There is a Chinese proverb  that says when brothers are united, their strength would be as powerful as a sword that can slash metal. Essentially, it means that nothing is impossible when brothers unite to achieve a mission.

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd, a multi-billion-ringgi...

Company Of The Year: BIG CAP COMPANIES — RM10 BILLION TO RM40 BILLION MARKET CAPITALISATION, Industrial Products & Services: Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd - From a small seed, a giant has grown

On July 23, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad launched the National Strategy for Financial Literacy 2019-2023. The strategy sets out priorities and action plans to equip Malaysians with the knowledge they need to make informed financial decisions and nurture healthy attitudes towards ...

Helping to make youth financially savvy

Despite patchy global economic prospects in the past three years, for Gas Malaysia Bhd, there has been only one direction for its earnings and shareholder returns: up.

In the three-year period between the financial year ended Dec 31, 2016 (FY2016), and FY2018, Gas Malaysia saw nearly 70...

Highest return on equity over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: UTILITIES: Gas Malaysia Bhd - Rising earnings and returns like no other

Mega First Corp Bhd lost two income generators last year as two of its power plants in China and Sabah respectively were discontinued. But this did not affect the company’s financial performance.

Furthermore, its shareholders have enjoyed the highest returns over three years in the util...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: UTILITIES: Mega First Corp Bhd - Don Sahong hydropower DAM DRIVES POWERFUL EARNINGS GROWTH

The rising traffic volume in the Klang Valley speaks well for Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Bhd’s (Litrak) earnings growth over the past few years.

Litrak operates several intra-Kuala Lumpur toll roads. It wholly owns the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP) and holds a 50% stake in Siste...

Highest return on equity over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS: Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Bhd - Urbanisation Sustains Steady Earnings Growth

Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd recorded it highest ever profit after tax (PAT) in its financial year ended Jan 31, 2018 (FY2018), in an environment of declining advertising expenditure.

The group attributed its sterling performance to its increasingly diversified revenue base and relentles...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: Telecommunications & Media: Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd - Banking on solid fundamentals for challenges ahead

In an increasingly challenging telecoms landscape, Time dotCom Bhd stands out in terms of the returns it has delivered over the past three financial years.

If a shareholder had bought the stock on March 31, 2016, and exited on March 31, 2019, they would have obtained an average return o...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: TELECOMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA: Time dotCom Bhd - Sole player with rising share price

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) earnings for the past three financial years between the financial year ended Dec 31, 2016 (FY2016) and FY2018 increased by leaps and bounds.

In FY2016, its net profit rose 72% to RM70.4 million, from RM40.9 million the year before. Growth was even...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: Transportation and logistics: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd - Earnings grow by leaps and bounds

Global sales of semiconductors rose to a new high of US$468.8 billion last year, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS). This speaks well for the industry worldwide, including Malaysia’s.

The explosion of applications of connected devices translates into more orders fo...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: TECHNOLOGY (JOINT-WINNER): Frontken Corp Bhd - Global Semiconductor Sales Growth Fuelled Group’s Profits

The demand for gloves remains high on the back of rising healthcare spending despite continued capacity expansion worldwide adding supply to the market. Hartalega Holdings Bhd, the world’s largest nitrile glove maker, saw sales increase 37 times over 12 years to 27.2 billion pieces in 2018.
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Highest return on equity over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: HEALTHCARE: Hartalega Holdings Bhd - Health awareness fuel for earnings growth

Apex Healthcare Bhd has certainly hit it out of the ballpark. Its share price soared 156% from 85 sen on March 31, 2016, to RM2.18 on March 29 this year, giving a total return of 36.2%, including dividends.

