SYDNEY (Oct 6): Asian stocks rose on Tuesday after a tech-fuelled rally lifted the Nasdaq to a record close, with a retreat in oil prices offering further support even as longer-dated Treasury yields hovered near multi-decade highs.

Asian shares track Wall Street higher, Treasury yields near multi-decade highs

Concerns over France's fiscal position pushed the euro to a 17-month low on Monday and weighed on French assets, though easing bets on a US Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike helped cushion broader market sentiment as investors looked to Wall Street for direction.

Euro slides on France worries as Brazil markets eye rally

BT Group plc bought TalkTalk and PlatformX Communications Ltd out of administration, preventing the collapse of a UK broadband provider that is also a major customer.

BT buys over TalkTalk to save UK's broadband provider from collapse 

HONG KONG (Oct 5): Gaw Capital plans to list a new Hong Kong fund that will ​invest in private loans backed by property ‌assets across Asia Pacific and the Middle East, including but not limited to Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and ​South Korea, a draft listing document showed.

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Gaw Capital seeks Hong Kong listing for real estate private debt fund

Major stock indices rose and the dollar fell on Friday as expectations for a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate increase later this month fell after softer-than-forecast US jobs data.

Stocks rise after weak US jobs data but bonds resume selling

Global bond markets came under renewed pressure on Thursday, with Treasury yields hitting their highest in decades and threatening stocks, even though tech names managed to draw some support from artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker Micron's blockbuster earnings.

Bond markets slide again; Micron earnings help tech stocks

Global bonds inched up on Wednesday but were set for their worst month in years, hit by a mix of deteriorating government finances, a glut of debt issuance and rising inflation as the seven-month-old US-Israeli war on Iran keeps energy costs elevated.

Bonds suffer bruising September, but stocks remain resilient

LONDON (Sept 29): The world's biggest sovereign bond markets are heading for their worst month in years as soaring energy costs fan inflation and the ​AI boom lifts economic growth, leaving investors positioning for an era where interest rates stay higher for longer.

Two-year US Treasur...

Battered bond market braces for a new era of interest rates

NEW YORK (Sept 29): US stocks ended the session slightly lower on Tuesday, as government bond yields continued their ascent ahead of ​inflation and labor market data, while investors assessed comments from Federal Reserve officials for the path of interest rates.

Longer-dated US Treasur...

Equities end slightly lower as bond yields hold near multi-decade highs

Tech stocks advanced in Europe and Nasdaq futures edged higher on Tuesday as optimism over AI lab Anthropic's plans for a public debut outshone concerns over elevated oil prices and global bond yields.

Tech stocks gain on Anthropic IPO optimism, offsetting high oil, yields

Global stocks fell on Monday, as oil jumped on the stalemate in US-Iranian talks, ahead of a week already packed with macroeconomic risk, while the dollar headed for its best monthly performance since June.

Global stocks fall as Middle East stalemate boosts oil

Oil advanced and US equity futures slipped after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while saying negotiations may resume this week.

Oil up, stock futures slip as Iran offer rejected

US Treasury yields stabilised on Friday with benchmark 10-year note yields edging lower on the day as oil prices dropped, after they earlier set fresh multi-decade highs, with traders pricing in further Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hikes.

Battered bonds draw support from falling oil prices; stocks buoyed by AI enthusiasm

Global stocks headed for their best weekly performance since early August on Friday, as AI euphoria and the prospect of an improvement in Middle East energy supplies won out over surging bond yields for now.

Global stocks weather bond volatility, oil eases slightly

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Malaysian banks are working towards introducing fraud alert capabilities that can flag potential risks before a transaction is completed.

BNM: Banks working towards fraud alert before transaction is completed

Yes, about the “haze”, too, a euphemism for the smog. The constant reference to “haze” makes it all so hazy, lazy and tolerable, in my experience, for 38 years now.

But, also doing something about what is coming, which we know is coming, the super El Niño of the next six months.

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My Say: El Niño: What are we doing about it?

Coming back from travelling in the UK and China, I had time to reflect on how AI is transforming the macroeconomy and how small companies or economies like Malaysia can survive in this war of giants.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are not just new technologies; they are a rev...

Condivergence: The promise and perils of AI on the macroeconomy: Strategy for smaller players

Outstanding repayments for loans issued by the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN), the country's main tertiary education loan provider, stood at RM10.7 billion as at Aug 31.

PTPTN loan arrears hit RM10.7b as at Aug 31 — minister

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd (KL:ABMB) said financing for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is central to the country's economic growth, as the bank held the third edition of its BizSmart Business Conference on Tuesday.

Alliance Bank spotlights Malaysian MSMEs at BizSmart conference

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Longer-term financing secured much earlier is now providing Axis REIT (KL:AXREIT) cushion against rising interest rates as the real estate investment trust pursues deals, an analyst said.

Axis REIT ‘well positioned’ against rate risks amid RM250 mil deal pipeline — analyst

Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) faces uncertainty over its revenue collection business after the Ministry of Transport (MOT) suspended its services as a collection agent for the Road Transport Department (JPJ) over unremitted government funds totalling RM314 million.

