<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡25日讯）佳易科技（Key Asic Bhd）独资子公司 Key ASIC Semiconductor Ltd已与Canvas Technology私人有限公司签署一项合约，总值525万美元（约2122万令吉）。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>该集团今日向大马交易所报备，该项目涉及技术与设计互联网协议（IP）的开发和许可。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“合约预计为佳易科技及其子公司截至5月杪2021和2022财政年的每股净资产和每股盈利作出贡献。”</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>闭市时，该股平盘收于9仙，市值为1亿559万令吉。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：陈慧珊）</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><em>English version：</em><a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/key-asic-bags-rm2122m-contract" target="_blank">Key ASIC bags RM21.22m contract</a></p></div>


（吉隆坡25日讯）佳易科技（Key Asic Bhd）独资子公司 Key ASIC Semiconductor Ltd已与Canvas Technology私人有限公司签署一项合约，总值525万美元（约2122万令吉）。

该集团今日向大马交易所报备，该项目涉及技术与设计互联网协议（IP）的开发和许可。

“合约预计为佳易科技及其子公司截至5月杪2021和2022财政年的每股净资产和每股盈利作出贡献。”

闭市时，该股平盘收于9仙，市值为1亿559万令吉。

 

（编译：陈慧珊）...

佳易科技获2122万合约

Taiwan's presidential office said on Monday it had appointed a senior adviser to President Lai Ching-te as its envoy to this year's Apec summit in Peru, one of the few international forums both Taiwan and China take part it.

Taiwan appoints presidential adviser as Apec summit representative

It started on a November morning 24 years ago in a newsroom in Petaling Jaya. No, it wasn’t the fashionable part of the city but more the industrial area surrounded by factories. But the morning was beautiful. It was the sort where the sun was shining warmly, while birds could be heard chirping in the distance — possibly making mating calls of some sort — and the smell of freshly cut grass wafted in with the gentle breeze through an open window somewhere.

Coffee Break: 24 years and counting

The Setia International Centre in KL Eco City, Kuala Lumpur, was abuzz with excitement on Oct 5 as S P Setia Bhd (KL:SPSETIA) unveiled its latest A$980 million (RM2.83 billion) mixed-use development, Atlas Melbourne, during a two-day exclusive preview and launch event.

It has been more ...

S P Setia launches 73-storey tower in Melbourne CBD

Sanofi entered a fresh round of exclusive negotiations to sell control of its consumer health unit to Clayton Dubilier & Rice after the French government secured social commitments and agreed to take a minority stake.

The talks would see Sanofi transfer a 50% controlling share of its Opella business to the US buyout firm, according to a statement on Monday, giving it an enterprise value of about €16 billion (US$17.4 billion or RM74.7 billion).

CD&R nears Sanofi OTC deal after signing with govt

Malaysia’s plantation sector companies will be negatively impacted by Budget 2025 announcements, including rise in minimum wage, multi-tier system on foreign worker levies, as well as the increase in crude palm oil (CPO) export duty rate, analysts said.

Budget 2025 measures net negative to plantation sector but minimum wage impact priced in, say analysts

Oil prices edged up in Asian trading on Monday, following a more than 7% drop last week on worries about demand in China, the world's top oil importer, and an easing of concerns about potential supply disruptions in the Middle East.

Oil prices regain ground after 7% weekly drop

Hong Kong is expected to host the world’s top bankers in the third edition of an annual summit intended to boost the city’s status as a global financial hub. 

More than 300 attendees are expected as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) next month will host a who’s who of finance at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, a larger venue than the Four Seasons where it was held in previous years.

Hong Kong summit draws world’s top bankers as city seeks revival

Agrochemicals giant Syngenta Group is seeking a US$3 billion (RM12.91 billion) sustainability-linked loan, in what would be Asia’s largest dollar facility linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related metrics so far this year.

Syngenta seeking US$3b ESG loan, Asia’s biggest this year — Bloomberg

Bitcoin came close to US$70,000 (RM301,210) on Monday, as a spurt of inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the largest digital asset as well as optimism about the outlook for US regulations supported sentiment.

Bitcoin flirts with US$70,000 after US$2.4b inflow into ETFs

A carbon capture and storage (CCS) venture by Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and its foreign partners is advancing, with a Japanese consortium awarded the engineering design work for the project located in southern offshore Malaysia.

The eight-company consortium led by Mitsui & C...

Petronas’ CCS project takes another step forward as Japanese firms win engineering design bid

<p>Shares of Malaysian construction companies slipped on Monday, as the government refrained from announcing new mega infrastructure projects in Budget 2025.</p>


Construction stocks slip as govt shies away from new megaprojects

<p>It came as a surprise to many when Diona Teh Li Shian announced that her family would reduce its stake in Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBB) to 10% over the next five years. While the timing of the announcement was unexpected, it was a strategic move.</p>

<p>It effectively answered the question as to ho...

