Donald Trump’s return to power portends a shakeup in the US approach to addressing America’s fentanyl crisis and what counternarcotics officials say is the biggest obstacle to solving it: China.

Advisors to the Republican president-elect’s transition team are advocating a much more aggressive posture towards Beijing over fentanyl than the one adopted by Democratic incumbent Joe Biden.

Trump camp says China is 'attacking' US with fentanyl. They aim to fight back

Mr & Mrs Malaysia have spent the past three years in desolation since CLSA’s last upd...

Mr & Mrs Malaysia more optimistic in 2017 vs 2014 - CLSA survey

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PMB Investmen...

PMB Investment Bhd - Won three individual awards

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KAF Investment...

 KAF Investment Funds Bhd - Won one individual award

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Manulife Ass...

Manulife Asset Management Services Bhd - Won one individual award

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Kenang...

Kenanga Investors Bhd - Won two individual awards

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AmFund...

AmFunds Management Bhd - Won three individual awards

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RHB Asset Mana...

RHB Asset Management Sdn Bhd - Won 15 individual awards

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Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd took home ...

Pheim’s strategy pays off

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Amanah Mutual Bhd clinche...

Amanah Mutual holds on to principles to win

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Eastspring deploys cash at the right time

CIMB wins Best Overall Group

A weekly round-up of tanker and dry bulk market (Jan 10, 2025)

Baltic Exchange shipping updates: Jan 10, 2025

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said she won’t enter the leadership race to succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister.

Joly, who has long been seen as a contender for the Liberal Party leadership, will instead focus on her cabinet job ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration and his threat to impose economically devastating tariffs on Canada.

Canadian Foreign Minister Joly will not enter race to replace Trudeau

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

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

US consumers’ long-term inflation expectations jumped to the highest since 2008 on concerns about potential tariffs from the incoming Trump administration.

Americans expect prices will climb at an annual rate of 3.3% over the next five to 10 years, up from the 3% expected last month, according to the University of Michigan’s preliminary January survey released on Friday.

US consumer inflation expectations jump to highest since 2008, says survey

Ho Hup Construction Company Bhd (KL:HOHUP), which has just resolved a winding-up petition in November filed by a diesel fuel supplier, has been served with yet another winding-up petition from a cement supplier due to an alleged unpaid sum of RM2.5 million.

Ho Hup gets another winding-up petition over alleged outstanding payment

Constellation Energy Corp surged after it agreed to acquire closely held Calpine Corp for US$16.4 billion (RM73.83 billion) to create the largest fleet of US power stations.

Shares of Constellation climbed as much as 23% in New York trading. Constellation will pay a mixture of cash and stock, and assume about US$12.7 billion of Calpine’s net debt in the deal, the companies said on Friday in a statement.

Constellation Energy surges after agreeing to buy Calpine for US$16.4 bil

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday, with the S&P 500 touching a one-week low after an upbeat jobs report stoked fresh inflation worries and reinforced bets that the Federal Reserve will take a cautious approach to interest rate cuts this year.

Wall Street drops after payrolls data; small-cap index set to confirm correction

US President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, but the sentencing will place a judgment of guilt on his record.

Trump spared jail at hush money sentencing, days before inauguration

Police have arrested five individuals, including a senior executive of a local broadcasting company, on suspicion of being involved in a money laundering case.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the four men and one woman aged between 20 and 60, were detained at several locations, including in Penang and Sarawak.

Senior executive of broadcasting company arrested for alleged money laundering

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says there is no directive or decision to reduce the price of paddy, as alleged by a farmers' group. 

In a statement on Friday, the ministry said "there has been no directive or decision regarding reducing the paddy purchase price to date".

Agriculture ministry denies plan to reduce paddy purchase price

The secretariat for the Federal Territories&nbsp;Pardons Board has denied the existence of any additional document or royal addendum in its official files or records that purportedly allows former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.

No royal addendum for Najib's house arrest in Pardons Board's records, says secretariat

Tesla Inc officially launched its refreshed Model Y sport utility vehicle in China on Friday and started to take orders, its website showed.

