LONDON (March 10): After a year that tipped conventional wisdom on its head, the coming week might suggest a return to some sort of normality for the global economy — or instead take investors into a whole new round of uncertainty.

On the face of it, Wednesday's expected interest rate h...

Crunch week as Fed meets on rates, Trump team joins G20

LONDON (March 17): Americans angry with their lot elected the anti-establishment Donald Trump despite a US economy running at an annual rate of around 3.5% and unemployment at a meagre 4.6%.

Britons believing they were being left hanging voted to leave the wealthy European Union trading...

Three votes down — now for the French

DUBLIN (March 24): The nine-month Brexit "phoney war" is set to come to an end next week when British Prime Minister Theresa May notifies the European Union of Britain's intention to leave, starting two years of unprecedented negotiations.

May will send a letter to European Co...

Britain to fire starting gun on Brexit talks

FRANKFURT (March 6): Two of the world's biggest central banks are likely to find themselves with a bigger policy gap by the end of the coming fortnight

The European Central Bank on Thursday will resist calls to start tightening policy against surging inflation but robust US jobs data on...

Fed and ECB go their separate ways

LONDON (Jan 13): European Central Bank officials are unlikely to make any change in policy on Thursday, while data from the United States will help the Federal Reserve decide whether to immediately follow December's rate increase with another.

Recent data from the euro zone suggests the...

ECB to hold steady, Trump takes office

LONDON (Oct 30): Several of the world's top central banks will meet in the coming week, but only one, the US Federal Reserve, is set to start a final countdown on the second most anticipated event of the year after the Presidential Election.

Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the rest of the Fe...

Warmup begins for the Great US Rate Hike of 2016

FRANKFURT (Nov 2): US jobs data due in the coming week may hold the key to whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates for the first time since 2006 in December, signalling its intention to end an era of almost-free dollars.

An increase in Fed rates would have conseq...

US jobs data to hold key to Fed's rate plans

The euro zone's struggle to avoid another recession will take centre stage in the coming week in the absence of major U.S. data, as investors mull whether the ECB's new asset-buying plan is a prelude to even more radical steps.

Searching for growth in Europe, clarity in China

Two men were arrested on Friday for attempting to trespass into Istana Negara.

In a statement on Friday, Kuala Lumpur police chief Commissioner Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said a police officer had stopped a Perodua Kembara vehicle that had attempted to enter Gate 3 of Istana Negara with the passengers intending to meet the King.

Two men arrested for attempting to trespass into Istana Negara

The suspect killed in the attack at the Ulu Tiram police station, here on Friday, was believed to have acted alone, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Suspect in Ulu Tiram police station attack acted alone, says Saifuddin Nasution

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about US$3 billion (RM14.06 billion) in cash and cryptocurrency to its customers in a bankruptcy liquidation, leaving its owner, Digital Currency Group, with no recovery from the bankruptcy.

Crypto lender Genesis to return US$3b to customers in bankruptcy wind-down

Seven individuals, including a Singaporean, were remanded for seven days from Saturday until May 24, to assist in the investigation into the attack on the Ulu Tiram police station, early on Friday morning.

Ulu Tiram police station attack: Singaporean among seven remanded

If an exciting race, a packed crowd with A-list bristle, and a surprise winner was the happening event Formula One needed in America, then the Miami Grand Prix delivered in spades. But that’s not all a scorching afternoon in the Florida sunshine achieved; it also added fuel to the “end of empire” feeling about Red Bull’s domination of the sport.

Business of Sports: Bull market correction is a gain for F1

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has given his assurance that the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) movement in the country is still under control.

Saifuddin Nasution: Jemaah Islamiyah movement in Malaysia still under control

Genting Singapore has confirmed its interest in developing an integrated resort (IR) development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as per its executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay’s comments to shareholder queries at the gaming group’s annual general meeting (AGM) last Friday.

Genting Singapore keen on UAE casino resort development

Spot silver surpassed US$30 an ounce to hit the highest level in more than a decade.

The precious metal closed 6.5% higher at US$31.49 an ounce Friday, the highest since February 2013. It has soared 32% this year, outpacing gold and making it one of the year’s best-performing major commodities.

