Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Tuesday

MRCB, MNRB, CIMB, Pansar, Yinson, Mah Sing, YNH, Sunway REIT, Alpha IVF, KIP REIT, UOA REIT, Taghill, KTI Landmark 

Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Monday.

MAHB, 7-Eleven, Fajarbaru, Datasonic, Scanwolf, UUE, SkyWorld, Mieco, Maxland 

Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Friday.

CIMB, Berjaya Corp, Mitrajaya, HeiTech Padu, Datasonic, Petronas Gas, Dialog, Hong Leong Bank, JF Tech, Cosmos, MYMBN, Homeritz 

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

Alliance Bank, Hextar Industries, Jati Tinggi, Ancom Nylex, Sarawak Oil Palms, Sedania, Tanco, Silver Ridge

Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Wednesday

MAHB, Southern Score Builders, SC Estate Builder, KJTS, Sunview, Poh Kong, VS Industry, AZRB, Rexit

Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Tuesday.

Yinson, Mah Sing, YTL Power, Atlan, Sunway, Kawan Food, Theta Edge, South Malaysia Industries

Gamuda, Yinson, YTL Power, Eden, Infomina, Kimlun, Solarvest, Sapura Energy, Apex Equity

TNB, Berjaya Corp, Sime Darby Property, Uzma, Metronic, Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor, Key Alliance

Here is a brief recap of some corporate announcements that made the news on Thursday.

Public Bank, LPI Capital, Dialog, Yinson, T7 Global, Hibiscus Petroleum, NPC Resources, MPHB Capital, Pos Malaysia, SMI

Reservoir Link, Swift Energy, MAHB, Aeon, Ahmad Zaki, CJ Century Logistics, UUE, Erdasan, Edaran, Lim Seong Hai Capital, Fibromat

Alliance Bank, UUE, Nestcon, Infomina, ITMAX, KUB, CI Holdings, MN Holdings, Coastal Contracts, Sentoria

MAHB, Oriental Kopi, Kerjaya Prospek, Kumpulan Kitacon, T7 Global, Aizo, Keyfield, Citaglobal, D&O

Petra Energy, Cuscapi, MyEG, Icon Offshore, Velocity Capital, Swift Energy

A brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Thursday.

Awantec, Pentamaster, Velocity Capital, Ecobuilt, Karex, Sunway REIT

Gateway Development Alliance Sdn Bhd (GDA) and its shareholders (the consortium) have refuted any suggestion that the offer for Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd or MAHB (KL:AIRPORT) has been undertaken in anything other than full compliance with the Securities Commission Malaysia’s (SC) Rules on Takeovers, Mergers and Compulsory Acquisitions.

GDA says in full compliance with SC rules on MAHB takeover

SINGAPORE (Jan 22): Singapore’s Changi Airport handled 67.7 million passengers in 2024, a 14.8% year-on-year increase, according to the airport operator.

Singapore’s Changi Airport handled 67.7 million passengers in 2024, nears pre-Covid levels 

GENEVA/BERLIN (Jan 21): Berlin will try to talk U.S. President Donald Trump out of his decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, Germany's health minister said on Tuesday.

The U.N. agency also said that it hoped that its top donor country would chan...

Germany to lobby Trump on WHO withdrawal, agency hopes for U-turn

Indonesia's palm oil fund agency has resumed fund disbursement to subsidise biodiesel and oil palm tree replanting programmes after a brief pause during a reorganisation, agency official Achmad Maulizal said on Wednesday.

Indonesian agency resumes fund disbursement for biodiesel, palm replanting

Companies that make up the backbone of the German economy are putting borrowing plans on hold, with sales of a local debt product dwindling amid a gloomy economic outlook.

Germany’s private debt deals diminish due to gloomy outlook

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): TechStore Bhd, which provides hardware and software to businesses, has fixed its initial public offering (IPO) price at 20 sen per share ahead of its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.

Enterprise hardware and software firm TechStore sets IPO price at 20 sen

President Donald Trump faces a host of headwinds that could thwart his ability to generate a boom for the US economy, according to Harvard University professor Ken Rogoff.

Trump’s plan to trigger boom risks coming undone, Rogoff warns

The Mexican peso tumbled after President Donald Trump vowed to impose stiff tariffs, reigniting fears among traders that the nation will become a target over the next four years.

Trump’s pledge to slap 25% tariffs on Mexico sinks peso

(Jan 22): Japan’s stock market is only now waking up to potential gains from record numbers of big-spending tourists.

Luxury, hotel stocks are all the rage as tourists flock to Japan

Inflation in Malaysia eased slightly and was marginally slower than expected in December as prices of non-food items and services rose at a more moderate pace, official data released on Wednesday showed.

Malaysia’s inflation in December slows as non-food price pressure eases, official data shows

Sunway Bhd (KL:SUNWAY) has started the ball rolling for the initial public offer (IPO) of its healthcare unit, sources told The Edge.

