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Thames Water will be blocked from clawing back from customers £770,000 (US$973,670 or RM4.35 million) in bonuses paid to its bosses last year.

Thames Water blocked from using customer cash to pay bonuses

BAKU, Azerbaijan (Nov 21): Malaysia hopes a decisive agreement on climate change funding under the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), a critical component of the Paris Agreement, will be reached during the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Malaysia hopes for decisive agreement on climate change funding — Nik Nazmi

K-pop music may be South Korea's buzziest export but the industry needlessly creates mountains of plastic in its home market by churning out CDs that most fans don't even listen to, critics say.

K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): The appointment of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said as chairperson of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) reflects global recognition of Malaysia’s role in combating corruption.

Azalina’s appointment as chairperson of global academy reflects recognition of Malaysia’s role in combating corruption — PM

SANTIAGO (Nov 20): Peru's indebted state-run oil firm PetroPeru could consider offering a minority stake to private investors in the second half of 2025, when the company hopes to emerge from a crisis and post profits, Chairman Alejandro Narvaez told Reuters on Wednesday.<...

Peru's state oil firm could open to private investors in 2025, chairman says

China has found gold reserves worth 600 billion yuan (US$82.9 billion or RM370.9 billion) in central Hunan province, state outlet Xinhua news said on Thursday.

China finds US$83b worth of gold reserves in Hunan 

In his first global meetings since Donald Trump was reelected to lead the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping went on a diplomatic offensive, hedging against expected new tariffs and preparing to exploit potential future rifts between Washington and its allies.

Bracing for Trump tariffs, China's Xi makes diplomatic push at global summits

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Malaysia’s stance on several international issues, including the conflict in Gaza and reforms within the United Nations, does not affect its strong trade relations with the United States (US), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

PM: Malaysia’s stance on global issues does not affect trade relations with US

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been indicted by US prosecutors for his alleged role in a US$265 million scheme to bribe Indian officials, plunging his conglomerate deep into crisis for the second time in two years.

Indian tycoon Adani charged in US over US$265m bribery scheme, dismisses allegations as ‘baseless’ 

Malaysia has been making optimal use of the world stage and international platforms to urge the world to recognise the state of Palestine and to expel Israel from the United Nations (UN) membership, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Thursday.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he had even brought Malaysia’s voice and firm stance on the matter to the recently concluded Apec Economic Leaders' Meeting in Peru, the G20 Summit in Brazil, and the Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Malaysia uses world stage to urge for recognition of Palestine, expulsion of Israel from UN

(Nov 21):&nbsp;Dyson Ltd&nbsp;is dialling back its hairdryer-related operations in Malaysia, according to people familiar with the matter who declined to be identified discussing matters that are private, as the consumer goods company seeks to streamline its business in the region.

Dyson dials back Malaysian hairdryer ops, redeploys staff in Johor — Bloomberg

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (KL:PCHEM) may be in for tougher days ahead following a massive paper loss that sent the company into the red for the first time ever and prompted analysts to cut their forecasts.

Petronas Chemicals' outlook gloomy, analysts warn amid mounting joint venture losses

Asian equities fell on Thursday after AI darling Nvidia disappointed investors with slower revenue growth expectations, while the dollar firmed and bitcoin hit a record high, buoyed by hopes about US President-elect Donald Trump's policies.

Asian stocks stutter as Nvidia's forecast disappoints

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been indicted by US prosecutors for his alleged role in a US$265 million scheme to bribe Indian officials, plunging his conglomerate deep into crisis for the second time in two years.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Malaysia’s central bank made two unusual changes to the government bond auction calendar by rescheduling a tender set for this month, and scrapping another pencilled in for December.

BNM reschedules govt bond auction, scraps one issue in unusual move

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Shares of RCE Capital Bhd (KL:RCECAP) fell on Thursday after the company, which mainly provides financing to civil servants, reported weaker than expected quarterly results.

RCE Capital shares fall on Thursday after weaker than expected results

Nvidia forecast its slowest revenue growth in seven quarters on Wednesday, failing to meet lofty expectations of some investors who have made it the world's most valuable firm.

Nvidia's AI chip demand still booming but slowing sales growth worries investors

Property prices in Asia’s major markets are expected to rise over the next year with Hong Kong leading the projected gains, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

Home prices set to rise in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia in 2025

Starbucks Corp reduced its US retail workforce by 8% in its most recent fiscal year, even as the coffee chain added hundreds of new locations.&nbsp;

Starbucks shrank retail staff 8% despite hundreds of new stores

Starbucks Corp is exploring options for its Chinese operations including the possibility of selling a stake in the business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Starbucks said to consider selling stake in Chinese business

Shares of Adani Group companies lost about US$28 billion (RM125.3 billion) in market value in morning trade on Thursday after US prosecutors charged the billionaire chairman of the Indian conglomerate in an alleged bribery and fraud scheme.

India's Adani Group sees US$30b in value wiped off after US indictments 

The Biden administration told Congress it plans to cancel US$4.65 billion (RM20.8 billion) in debt owed by Ukraine, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg News, the latest in a series of moves meant to bolster support for Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Biden administration seeks to cancel US$4.6b of Ukraine’s debt

Sime Darby Property Bhd (KL:SIMEPROP) on Thursday said that the company is seeking more assets that would generate recurring income for the real estate developer.

Sime Darby Property seeks more assets generating recurring income

PARAMARIBO (Nov 20): Suriname's state-run oil company Staatsolie said on Wednesday that US oil giant ExxonMobil has withdrawn from its offshore block 52, and block operator Petronas Suriname E&amp;P will take over its 50% stake.

Suriname’s Staatsolie says ExxonMobil has withdrawn from offshore block, Petronas’ unit to take over 50% stake

The extended six-year contract signed between the government and Bestinet Sdn Bhd for the Foreign Worker Centralised Management System (FWCMS) could cost the government a minimum of RM3.2 billion, according to a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Bestinet contract extension for foreign worker recruitment system could cost govt minimum of RM3.2b, says PAC

Northern Solar Holdings Bhd has signed an underwriting agreement with M&amp;A Securities Sdn Bhd for its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.

The solar energy firm said its IPO scheduled to take place in February 2025, entails a public issue of 67.3 million new shares and the sale of 35.6 million existing shares.

All in all, the listing would offer investors up to a 26% stake in the company.

Northern Solar Holdings signs underwriting agreement with M&A Securities

China's Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced artificial intelligence chip in the first quarter of 2025, even as it struggles to make enough chips due to US restrictions, said two people familiar with the matter.

Huawei aims to mass-produce newest AI chip in early 2025, despite US curbs

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21) : The National Union of Journalists Malaysia (NUJ) refutes claims by senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah that the media unfairly covered the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial, involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

NUJ defends media’s fair coverage of SRC trial, urges Shafee not to ‘drag’ media into case

The CEO of Indian food delivery giant Zomato has stoked a public debate by advertising a chief of staff job with an unusual twist: there will be no salary initially and the position instead comes with a two million rupee (US$23,700 or RM106,034) "fee".

Want to be chief of staff at India's Zomato? CEO says forget salary, pay US$23,700 fee 

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21): Analysts have raised their earnings forecasts and target prices on Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Bhd (KL:HSPLANT), after the plantation group outperformed market expectations in its latest quarterly results.