The health of the US consumer moves into the spotlight next week, with investors watching corporate earnings reports and retail sales data for further confirmation of the economic resilience that has boosted equity markets this month.

Health of US consumer in focus next week as earnings season heats up

A high-stakes corporate earnings season kicks into gear next week, with bullish investors hoping results will justify increasingly rich valuations in a US stock market near record highs.

Investors look to earnings to support record-high US stock prices

A roaring rally in US stocks will face a gauntlet of economic data, looming political uncertainty and a corporate earnings test in coming weeks as investors navigate one of the most volatile periods of the year for equity markets.

Investor focus turns to data, election, earnings after Fed cut

Uncertainty over the US economy's health is rippling through markets, adding fuel to an already-volatile period that has investors grappling with a shift in Federal Reserve (Fed) policy, a tight US election and worries over stretched valuations.

Economic worries back on Wall Street's radar after jobs data

The rally in US stocks faces an important test next week with earnings from chipmaking giant Nvidia, whose blistering run has powered markets throughout 2024.

'Super Bowl' Nvidia earnings stand to test searing AI trade

A week of wild market swings has investors looking ahead to inflation data, corporate earnings and presidential polls for signals that could soothe a recent outbreak of turbulence in US stocks.

Rollercoaster week in US stocks leaves investors bracing for bumps ahead

Economic fears are roiling Wall Street, as worries grow that the Federal Reserve (Fed) may have left interest rates elevated for too long, allowing them to hurt US growth.

Alarming economic data in recent days have deepened those concerns. US job growth slowed more than expected in July, a Friday report showed, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.3%, heightening fears that a deteriorating labour market could make the economy vulnerable to a recession.

Flaring economic worries threaten US stocks rally

Economic concerns are once again showing up on Wall Street's radar, as worries grow that months of elevated interest rates may be starting to hurt US growth.

Rattled investors are bracing for earnings from the market’s biggest tech companies, a Federal Reserve (Fed) policy meeting and closely watched employment data in a week that could determine the near-term trajectory of US stocks following a bout of severe turbulence.

Spooked US stock market faces tech earnings minefield, Fed meeting

Investors fixated on earnings and monetary policy are starting to factor in another variable that could sway markets this year: the 2024 US presidential election.

Battle for White House comes into sharper focus for Wall Street

U.S. chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Tuesday posted revenue that beat Wall Street targets and said it expected business to improve in the second half, enthusing investors who saw the company gaining on rival Intel.

AMD revenue beats targets, Wall St relieved after Intel's grim outlook

NEW YORK (April 10): America First may be a main policy of the White House and fuel to the stock market rally but U.S. investors are looking overseas for stronger earnings as S&P 500 companies are set to report their first quarter of double-digit profi...

Investors look to global growth for earnings power

NEW YORK (April 1): Forget the jobs report. The most interesting bit of U.S. economic data next week is Monday's auto sales release, which will offer a measure of the middle-class consumer and a sector of the stock market that has had a rough ride so far in 2017.

Economists are looking ...

Beyond jobs, car sales to give insight on consumer health

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Middle East was on the brink of a full-scale war as tensions rose sharply between Israel and Iran.

"The fighting that began a year ago in Gaza has now spread to Lebanon," Putin, sitting beside Chinese President Xi Jinping, told a meeting of the BRICS+ group in the city of Kazan on the Volga.

Putin says Middle East is on the brink of full-scale war

United Parcel Service surpassed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and raised its full-year adjusted operating margin forecast on Thursday, after it hived off its volatile truckload brokerage business, Coyote Logistics.

UPS beats quarterly profit estimates, raises operating margin forecast

Construction outfit SC Estate Builder Bhd (KL:SCBUILD) said the termination of a contract worth RM4.3 million to build affordable houses with solar power on the roofs by Merchant Esteem Sdn Bhd (MESB) was due to a decision by MESB's new management, which has acknowledged that ongoing uncertainties in the commercial property market and low demand would impact the construction and sales of shophouses.

SC Estate Builder aborts RM4.3m job with Merchant Esteem due to 'management change'

German insurer Allianz SE expects Malaysia’s economic growth to slow to 4.2% in 2025, from a projected 4.8% growth in 2024, amid a decline in consumer spending.

The projection is largely based on Bank Negara Malaysia's monetary policy, which is expected to remain tight in 2025 with the overnight policy rate anticipated to be kept at the 3% level, said Allianz chief economist Ludovic Subran.

Allianz expects Malaysia's GDP growth to slow to 4.2% in 2025 amid lower consumer spending

Alternative fund manager KKR & Co reported a 58% jump in adjusted net income for the third quarter of 2024, driven by record fee-related income, as well as earnings from its insurance business.

KKR's quarterly profit soars on record-high fee income 

Rice export rates dipped across major Asian hubs this week after India abolished export duty on the staple and raised fears of over-supplying the market, pushing rates in the top exporter and in Vietnam to their lowest levels in more than a year.

Rice export rates drop across major hubs after India slashes export duty 

Nasdaq reported a rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by strong demand in its solutions business that houses the exchange operator's financial technology products.

Nasdaq's third-quarter profit rises on fintech strength

CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (KL:CLMT) posted a 6.3% increase in its third quarter net property income (NPI) from last year’s corresponding period, underpinned by better NPI from Gurney Plaza, Queensbay Mall, East Coast Mall and Valdor Logistics Hub.

CapitaLand Malaysia Trust's 3Q NPI up 6.3%, announces higher DPU of 1.07 sen

Malaysia's steel industry needs both the carbon tax and carbon tariff to remain competitive, said Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong.