Shareholders of the pharmaceutical group have received regular — and rising — di...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: HEALTHCARE: Apex Healthcare Bhd - A home run for its shareholders

ViTrox Corp Bhd’s rapid earnings growth, at more than 30%, has made it a shining star in the technology industry. The semiconductor firm saw a three-year compound annual growth rate of 33.51% in its profit after tax (PAT), which swelled from RM44.32 million in FY2015 to RM105.48 million in FY2018...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: TECHNOLOGY (JOINT-WINNER): ViTrox Corp Bhd - Boosted by innovative product offerings

Pentamaster Corp Bhd has come a long way from the simple automation house co-founded by chairman Chuah Choon Bin in 1995. This once small setup is now a public listed company with a market capitalisation of more than RM2 billion, and which specialises in the provision of factory automation equipm...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years, Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: TECHNOLOGY: Pentamaster Corp Bhd - Below-the-radar company with above average results

GHL Systems Bhd, previously a credit card payment device supplier, has now evolved into a key player in the value chain of the cashless payment system with footprints in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.

The company is well positioned to ride the payment revolution in Asean — from...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: TECHNOLOGY (JOINT WINNER): GHL Systems Bhd - Making money out of cashless payments

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): The High Court in George Town, Penang, ordered a senior marketing executive to pay RM118,500 in damages to her former company, FP Stencil Sdn Bhd, for breaching employment obligations, including unauthorised deletion of company data and misappropriation of confidential information.

High Court orders ex-employee to pay RM118,500 for data deletion and breaching confidentiality

LONDON (April 25): Britain could gain 400 billion pounds ($533 billion) from AI-driven growth if it trained its workforce, Google said, after a pilot scheme in the UK showed workers could save more than 120 hours a year by using AI in administrative tasks.

Simple steps such as giving wo...

Workers could save 122 hours a year by adopting AI in admin tasks, says Google

Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has been granted a temporary release of his passport to travel abroad to tend to familial matters.

Muhyiddin gets temporary release of passport to visit ailing family member in Australia

(April 25): Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari on Thursday said the extreme uncertainty over U.S. trade policy has him "nervous" about big layoffs, though so far he has only heard about businesses starting to plan for the possibility if the uncertainty lasts.

The m...

Fed's Kashkari nervous that trade policy uncertainty will lead to layoffs

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Shares of Bina Puri Holdings Bhd (KL:BPURI) fell to an 18-month low, after The Edge reported that the stock and its Warrant B were affected by a major hacking incident. Hackers reportedly accessed investors’ trading accounts and used them to buy shares without permission on Bursa Malaysia.

Hack-hit Bina Puri shares fall to 18-month low, short selling suspended 

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Bursa Malaysia’s equities opened higher on Friday, echoing the overnight strong performance of US equities, despite a widespread hacking incident affecting Malaysian stock trading accounts the day prior.

KLCI gains to track US rally despite overnight hacking, amid rate cut hopes

Asian stocks, dollar eye weekly rise on Trump's tariff backdown

Reach Energy Bhd (KL:REACH) will be delisted from the official list of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa Securities) next Tuesday, April 29, following the company’s decision not to appeal against the delisting.

Reach Energy to be delisted on April 29

Minister of Law and Institutional Reform in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said and Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick will represent the Malaysian government at the state funeral ceremony for the late Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday in Vatican City.

Azalina, Ewon to represent Malaysia at Pope Francis’ funeral

The Johor government has decided to declare next Monday, April 28, as a special holiday for the entire state, as a sign of support and to commemorate Johor Darul Ta’zim’s (JDT) footballing achievements.

Public holiday in Johor next Monday to commemorate JDT's footballing achievements

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

ViTrox, Unisem, Atlan, Luxchem, Pantech Global, Chin Hin, Ajiya, Binastra, Magma, IGB REIT, IGB Commercial REIT, Steel Hawk, Perdana Petroleum

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Bursa Malaysia opened as usual on Friday, as the Securities Commission (SC) and Bursa Malaysia said it has launched active investigations into&nbsp;recent reports of unauthorised access and trade involving several online trading accounts.&nbsp;

Bursa Malaysia opens as usual as regulators investigate online trading account breach

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Bursa Malaysia’s equities opened higher on Friday, echoing the overnight strong performance of US equities, despite a widespread hacking incident affecting Malaysian stock trading accounts the day prior.