Tesla launches refreshed Model Y Juniper SUV in China

The frequency of Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) bus and commuter train services on the Port Klang-KL Sentral-Port Klang route will each be reduced by 30 minutes during peak hours from Jan 17 and Jan 20 respectively.

Port Klang-KL Sentral KTM Komuter service to boost frequency by 30 mins during peak hours — Loke

AmanahRaya Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) (KL:ARREIT) on Thursday announced the resignation of Tunku Rozita Tunku Abdul Malek as its executive director and the managing director of its manager AmanahRaya-Kenedix REIT Manager Sdn Bhd, due to personal reasons.

AmanahRaya REIT announces resignation of Tunku Rozita and names Mohd Iskandar as acting MD

The Malaysian government has announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on the imports of tinplate — flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel coated with tin — from China, India, Japan and South Korea, effective Saturday (Jan 11), at rates ranging from 2.52% to 36.8%.

Malaysia imposes preliminary anti-dumping duties on tinplate imports

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

Too many jobs? Stocks fall. Too few jobs? Stocks still fall.

Wall Street warns stocks need ‘goldilocks’ US payrolls report

A summary of how key Bursa Malaysia indices and the ringgit performed on Friday.

FBM KLCI up 0.10% to 1,602.41 on Jan 10, 2025

Seventeen individuals, including seven civil servants from a Land and Mines Office in Selangor have been arrested to assist investigations into illegal land transfer activities.

Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the individuals, aged between 33 and 57, are being investigated.

17 arrested in illegal land transfer case in Selangor

Canada is drawing up plans for extensive tariffs against US products if Donald Trump follows through on his threat to put 25% levies on Canadian goods, according to people familiar with the matter.&nbsp;

Canada plots broad tariff retaliation if Trump starts trade war, Bloomberg reports

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TSMC) quarterly sales topped estimates, reinforcing investor hopes that the torrid pace of artificial intelligence (AI) hardware spending will extend into 2025.&nbsp;

TSMC sales beat estimates in boost for AI’s outlook in 2025

Mercedes-Benz Group AG car sales dipped last year as the German luxury-auto maker struggled with weak demand for pricey models in China and electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe.

Mercedes-Benz car sales drop as China, EV slump take toll

The family of Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash in 2018, has brought a legal action against Italian helicopter manufacturer Leonardo SpA in a London court valued at £2.15 billion (US$2.65 billion).

Family of Thai tycoon brings US$2.7b claim against Leonardo over Leicester City crash

US job growth unexpectedly accelerated in December while the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as the labour market ended the year on a solid footing, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's cautious approach to interest rate cuts this year.

US job growth beats expectations in December; unemployment rate falls to 4.1%

Deutsche Bank AG has changed the way it judges staff this bonus season, with a greater range of performance ratings and more weight given to non-financial aspects,&nbsp;such as teamwork.&nbsp;

The German lender now has five ratings for employees, up from three, people familiar with the matter said. While the new criteria won’t affect the overall size of the bonus pool, they could mean changes for individual pay, they said, asking not to be identified discussing the private information.

Deutsche Bank tweaks bonuses to emphasise metrics like 'teamwork'

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left for Indonesia on Friday after concluding a two-day official visit to Malaysia.

Japanese PM Ishiba concludes official visit to Malaysia

China said it has sufficient fiscal firepower to respond to external challenges, vowing to better execute pro-growth measures ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House later this month.

China vows proactive fiscal policy, bigger deficit to aid growth

Energy and commodities trader&nbsp;Vitol&nbsp;is attempting to reduce its storage costs with plans to remove significant amounts of aluminium from London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia, three sources familiar with the matter said.

Vitol set to cut costs by taking aluminium from LME warehouses in Malaysia, Reuters reports

A handful of companies have held back on selling high-grade corporate bonds in the US after yields have climbed in the last week close to their highest levels since the middle of last year, boosting potential borrowing costs.

US bond yield surge prompts some companies to delay debt sales

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday, with the S&amp;P 500 touching a one-week low after an upbeat jobs report stoked fresh inflation worries and reinforced bets that the Federal Reserve will take a cautious approach to interest rate cuts this year.

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