Below in an excerpt from Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) chairman Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun's statement in the company's latest annual report, which was filed with Bursa Malaysia on Monday (Oct 31).

Vincent Tan: Exceptional, unprecedented times moulded us to emerge stronger

Volatility has become a defining feature of global trade, and Malaysian businesses have had to adapt at pace. Over the last five years, they have navigated global events that have had major impacts on how and where trade flows, including COVID-19, the Red Sea disruption, the Russia–Ukraine war, shifting tariff regimes and renewed conflict in the Middle East. Yet trade remains resilient and has kept growing, and expectations have risen with it.

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Oil steadied after jumping on Friday, as flareups in fighting in the Middle East and Ukraine dimmed the prospect of a return to normal crude flows.

Brent crude holds near US$110 on Mideast and Ukraine conflicts

US stock futures rose and oil edged lower as traders prepared for a packed week of corporate earnings and Chinese economic data against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical risks.

US stock futures rise ahead of busy earnings week

Microsoft has pulled out of a data centre deal with British cloud provider Nscale, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday.

Microsoft pulls out of UK data centre deal with Nscale — report

SEOUL (Oct 18): Samsung Electronics will use TSMC's three-nanometre process to produce base dies for Nvidia's next-generation custom high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, the Seoul Economic Daily reported on Sunday.

The move would mark the first time Samsung has worked with the Taiw...

Samsung to use TSMC technology for Nvidia's next-generation memory chips — report

Educational institutions under the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, and Penang will reopen and resume normal operations on Monday.

Schools in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, Penang to reopen Monday

IPOH (Oct 18): DAP elected representatives who fail to meet their key performance indicators (KPIs) risk not being renominated in future elections, party secretary general Anthony Loke said.

He said Perak DAP, under the leadership of its chairman Nga Kor Ming, had set strict performance...

DAP reps who fail to hit KPIs risk being dropped, says Loke

The Sabah Cabinet has approved 24-hour operations for the Sepanggar Bay Container Port (SBCP) to address logistics congestion, but implementation depends on the industry ecosystem's overall readiness, as well as the readiness of related government departments and agencies.

Sepanggar Bay Container Port gets nod from Sabah Cabinet for 24-hour operations 

The Malaysian Prisons Department is now in the final phase of drafting regulations and conditions for the implementation of home detention following the conditional pardon decision that allows former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence through this method.

Prisons Dept finalising house arrest rules, says home minister

Malaysia’s diversified economy, resilient export markets and stronger fiscal buffers will help cushion external shocks and support its growth outlook for 2027, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

Amir Hamzah sees Malaysia’s diversified economy, fiscal buffers cushioning external shocks in 2027

Microsoft has pulled out of a data centre deal with British cloud provider Nscale, Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday.

SEOUL (Oct 18): Samsung Electronics will use TSMC's three-nanometre process to produce base dies for Nvidia's next-generation custom high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, the Seoul Economic Daily reported on Sunday.

The move would mark the first time Samsung has worked with the Taiw...

US stock futures rose and oil edged lower as traders prepared for a packed week of corporate earnings and Chinese economic data against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical risks.

Oil steadied after jumping on Friday, as flareups in fighting in the Middle East and Ukraine dimmed the prospect of a return to normal crude flows.&nbsp;

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