Farm Fresh has set its IPO price at RM1.35 per share to raise approximately RM1 billion — a portion of which will be utilised for its regional expansion plan outside Malaysia. Its group MD and group CEO Loi Tuan Ee elaborates. </div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage>

NEWS: Farm Fresh talks regional expansion

Gold prices touched near three-month highs on Friday and were set to post a fourth straight weekly gain, buoyed by uncertainty about US President Donald Trump's tariff plans and his calls to lower interest rates weighing on the dollar.

Gold rebounds to three-month peak on Trump's rate, tariff remarks

U Mobile Sdn Bhd, Malaysia's second 5G network operator, plans to double its number of stores nationwide within the next two years.

Chief marketing officer, Navin Manian, said the company currently has 14 stores nationwide, including two flagship outlets.

U Mobile to accelerate store expansions nationwide

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.

BOJ raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps

TikTok’s Chinese parent company has just over two months to find a buyer for the app’s US business or face a nationwide ban, after getting a time extension from US President Donald Trump. There is already competition to own it.

TikTok’s possible buyers, from Elon Musk to MrBeast

After spending RM719.4 million to acquire eight new assets in 2024, Axis Real Estate Investment Trust (Axis REIT) (KL:AXREIT) said it will continue to aggressively source potential acquisition targets, particularly industrial properties.

Axis REIT in hot pursuit of industrial deals

Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) has issued four new structured warrants linked to crude palm oil futures (FCPO) traded on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives.

The warrants are available for trading starting Friday, positioning Maybank IB as one of the first issuers of this financial instrument referencing a commodity, it said in a statement.

Maybank IB issues four new structured warrants linked to CPO futures

As an export-driven economy, Malaysia faces challenges this year in keeping up with policy shifts made by its third largest trading partner, the US, according to AmBank.

Malaysia faces challenges keeping pace with US policy shifts, says AmBank economist

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has transferred the operatorship of the Kebabangan Cluster production sharing contract (KBBC PSC) to ConocoPhillips Sabah Gas Ltd, a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, a global energy company.

Petronas transfers sole operatorship of Kebabangan Cluster production sharing contract to ConocoPhillips

TH Properties and Affin Bank Bhd (KL:AFFIN) have entered into a strategic partnership to introduce flexible home financing solutions aimed at young homebuyers and property investors.

TH Properties partners Affin Bank to offer flexible home financing solutions for fresh graduates, first-time homebuyers and women

After almost two years of suspension, the automated people mover system (aerotrain) at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is now targeted to resume operations by the second quarter of 2025, subject to the testing and commission progress.

KLIA aerotrain to resume operations by 2Q, says MD of MAHB

Shares of YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTL) and YTL Power International Bhd (KL:YTLPOWR) fell on Friday in active trade after the companies revealed plans to issue non-tradable warrants exercisable at a discount to market prices.

YTL Corp, YTL Power shares down in active trade after plan to issue non-tradeable warrants

US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the creation of a cryptocurrency working group tasked with proposing new digital asset regulations and exploring the creation of a national cryptocurrency stockpile, making good on his promise to quickly overhaul US crypto policy.

Trump orders crypto working group to draft new regulations, explore national stockpile

China’s straitened economic circumstances are being reflected in Lunar New Year travel plans, with many choosing cheaper domestic trips or nearby destinations in Asia.

Chinese tourists avoid far-flung trips over Lunar New Year holiday

After almost two years of suspension, the automated people mover system (aerotrain) at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is now targeted to resume operations by the second quarter of 2025, subject to the testing and commission progress.

Singapore's central bank on Friday loosened its monetary policy, the first such move since 2020, saying it expects inflation and growth to be slower than it initially forecast this year.

Singapore central bank eases monetary policy, first time since March 2020 

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp won’t be a part of Honda Motor Co and Nissan Motor Co’s plans to combine their companies under a holding company, the Yomiuri reported.

Mitsubishi Motors won’t join Honda, Nissan tie-up — report

The first subsea cable system directly connecting Singapore to the American west coast has been granted a landing licence by the US, according to Keppel Ltd, bolstering the city-state’s push as Asia’s leading digital hub.

US-Singapore subsea cable seen worth US$760m gets approval

Global shares rose on Friday buoyed by the prospect of lower US interest rates and a US-China trade deal following comments from President Donald Trump, while the yen was choppy after the Bank of Japan delivered a widely expected rate hike.

Asian shares buoyed by Trump's China comments; BOJ hikes rate

Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has fully deposited the judgment sum of RM1.35 million in damages to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng’s lawyers, pending his appeal at the Court of Appeal.

Muhyiddin settles payment of RM1.35m in damages to Guan Eng pending defamation appeal

US President Donald Trump said he would prefer not to have to impose tariffs on China, while at the same time highlighting the influence he sees his threats having over the Asian nation’s actions.&nbsp;

Trump flexes threat of tariffs as ‘big power’ over China

Analysts see China’s latest initiatives injecting at least one trillion yuan (US$138 billion or RM608.44 billion) of additional flows in 2025 into its ailing stock market, with the most bullish calculation by JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co&nbsp;totalling 13 trillion yuan over three years.

China’s new rules to add US$138b into market, analysts say

US businessman Frank McCourt is open to teaming up with other buyers on a bid to take over the US operations of TikTok as long as he can maintain control of the asset, he told Reuters at the Davos event on Thursday.

Billionaire McCourt says open to teaming up on a TikTok bid 

Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (KL:MRCB) will have a long road ahead in gestating the development of the newly secured Ipoh Sentral project that will span 20 years in phases, analysts said.

Long road ahead for MRCB with Ipoh Sentral project, analysts say

Malaysia is expected to see continued growth in consumer spending throughout 2025, with real household spending forecasted to increase by 5.2% year-on-year, driven by a favourable macroeconomic environment, according to BMI, a Fitch Solutions unit.

BMI sees Malaysia’s household spending surging 5.2% in 2025 amid steady inflation, labour market

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has finally been released from the witness stand, after testifying for 26 days in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial.

1MDB-Tanore: Najib wraps up 26-day testimony on the stand

Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup&nbsp;is facing renewed scrutiny on its strategy of backing&nbsp;loss-making&nbsp;electric vehicle maker VinFast, with its shares near multi-year lows as foreign investors sell and its borrowing costs rise.

EV maker VinFast's losses heap pressure on parent Vingroup as foreign investors sell

Britain said on Friday it had awarded Rolls-Royce a £9 billion (US$11 billion or RM48.8 billion) contract to design, make and provide support services to nuclear reactors that power its fleet of submarines.

Rolls-Royce wins US$11b UK nuclear submarine contract

A late-day rebound in technology companies helped drive stocks to all-time highs, extending an advance fuelled by President Donald Trump’s call for lower oil prices and interest rates.

US stocks get Trump boost to close at all-time highs

（吉隆坡24日讯）杨忠礼机构（YTL Corporation Bhd）（KL:YTL）和杨忠礼电力（YTL Power International Bhd）（KL:YTLPOWR）公布计划派送行使价低于市价的非流通凭单后，今早双双在交投活跃中走低。