Carbon tax crucial for fair competition amid EU carbon tariff, says deputy minister

Engineering services provider AWC Bhd (KL:AWC) has bagged a RM9.4 million contract from the Melaka Public Works Department (JKRM) to provide facilities management and maintenance service for the immigration, custom, quarantine and security complex in Sungai Melaka.

AWC bags RM9.4m job for immigration complex in Sungai Melaka

Malaysia has been recognised as one of 13 nations officially added to BRICS as a partner country, a bloc that collectively accounts for one-fifth of global trade.

According to an update from @BRICSInfo on X, the bloc officially added 13 new nations to the alliance as partner countries, though not yet as full members.

Malaysia, 12 other countries officially added as BRICS partner countries

Healthcare services firm Metro Healthcare Bhd (KL:MHCARE) on Thursday unveiled the prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO) to raise RM39.16 million as part of its listing transfer from the LEAP Market to the ACE Market.

Metro Healthcare unveils prospectus for RM39.16 mil IPO, priced at 25 sen per share

Imprisoned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has apologised and expressed regret that the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal happened under his watch.&nbsp;

Najib offers unreserved apology, regrets that 1MDB scandal happened under his watch

LOCATED just minutes away from Queensbay Mall is the site of the RM10 billion Penang World City (PWC), first unveiled in November 2011. To be built on both existing and reclaimed land, PWC was to be jointly developed by Ivory Properties Group Bhd (KL:IVORY) and Tropicana Corp Bhd (KL:TROP) — then...

Cover Story: Penang World City and the MBI effect

A total of 97,866, or 49%, out of 197,348 active loan borrowers have been blacklisted by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) for loan defaults.

Nearly 50% of Mara loan borrowers blacklisted for defaults

MBI Group, founded by Tedy Teow Wooi Huat 15 years ago, was initially presented as a legitimate “members-only” investment programme and loyalty scheme promising investors exceptionally high returns. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a money game, allegedly involving fraud, scams and operating as...

Cover Story: 400 Chinese investors demand RM170 mil in class action against MBI

While former chief minister Lim Guan Eng is on trial related to graft over the Penang undersea tunnel, the focus of his trial on Thursday centred on former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Penang undersea trial suddenly shifts focus to Najib

Shares of MNRB Holdings Bhd (KL:MNRB) surged on Thursday and may be on course for their best day in more than four months following the reinsurer’s latest quarterly results.

MNRB shares on course for best day in over four months after results

Singapore temporarily blocked the demolition of the house of its first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as it weighs whether to preserve the property that has sparked a yearslong feud among his children.

Singapore blocks demolition of ex-premier Lee Kuan Yew’s home

Negotiations over the redevelopment of major transport hub Kuala Lumpur Sentral are expected to be completed this year, paving the way for the project's launch in 2025, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.

KL Sentral redevelopment to kick off next year, says Loke

Capital A Bhd’s (KL:CAPITALA) share capital reduction plan would strengthen its financial position and aid the company’s broader restructuring efforts, said an industry consultant and a sell-side analyst.

Capital A on last leg of journey to exit PN17 with capital reduction plan, analysts say

S P Setia Bhd (KL:SPSETIA) is unveiling new double-storey semi-detached homes named Anggun Villa III in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong this Saturday (Oct 26). The development has an estimated gross development value of RM105.17 million.

S P Setia to unveil double-storey semi-detached homes in Puchong this weekend

Malaysia’s inflation decelerated in September and was a tad slower than expected, as prices of key food items and utilities remained steady while transport costs eased, official data on Thursday showed.

Malaysia's September inflation moderates amid steady food group, transport index eases

Imprisoned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that he wanted the central bank and AmBank to monitor the flow of monies into his personal accounts, to ensure that everything was above board.

Najib says wanted BNM and AmBank to monitor his accounts, to avoid anything 'untoward'

Big tech climbed in late hours as Tesla Inc kicked off the “Magnificent Seven” earnings season with solid results. Bond yields rose on bets the Federal Reserve will take a measured approach on rate cuts.

US tech stocks up in late trading as Tesla surges 9%

THE acronym MBI if spelt backwards is IBM, the US-based computer main frame technology company with a global reach.

Tedy Teow Wooi Huat, the prime figure behind the disgraced MBI, wanted a global reach similar to IBM. In his talks to members, he would always drive home the point why the...

Cover Story: Picking up the pieces from MBI’s collapse

The government will continue to promote the use of local currency in international settlements and periodically enhance mechanisms with strategic partner countries.

The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) said the government remains open to expanding the use of regional local currencies with major Asean countries, including Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as BRICS members such as Russia and India.

Govt to prioritise ringgit use in international settlements — Miti

Cuckoo International (MAL) Bhd, the local unit of South Korean appliance maker, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia to raise funds for expansion.

The proposed IPO involves an offer for sale of existing shares and a public issue of new shares at a price to be determined later, according to the draft prospectus.

Cuckoo Malaysia files for Main Market IPO to raise funds for expansion

Boeing factory workers voted to reject a contract offer and continue a more than five-week strike on Wednesday, in a blow to new chief executive officer Kelly Ortberg's plan to shore up the finances of the struggling planemaker.

Boeing strike barrels on as workers reject wage deal

BUDGET 2025 has sparked mixed reactions within the country’s semiconductor sector, with some industry leaders hailing the initiatives as a significant step forward, while others say they lack the depth and focus needed to truly elevate Malaysia to the status of a global semiconductor hub.

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