Alternative Views: A 10% stake in a bank can mean all or nothing

<p>Malaysia’s government is bracing for public backlash as it commits to rolling back petrol subsidies in mid-2025, a politically sensitive and long-delayed pledge that’s key to convincing investors it’s serious about fiscal reform.</p>


Govt bracing for backlash over fuel subsidy revamp, says Rafizi

<p>Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has sent requests seeking bankers’ proposals for a potential dollar bond offering, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the Malaysian oil firm’s first such sale in over three years.&nbsp;</p>


Petronas asked banks for dollar bond proposals — Bloomberg

<p>Asia shares dipped in and out of positive territory on Monday, under pressure from weakness in Hong Kong stocks, but bitcoin scaled a three-month peak as "Trump trades" continued to ramp up.</p>


Asia shares wobble while bitcoin and gold rally

<p>Mega Fortris Bhd, partly backed by Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), has launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise more than RM198 million on the Main Market.</p>


OCBC-backed Mega Fortris IPO opens for subscription, may raise over RM198m

<p>The freeze on foreign worker employment quota applications will continue until a date to be announced later.</p>

<p>Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said this is because the total number of foreign workers in the country (as of Sept 15)&nbsp;is nearing the stipulated ceiling.</p>


Freeze on foreign worker employment quota to continue — home minister

<p>The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has updated its Investor Alert List to include 19 potential clone entities and eight unauthorised entities as of last Friday.</p>

<p>In a post on X on Monday, the SC urged investors to be cautious of potential clone entities that may be impersonating legitimate firms.</p>


SC adds 19 potential clone entities to Investor Alert List

<p>Malaysia’s economy may have expanded faster than expected in the third quarter, thanks to growth in the services, manufacturing and construction sectors, official flash estimates showed.</p>

<p>Gross domestic product (GDP) likely rose 5.3% in the July-Sept quarter from a year earlier, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia’s advance estimates released on Monday. That compares with the median 5.1% rise predicted in a <em>Bloomberg</em> survey. In the second quarter, the economy grew 5.9%.</p>


Malaysia's economy likely grew faster than expected in 3Q, DOSM advance estimates show

<p>A hearing in a lawsuit against BHP over Brazil's worst environmental disaster, the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, will begin at London's High Court on Monday, with claimants seeking up to £36 billion (US$47 billion or RM202 billion) in damages.</p>


BHP faces US$47b UK lawsuit over Brazilian dam collapse

<p>Malaysia’s record spending plan is set to drive further foreign interest in its assets as the government continues to build on its fiscal reforms, even if the immediate impact on equities is muted.&nbsp;</p>


Budget 2025 poised to draw foreign interest — analysts

<p>The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) said on Monday it aims to announce the details of the new investment incentive framework as early as the first quarter of 2025 (1Q2025).</p>


Miti aims to announce new investment incentive framework as early as 1Q2025

<p>The rise of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) has led to job loss for 293,639 workers in Malaysia since 2020, data from the Ministry of Human Resources (Kesuma) showed.</p>


Nearly 300,000 jobs lost due to automation and AI since 2020, says deputy minister

<p>The appointment of Datin Nooryana Najwa Najib, daughter of jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, as a director of the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) needs some explaining.</p>


Frankly Speaking: Has Nooryana done anything to deserve Matrade appointment?

<p>China cut its benchmark lending rates after the central bank lowered interest rates at the end of September as part of a series of measures aimed at reviving economic growth and halting a housing market crash.</p>


Chinese banks slash lending rates to bolster ailing economy

<p>After three weeks of selling, foreign investors shifted to buying domestic equities, resulting in a significant inflow of RM404.1 million last week, compared to the RM45.7 million outflow recorded in the previous week.</p>


Foreign investors turned net buyers, with inflow of RM404m last week — MIDF

<p>Robo-advisory platform MYTHEO has announced a partnership with VKA Wealth Planners, a licensed financial planning firm, to launch a new product for investors.</p>

<p>The MYTHEO Target Return Portfolio, curated exclusively for VKA clients, is designed to balance potential returns with effective risk management over the long term. It aims to generate returns by blending growth, income and inflation hedging assets, said Edward Ooi, VKA’s chief investment advisory officer.</p>


Robo-advisor teams up with financial planning firm for targeted solution

<p>Malaysia still has room to implement more aggressive reforms to free up its fiscal space for more productive spending and lower public debt at a quicker pace, said Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ).</p>


Malaysia still has room for more aggressive fiscal reforms — ANZ

<p>Gold reached a record high, with safe haven demand continuing to support prices as traders monitored escalating tensions in the Middle East and an increasingly tight US election race.</p>

<p>Bullion edged higher to hit an all-time high of US$2,723.33 (RM11,727.34) an ounce, topping last week’s peak by a few cents, as trading opened on Monday to news that Israel is discussing its attack on Iran after a Hezbollah drone exploded next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private home. US President Joe Biden and his administration have urged the renewal of cease-fire negotiations in the region, though Israeli hard liners oppose concessions.</p>


Gold climbs to record as Middle East tensions, US election drive safe-haven demand

<p>Last week, Aizo Group Bhd (KL:AIZO) announced that it had inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with privately held NetRunner Sdn Bhd to jointly establish a Tier-4 data centre hub in Sarawak to meet the increasing demand for secure and reliable data storage and processing facilities. The MoU is valid for two years from the date of signing, with the possibility of extensions if deemed necessary.</p>