Maybank Investment Bank Bhd and AmInvestment Bank Bhd are said to be the front-runners as principal advisers for the IPO of Sunway Healthcare Group, the sources said.

Sunway shortlists bankers for healthcare unit's IPO 

(Jan 22): US&nbsp;President Donald&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;on Tuesday announced&nbsp;a&nbsp;private&nbsp;sector&nbsp;investment&nbsp;of up to US$500&nbsp;billion (RM2.23 trillion) to fund&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;for artificial intelligence (AI),&nbsp;aiming to outpace rival nations in the business-critical technology.

Trump announces private-sector US$500 bil investment in AI infrastructure

MIDF Research said&nbsp;the recent selldown of data centre-linked construction stocks&nbsp;may have been overdone as it sees the US’ AI chip export restrictions having minimal impact on data centre operations here.

In a note, MIDF Research said this prompted&nbsp;its upgrade on&nbsp;Sunway Construction Group Berhad (KL:SUNCON) to a “buy”, from “neutral”.

MIDF says selldown on data centre-related stocks overdone, upgrades SunCon

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the US via Mexico and Canada.

Trump stirs tariff pot with fresh threats on EU, Feb 1 China deadline

Founders of FashionValet Sdn Bhd Datin Vivy Yusof and her husband Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar have been charged with the misappropriation of RM8 million from Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), belonging to the company.

FashionValet founders claim trial to alternative charges of fund misappropriation

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): Malaysia’s property market is now showing signs of improvement that will lift Malaysian banking stocks under pressure from uncertainties over data-centre outlook, according to CIMB Securities.

CIMB Securities: Malaysian property market now showing signs of improvement that will lift banking stocks

President Donald Trump said he would be open to billionaire supporter Elon Musk or Oracle Corp chairman Larry Ellison purchasing social video app TikTok as part of a joint venture with the US government.

Trump says he’s open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok

Global stocks gained on Wednesday as a flurry of new policies from US President Donald Trump combined with robust corporate earnings to bolster investor optimism, while tariff uncertainty kept the dollar near two-week lows.

Stocks bask in Trump glow, tariff uncertainty weighs on dollar

DAVOS, Switzerland (Jan 21): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said digitalisation is a "missing component" in all of Malaysia's previous free trade agreements (FTAs).

PM: Malaysia seeks to upgrade its free trade agreements to cover digitalisation

Over the past two years, the Biden administration struck a careful balance on artificial intelligence. The White House took steps to ensure the US stayed ahead of China in developing the technology while also trying to address some of AI’s many potential risks.

Trump pushes to make US an AI superpower, with fewer guardrails 

Indonesia's antitrust agency on Tuesday ordered Google to pay fines about 202 billion rupiah (US$12.4 million or RM55.3 million) for unfair business practices related to its payment system services for Google Play Store, its software distribution platform.

Indonesia fines Google US$12.4m for unfair business practices

Lawmakers in some of Asia’s key digital-assets markets are warming to the industry as Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda in the US ripples through the region.

Crypto fears ease in Asia as officials aim to keep up with Trump

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on the US to reconsider President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security. 
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The planned departure would leave the WHO scrambling to replace its top donor, which contributed US$1.3 billion (RM5.84 billion) to the organisation between 2022 and 2023. Without US funding, work that the WHO carries out on containing diseases such as HIV, polio and Ebola as well as a recent outbreak of lethal Marburg virus could be at risk.&nbsp;

WHO urges Trump to reconsider US exit

For all the hand-wringing about the potential fallout of Donald Trump’s expansive, pro-growth policy agenda, the US treasury market has gotten off to a smooth start.

On day one, Trump appeases bond traders and pushes down rates

DAVOS, Switzerland (Jan 21):&nbsp; Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that Malaysia&nbsp;is not in “pressing need” to adopt nuclear power, as the country still sees much potential in solar power and the Asean Power Grid (APG).

WEF 2025: Malaysia not in 'pressing need' to adopt nuclear power, says Anwar

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely impose sanctions on Russia if its president, Vladimir Putin, refuses to negotiate about ending the war in Ukraine.

Trump says will sanction Russia if Putin does not negotiate on Ukraine 

Microsoft on Tuesday said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan's SoftBank Group to build up to US$500 billion (RM2.2 trillion) of new AI data centres in the United States.

Microsoft relaxes data centre grip on OpenAI amid US$500b joint venture

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): TechStore Bhd, which provides hardware and software to businesses, has fixed its initial public offering (IPO) price at 20 sen per share ahead of its listing on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia.

MrBeast, the internet’s most-followed and highest-earning content creator, has joined a new bid to buy TikTok.

MrBeast, internet’s top creator, joins new bid to buy TikTok

ByteDance is placing a big bet on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure as the TikTok parent plans to spend more than US$12 billion (RM53.5 billion) on AI in 2025, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

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