Zetrix AI's business continuity uncertain after JPJ suspension — MBSB Research

Musk is a trillionaire again as SpaceX claws back post-IPO slump

(Oct 6): Google parent Alphabet Inc is close to an agreement to buy nuclear energy from Constellation Energy Corp, as technology companies race to line up power for the data-centre boom.

Google, Constellation near billion-dollar deal for nuclear power

Crypto’s movers and shakers are gathering in Singapore for one of their biggest conferences of the year as a bitcoin-led rally revives hopes that a new bull market is taking shape.

Crypto elite gather in Singapore as bitcoin’s rally buoys bulls

Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) faces uncertainty over its revenue collection business after the Ministry of Transport (MOT) suspended its services as a collection agent for the Road Transport Department (JPJ) over unremitted government funds totalling RM314 million.

Shipping bottlenecks, deep cuts in refinery output and inventory draws that could take years to replace will keep global oil prices high beyond this year, industry executives said at a conference in London on Monday.

Oil market turmoil could last for years, executives say at London conference

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Seven years after Malaysians were made aware of the problems confronting the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), the institution is once again at a crossroads.

Felda’s road ahead in the spotlight

Here's a heads up on what to look out for today.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): SLGC Bhd (KL:SLG) opened flat before dipping on the construction firm’s first day of listing on the ACE Market.

Construction firm SLGC opens flat then dips in ACE Market debut

SYDNEY (Oct 6): Asian stocks rose on Tuesday after a tech-fuelled rally lifted the Nasdaq to a record close, with a retreat in oil prices offering further support even as longer-dated Treasury yields hovered near multi-decade highs.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Rapidus Corporation has roped in Malaysian firms — GreatAsic Technology Sdn Bhd, Infinecs Systems Sdn Bhd, Oppstar Bhd's (KL:OPPSTAR) Oppstar Technology Sdn Bhd&nbsp;and SkyeChip Bhd (KL:SKYECHIP) — as design solution associates to support the development of its global chip ecosystem framework.

Rapidus taps four Malaysian firms as design solution associates for CORE ecosystem

BENGALURU (Oct 6): Oil prices edged down on Tuesday as resilient Middle Eastern crude exports and a G7 emergency stockpile release eased supply concerns, though attacks by Yemen's Houthis on Saudi targets kept traders wary of risks to Gulf supplies.

Oil prices slip as traders weigh strong Mideast exports against Gulf tensions

The World Bank has raised Malaysia’s 2026 growth outlook to 5.1%, from 4.4% previously, driven by the surge in global artificial intelligence (AI)-related spending.

World Bank lifts Malaysia’s growth outlook to 5.1% on AI-driven export growth

BENGALURU (Oct 5): Data centre operator DayOne Data Centers filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States on Monday, testing investor appetite for data-centre listings amid challenging market conditions.

Data centre operator DayOne reveals revenue surge in US IPO filing

Germany and France are urging the European Union (EU) to adopt new powers that would enable the bloc to cut off access to its single market if China or other nations destabilise trade relations.&nbsp;

Germany and France push trade weapon to deny access to China 

A rally in giant technology companies drove stocks higher, overshadowing concerns about still-elevated oil prices and bond yields.&nbsp;The S&amp;P 500 rose to a striking distance of a record while the Nasdaq 100 reached a fresh peak. Political upheaval in Europe and fiscal worries drove the euro to its weakest since May 202

S&P 500 closes in on record high as tech rallies

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Five of the nine technology drivers identified under the National Technology Sovereignty Framework (NTSF) have been deemed critical to national sovereignty and possess strong commercial potential.

Mosti: Five technology drivers identified as critical to Malaysia's sovereignty

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unveiled a proposal on Monday to regulate digital asset transactions and markets.

CFTC proposes registering crypto exchanges offering leverage

Mi Material Holding Ltd&nbsp;has filed its draft prospectus for an SGX Mainboard listing.

Mi Material files draft prospectus for SGX Mainboard listing

BENGALURU (Oct 6): New World Development launched a debt exchange offer on Tuesday that would allow bondholders to swap some notes due in 2027 and 2028 for new secured debt maturing in 2032, as the Hong Kong property developer seeks to ease near-term repayment pressure and strengthen liquidity.

Property developer New World seeks to extend debt maturities with bond exchange offer

The US Supreme Court opened its new nine-month term on Monday by hearing a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change.

US Supreme Court hears bid by oil companies to avoid climate lawsuit

Elon Musk is a trillionaire again.&nbsp;

(Oct 6):&nbsp;Google parent Alphabet Inc&nbsp;is close to an agreement to buy nuclear energy from Constellation Energy Corp, as technology companies race to line up power for the data-centre boom.&nbsp;

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Longer-term financing secured much earlier is now providing Axis REIT (KL:AXREIT) cushion against rising interest rates as the real estate investment trust pursues deals, an analyst said.

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