The 2024 chapter of The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) Awards is especially memorable, not only because it is the 15th year for the awards — that started in 2010 as an initiative by The Edge Malaysia to recognise, honour and celebrate the biggest and best of Corporate Malaysia — but also the year in which The Edge Malaysia celebrates its 30th anniversary of reporting news that matters.

Making excellence a habit

Winners of The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (The Edge BRC) Awards 2024 gathered at Corporate Malaysia’s biggest and most anticipated awards night on Friday, Aug 23.

Corporate Malaysia’s crème de la crème fêted

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Salam Sejahtera. Salam Malaysia Madani. And a very good evening to Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Tong Kooi Ong, chairman of The Edge Media Group; Yang Berbahagia Datuk Ho Kay Tat, publisher and group CEO of The Edge Media Group; distinguished guests; members of The Edge Billion Ringgit Club; and ladies and gentlemen.

Prioritise nation building, think of the rakyat

Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Yang Berhormat Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry; members of The Edge Billion Ringgit Club; our partners, friends and colleagues; ladies and gentlemen.

Bringing out the best in every Malaysian company

Winning The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) Company of the Year award is no easy feat.

Celebrating enduring excellence for the 15th year

There aren’t many bankers today quite like Tan Sri Tay Ah Lek, the managing director and CEO of Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBBANK).

A rare breed of banker

Gamuda Bhd (KL:GAMUDA) is no stranger to The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) Awards, having taken home eight awards in the construction sector and best corporate responsibility (CR) initiatives category over the years since its first win in 2013.

Expanding its presence at home and abroad

Companies that communicate well on how their business model is evolving to create and deliver lasting value to multiple stakeholders continue to thrive this year, says The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC)’s panel of corporate responsibility (CR) judges.

Delivering sustainable value beyond compliance pressure

CelcomDigi Bhd (KL:CDB) has grown from strength to strength in the last two years, with its first full year of operations as a merged entity in the 12 months ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY2023) showing improvements on multiple fronts.

Crystallising merger synergies and scale

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB) has managed to bounce back strongly from the lows of 2020, when the health of all lenders’ books was tested by measures introduced during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Strong bounce back from lows of pandemic

Having been in this country for more than 110 years, Nestlé (M) Bhd (KL:NESTLE) continues to deliver on its philosophy of “Good Food, Good Life” through its diverse food and beverage (F&B) offerings, which include halal-certified, made-in-Malaysia products like Milo, Maggi and Nescafé.

Century-long household name delivers more than ‘good food’

International multi-utility operator YTL Power International Bhd (KL:YTLPOWR) bagged its first two trophies at the gala dinner for the The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) awards this year, owing to the phenomenal rise in its share price over the past year and a half.

Buoyed by renewable energy push

Sunway Construction Group Bhd (KL:SUNCON) is a familiar name at The Edge Billion Ringgit Club (BRC) Awards. For the sixth consecutive year, the group has secured the BRC award for highest return on equity (ROE) over three years in the construction sector.

Buoyed by optimism on data centre jobs

Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd’s (KL:CARLSBG) strategy of focusing on its premium brands is paying off even as the soft consumer market and inflationary pressures have kept sales volumes from normalising back above pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels.

Premiumisation strategy brews up good returns

TOKYO (Nov 12): Japan's annual wholesale inflation re-accelerated in October as the Middle East conflict and AI-related demand kept pushing up prices for fuel and semiconductor chips, data showed, keeping alive market expectations of a near-term interest rate hike.

Japan wholesale inflation accelerates, keeps alive rate hike view

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Nov 11): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on Wednesday on the importance of leader-level talks to advance peace and denuclearisation, including in any trilateral summit with Russia, the US State Department said.

China's foreign minister says call with Rubio was 'positive and constructive'

YOUR DAY AHEAD: Nov 12, 2026

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

YOUR DAY AHEAD: Nov 12, 2026 

(Nov 11): Polymarket has cut jobs and terminated several contractor agreements in a reorganization as the prediction market startup seeks to compete ​with rapidly growing rival Kalshi.

An internal email from the company, ending a ‌contractor agreement, has been doing the rounds on socia...

Polymarket cuts jobs, contracts as prediction market competition heats up

SYDNEY (Nov 12): Australia's blue-chip companies are increasingly invoking artificial intelligence as they cut jobs and move work offshore, unions and experts say, complicating the government's efforts to support employment in a slowing economy.

On ​Tuesday, Qantas, Australia's flag car...

Australian companies face 'AI washing' claims after wave of job cuts, offshoring

MADRID (Nov 11): A general strike by 4 million Spanish workers — around one-fifth of the total workforce — against the ​country's housing crisis was mostly peaceful on Wednesday, unions said, though by the evening clashes erupted in some areas of Barcelona and Madrid.