Spot silver tops US$30 an ounce to hit highest since 2013

The seven individuals who were arrested on Friday over an attack at the Ulu Tiram police station here will be brought to the Magistrate's Court here on Saturday to obtain a remand order.

Ulu Tiram police station attack: Seven individuals to be taken to court for remand

As the local stock market edged higher, investors will be closely monitoring the financial performance of listed firms to justify the ongoing rally with the FBM KLCI reaching a multi-year high of 1,619.45 points last Friday in intra-day trade. The better-than-expected Malaysian economic growth of 4.2% in 1Q2024, which was released last Friday, is expected to help sustain the positive market sentiment.

The Week Ahead: Corporate earnings, trade data and US Fed minutes in focus

The slide in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)’s position on the list of the World's Top 100 Airports over the last decade is just a symptom of bigger problems in the management and structure of the airport industry in Malaysia.

A deal to bring the experts in

Genting Singapore has confirmed its interest in developing an integrated resort (IR) development in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as per its executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay’s comments to shareholder queries at the gaming group’s annual general meeting (AGM) last Friday.

A US company has become the world’s most valuable solar manufacturer for the first time since 2018, as Chinese rivals suffer from a profit-slashing price war and an onslaught of trade barriers erected by Washington.

US company becomes world’s most valuable solar firm after Chinese rivals slip

A rebound that has taken the US stock market to record highs this week may have further to run, if history is any guide.

Stock market's record-setting rebound may have further to go

The seven individuals who were arrested on Friday over an attack at the Ulu Tiram police station here will be brought to the Magistrate's Court here on Saturday to obtain a remand order.

World stock indexes were nearly flat while US Treasury yields rose on Friday as investors tried to assess the timing of potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve (Fed) this year.

Stocks near flat as timing of US rate cuts weighed; copper jumps

The suspect killed in the attack at the Ulu Tiram police station, here on Friday, was believed to have acted alone, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Seven individuals, including a Singaporean, were remanded for seven days from Saturday until May 24, to assist in the investigation into the attack on the Ulu Tiram police station, early on Friday morning.

As the local stock market edged higher, investors will be closely monitoring the financial performance of listed firms to justify the ongoing rally with the FBM KLCI reaching a multi-year high of 1,619.45 points last Friday in intra-day trade. The better-than-expected Malaysian economic growth of 4.2% in 1Q2024, which was released last Friday, is expected to help sustain the positive market sentiment.

Traders are keeping a close eye on flows into equities from the retail crowd as stocks hover near record highs and meme stocks popped and then fizzled this week.

Goldman sees fear of underperforming as retail crowd returns

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 40,000 mark for the first time on Friday, with other major indexes also scoring weekly gains, as data supported expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve (Fed) this year.

Dow ends above 40,000 milestone, indexes notch up weekly gains

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has given his assurance that the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) movement in the country is still under control.

The US Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a US appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's US assets by Jan 19 or face a ban.

US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec 6 on potential ban

Citigroup Inc was accused in a lawsuit of racial discrimination for its policy of waiving ATM fees for customers of minority-owned banks.

Citi hit with racial bias suit from a conservative law firm

Mercedes-Benz Group AG employees in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers, a major blow to the union’s recently reinvigorated efforts to grow its ranks.

Mercedes workers in Alabama reject union in pivotal vote

The US awarded contracts for the purchase of 3.3 million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after a massive sale from the stockpile in 2022, the Department of Energy said on Friday.

US to buy 3.3 million barrels of oil for Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Spot silver surpassed US$30 an ounce to hit the highest level in more than a decade.

The precious metal closed 6.5% higher at US$31.49 an ounce Friday, the highest since February 2013. It has soared 32% this year, outpacing gold and making it one of the year’s best-performing major commodities.

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about US$3 billion (RM14.06 billion) in cash and cryptocurrency to its customers in a bankruptcy liquidation, leaving its owner, Digital Currency Group, with no recovery from the bankruptcy.

Two men were arrested on Friday for attempting to trespass into Istana Negara.

In a statement on Friday, Kuala Lumpur police chief Commissioner Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said a police officer had stopped a Perodua Kembara vehicle that had attempted to enter Gate 3 of Istana Negara with the passengers intending to meet the King.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of tactical ballistic missiles with new guidance technology on Friday, state media KCNA said on Saturday.

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