The Health Ministry (MOH) is offering 57,093 appointment slots for senior citizens with comorbidities to receive free influenza vaccinations.

The initiative, under the Influenza Immunisation Programme for Senior Citizens, is being implemented at 649 selected health clinics nationwide until the end of August.

Free influenza vaccines for senior citizens with comorbidities

President Donald Trump said his administration was talking with China on trade, after Beijing denied the existence of negotiations on a deal and demanded the US revoke all unilateral tariffs.

“They had a meeting this morning,” Trump said Thursday during a meeting with Norway’s prime minister when a reporter asked about the Chinese statement.&nbsp;

Trump says US talking with China on trade after Beijing’s denial

Toyo Ventures Holdings Bhd (KL:TOYOVEN), which is disputing the termination of its Vietnam power plant project with the Vietnamese government in hopes of a resolution, announced on Thursday that the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia (EXIM Bank) is going to terminate its mandate as the exclusive lead arranger for project.

EXIM Bank pulls out as lead arranger for Toyo Ventures' Vietnam power plant

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) is ready to fully cooperate with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in its investigation into two of its officers linked to false claims relating to the Command &amp; Control, Communication &amp; Computer Integration (C4i) system.

PDRM to fully cooperate with MACC's C4i false claims probe — IGP

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Shares of Bina Puri Holdings Bhd (KL:BPURI) fell to an 18-month low, after The Edge reported that the stock and its Warrant B were affected by a major hacking incident. Hackers reportedly accessed investors’ trading accounts and used them to buy shares without permission on Bursa Malaysia.

Sarawak’s very own airline, AirBorneo, which is scheduled to commence operation next year, carries the state’s aspiration to enhance regional connectivity among the Asean nations, Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said.

AirBorneo carries Sarawak's wish for better Asean connectivity, says Abang Johari

Wall Street investors weighing the impacts of Donald Trump’s trade war on Corporate America sent stocks climbing amid bets the Federal Reserve could cut rates sooner than anticipated to prevent a recession.

The S&amp;P 500 rose 2% to the highest since the day Trump announced his&nbsp;tariff offensive.

US stock rally powers on as Alphabet up in late hours

(April 25): Orders placed with US factories for business equipment barely rose in March, suggesting firms are growing cautious amid uncertainty surrounding tariffs and tax policy.

The value of core capital goods orders, a proxy for investment in equipment excluding aircraft and military...

US capital goods orders barely rise amid caution over tariffs

The Johor government has decided to declare next Monday, April 28, as a special holiday for the entire state, as a sign of support and to commemorate&nbsp;Johor Darul Ta’zim’s (JDT) footballing&nbsp;achievements.

Foreign broker CLSA Securities Malaysia Sdn Bhd on Friday announced its entry into Malaysia’s structured warrants market with the launch of six new instruments on Bursa Malaysia, aimed at a broad spectrum of investors.&nbsp;

CLSA launches structured warrants in Malaysia, targets traditional long-term investors and Gen Z

Reach Energy Bhd (KL:REACH) will be delisted from the official list of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa Securities) next Tuesday, April 29, following the company’s decision not to appeal against the delisting.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong began the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) election rally with a call for unity, urging voters not to let external forces or differing views on global issues divide the nation during the heat of the campaign.

Singapore GE2025: PM Wong calls for unity as PAP kicks off election rally

Minister of Law and Institutional Reform in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk&nbsp;Seri Azalina Othman Said and&nbsp;Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick will represent the Malaysian government&nbsp;at the state funeral ceremony for the late Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday in Vatican City.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The High Court in George Town, Penang, ordered a senior marketing executive to pay RM118,500 in damages to her former company, FP Stencil Sdn Bhd, for breaching employment obligations, including unauthorised deletion of company data and misappropriation of confidential information.

Penang High Court orders ex-employee to pay RM118,500 for data deletion and breaching confidentiality

PKR Youth deputy chief Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim has called on youths in the Ayer Kuning state constituency to participate in the democratic process by casting their votes in the by-election this Saturday.

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