pieces exploring the human form, ritual, portraiture and animals. Drawn from the Steve Wong Art Collection, the retrospective highlights Zakii’s distinctive mastery of shadow, light, charcoal and chiaroscuro, alongside his fascination with the body and its spiritual dimensions.&nbsp;

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticised prominent artificial-intelligence figures’ warnings about existential risks posed by the technology as alarmist and unhelpful, calling on the industry to police itself and produce solutions.

Bessent says AI industry must own its risks and find solutions

A new White House task force will produce a report assessing risks posed by artificial intelligence and what responsibility the US federal government should have over the technology, the Wall Street Journal reported.&nbsp;

US AI task force to report on technology’s risks — report 

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered a thorough investigation and response measures over recent personal data leak incidents at banks, finance companies and public agencies, Seoul's presidential office said on Sunday.

Bankers in Hong Kong skipped the summer break as an artificial intelligence-fuelled rush for capital sent share sales to a record, defying a bruising sell-off in the city’s stocks.

Over the past decade, scholars and journalists have been writing about what the march of digital technology means for humanity with a mixture of hope and anxiety: hope because of the rise in living standards that the digital revolution has made possible, and anxiety because it has deepened social...

Nicolás Maduro is not entitled to immunity from criminal charges, US prosecutors said, countering the former Venezuelan president’s bid to toss the US’ narco-terrorism case against him.

Maduro not immune to prosecution in narco-terror case, US says

The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, Nournews reported Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying on Sunday, a few days after Tehran received Washington's reply to its diplomatic proposal.

Opec+ is set to keep oil production targets steady for November, three sources close to the matter said ahead of the group's meeting on Sunday.

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