Workers endur...

Millions of Spaniards stage first general strike in 14 years as anger over housing leads to clashes

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Nov 11): Nissan said on Wednesday its second-quarter operating profit dropped nearly 100% from a year earlier, underscoring the ‌scale of the challenge that CEO Ivan Espinosa faces as he tries to revive the struggling Japanese automaker.

The result highlighted...

Nissan 2Q operating profit drops sharply, highlighting turnaround challenge

Asian stocks were set for gains, tracking a Wall Street rally led by technology giants as bets grew that the artificial-intelligence trade powering the bull market is far from over.

Asian stocks set to gain on renewed US tech rally

A rally in tech giants lifted stocks on bets the artificial-intelligence trade that has powered the bull market has more room to run.

US stocks climb as Wall Street gets fresh AI fuel

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

Zetrix AI, Dialog, United Plantations, Heineken Malaysia, S P Setia, MMAG, Southern Score, L&P Global

The Malaysian Bar has sought the court's permission to challenge the house arrest of Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Bar files court challenge against Najib's house arrest

The retail prices of RON97, unsubsidised RON95 and unsubsidised diesel will drop by 50 sen, 40 sen and 25 sen per litre&nbsp;respectively&nbsp;from Nov 12 to 18.

Retail prices of RON97, unsubsidised RON95, diesel to drop from Thursday

Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) has an additional two days to disclose material information on its financial position, dividend issues and a series of governance and operational issues, after securing an extension from the bourse regulator.

Zetrix AI gets two more days to disclose info on financial position, dividend issues

The government, through the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), will continue to study a proposal to expand the scope and coverage of the EPF i-Sayang scheme to allow Malaysian husbands to make voluntary contributions for their non-citizen wives.

Govt studies proposal to extend EPF's i-Sayang scheme to non-citizen wives 

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail is set to address the terms governing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's house arrest in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday.

Saifuddin to clarify Najib's house arrest terms, monitoring arrangements in Parliament on Thursday

The expansion of electricity bill protection to cover households consuming up to 800kWh a month is expected to cost RM248 million over four months, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said.

Minister: Expanded electricity bill protection to cost RM248 mil, Tenaga to bear automatic fuel adjustment costs

The S&amp;P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed on Wednesday after neocloud firm CoreWeave's strong earnings calmed investor jitters about bloated artificial intelligence (AI) expenditure.

S&P 500, Nasdaq rise as CoreWeave results ease AI spending worries

Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is confident that the political crisis in Negeri Sembilan will be resolved soon.&nbsp;

Ahmad Zahid confident Negeri Sembilan political crisis nearing resolution

Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s struggles with shrinking demand in China mean it’s being forced into a complete overhaul of its business in the world’s biggest auto market, according to chief executive officer Ola Källenius.

Mercedes CEO flags pivot to strategy of ‘100% China for China’

Asian stocks were set for gains, tracking a Wall Street rally led by technology giants as bets grew that the artificial-intelligence trade powering the bull market is far from over.

Nvidia Corp’s investigation of chief executive officer Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy is raising questions about the company’s future and sending its stock into a tailspin.

Nvidia’s bull case hinges on CEO Huang surviving China spy probe

Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has resigned, an aide said on Wednesday, a move that threatens to split a key political alliance and risks further political uncertainty in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

Indonesia's vice president has resigned, aide says, stoking political uncertainty

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): The government, through the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will continue to study a proposal to expand the scope and coverage of the i-Sayang scheme to allow Malaysian husbands to make voluntary contributions for their non-citizen wives.

Proposal to extend EPF's i-Sayang scheme to non-citizen wives being studied, Parliament hears

EasyJet shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed a takeover by US private equity firm Apollo, as the British airline's boss insisted its fares would remain "affordable" amid soaring fuel costs.

EasyJet shareholders back £5.7 bil takeover by US firm Apollo

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

SYDNEY (Nov 12): Australia's blue-chip companies are increasingly invoking artificial intelligence as they cut jobs and move work offshore, unions and experts say, complicating the government's efforts to support employment in a slowing economy.

On ​Tuesday, Qantas, Australia's flag car...

&nbsp;A rally in tech giants lifted stocks on bets the artificial-intelligence trade that has powered the bull market has more room to run.

Myanmar's military-led government is urging the US to beef up re-engagement efforts and rapidly boost investment in the war-torn nation's rare earths mines, a critical sector now dominated by influential giant neighbour China.

Myanmar lobbies US to invest in its rare earths sector, dominated by China

Volkswagen AG is scrapping a major advanced-manufacturing project at its sprawling headquarter as falling profits force Europe’s biggest carmaker to rethink investment across its German factories.

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