<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>BENGALURU (Feb 26): Micron Technology has started mass production of its high-bandwidth memory semiconductors for use in Nvidia's latest chip for artificial intelligence (AI), sending its shares up more than 4% before the bell on Monday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The HBM3E (High Bandwidth Memory 3E) will consume 30% less power than rival offerings, Micron said, and could help tap into soaring demand for chips that power generative AI applications.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Nvidia will use the chip in its next-generation H200 graphic processing units, expected to start shipping in the second quarter and overtake the current H100 chip that has powered a massive surge in revenue at the chip designer.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, a market led by Nvidia supplier SK Hynix, for use in AI has also raised investor hopes that Micron would be able to weather a slow recovery in its other markets.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>HBM is one of Micron's most profitable products, in part because of the technical complexity involved in its construction.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The company had previously said it expects "several hundred million" dollars of HBM revenue in fiscal 2024 and continued growth in 2025.</p></div>


Micron Technology has started mass production of its high-bandwidth memory semiconductors for use in Nvidia's latest chip for artificial intelligence (AI), sending its shares up more than 4% before the bell on Monday.

Micron starts mass production of its memory chips for use in Nvidia's AI semiconductors

Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&N) posted a net profit of RM165.41 million in the second quarter ended March 31, 2024 (2QFY2024), higher by 63.48% compared to RM101.18 million a year before, driven by higher sales amid Chinese New Year and Hari Raya festival seasons and better margins.

Festive sales and better margins lift F&N’s 2Q net profit by 63%

KUALA LUMPUR (May 1): Malaysia’s top six universities have soared in Times Higher Education’s (THE) 2024 Asia University Rankings, compared to last year’s performance.

Malaysian universities rise in Times Higher Education’s 2024 Asia rankings

The Selangor government aims to eradicate hardcore poverty in the state by July, says Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.

He said this was based on the briefing from the Selangor Development Action Council which recorded a total of 861 families still in the hardcore poor category.

Selangor govt aiming to eradicate hardcore poverty by July — Amirudin 

The federal government is always committed to empowering national schools, but parents retain the right to choose the educational stream for their children, said PKR vice-president Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

Parents' right to pick children's educational stream — Nik Nazmi

The proposed sale of Cyberjaya Education Group Bhd's Asia Metropolitan University license and business to Austin Legacy Education Sdn Bhd for RM15 million cash has fallen through.

Cyberjaya Education's RM15 mil sale of Asia Metropolitan University falls through

MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Bhd (MKHOP), fresh off its Main Market debut on Tuesday, is anticipating a reduction of fertiliser costs this year, which will have a positive impact on the company's margins and its bottomline.

Main Market debutante MKH Oil Palm anticipates stronger margins this year on lower fertiliser costs

Donald Trump was found in contempt of court and fined US$9,000 (RM42,885) after the New York judge overseeing his criminal hush-money trial ruled the former president repeatedly blasted key witnesses on social media in violation of a gag order.

Trump fined US$9,000 for violating gag order in New York trial

It was my privilege to have had the opportunity to participate in the Sejahtera Malaysia Forum on April 29, at Le Quadri Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, where the Minister of National Unity Malaysia, Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang, delivered the keynote address alongside distinguished panel speakers such as Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen, MP of Kuching, Faye Lim, founder of The Rojak Projek, and Tan Sri Michael Yeoh, president of the KSI Strategic Institute for the Asia-Pacific. I was struck by the profound depth of our discourse.

Appreciation of history: A pathway to national unity

Logistics solutions provider Tasco Bhd saw its net profit for the financial quarter ended March 31, 2024 (4QFY2024) fell 18% year-on-year, attributable to lower profit reported in its air freight forwarding and ocean freight forwarding divisions, as freight rates fell to pre-pandemic levels.

Tasco’s 4Q profit fell 18% amid lower freight rates; declares 2.35 sen dividend

A pair of traders in Hong Kong have left Societe Generale SA (SocGen) after the French bank discovered a batch of risky bets that went undetected by the firm’s risk-management systems, according to people familiar with the matter.

SocGen traders in Asia exit after options bets go undetected

<p>The High Court has ruled that the Joint Management Body (JMB) of Centrestage Petaling Jaya had the right to claim certain areas in the development as common areas and not private areas belonging to the developer and the purchaser.</p>


High Court rules that common areas in Centrestage PJ belong to Joint Management Body

<p>Indonesia is planning to offer dual citizenship to its skilled diaspora as part of efforts to stem a brain drain of local talent.</p>


Indonesia plans to offer dual citizenship to halt brain drain

<p>SEG International Bhd’s (SEGi) group managing managing director and major shareholder Tan Sri Clement Hii has bought out private equity firm Navis Capital Partners Ltd' 20.55% stake in SEGi for RM112.98 million cash — or 45 sen per share — triggering a mandatory takeover offer for the remaining shares in the education group at the same price.</p>


Clement Hii buys out PE fund Navis Capital in SEGi for RM113 mil, triggers mandatory offer

<p>Capital A CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the low-cost carrier, which will soon merge with AirAsia X Bhd (AAX), to incorporate a “sustainability fee soon”.</p>


AirAsia will charge 'sustainability fee soon' in airfares

<p>Oil palm plantation player MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Bhd (MKHOP) is the second company this year to conclude its maiden trading day on Bursa Malaysia with its share price slipping below its initial public offering (IPO) price.</p>


MKH Oil Palm dips below IPO price at the close of its maiden trading day

<p>GUH Holdings Bhd said on Tuesday its construction division has secured an RM69.49 million contract under the Sungai Rasau water supply scheme project from Gamuda Bhd.</p>


GUH secures RM69.49 mil subcontract job from Gamuda

<p>Iconic Worldwide Bhd’s latest condominium development dubbed Iconic Harmony in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, has been 70% taken up since its official launch on April 22.</p>


Iconic Worldwide achieves 70% take-up rate for Iconic Harmony, announces upcoming plans in Penang

<p>MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Bhd (MKHOP), fresh off its Main Market debut on Tuesday, is anticipating a reduction of fertiliser costs this year, which will have a positive impact on the company's margins and its bottomline.</p>


<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyer has sought to address the High Court over Minister of International Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz’s application to seek leave to file his affidavit with regard to the purported addendum order to the Federal Territory Pardons Board’s decision that allegedly allows the former prime minister (Najib) to serve his remaining sentence under house arrest.</p>


Najib’s lawyer seeks to address court on Tengku Zafrul’s leave to file an affidavit

<p>The late Datuk Azlin Alias, who had been former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's principal private secretary up until his death, had instructed former 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) chief financial officer (CFO) Azmi Tahir to sign off on some funds transfers meant for investments including the multi-billion Tun Razak Exchange project, the High Court heard on Tuesday.</p>


MACC IO in 1MDB-Tanore trial says Azlin told Azmi to sign funds transfer forms

<p>Chin Hin Group-linked Chiau Haw Loon and Chiau Haw Yew have emerged as the second largest shareholder of Ge-Shen Corp Bhd after acquiring a 18.31% stake in the company.</p>


Chin Hin’s Chiau family buys 18.31% in Ge-Shen for RM30.36 mil

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<p>Perlis Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli is being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over allegations of power abuse involving the implementation of infrastructure development projects in the state since 2022, according to sources.</p>


Perlis MB being investigated over alleged power abuse

<p>Cocoa plunged by the most ever, slumping as much as 27% in just two days, with price swings becoming more extreme as fewer investors and companies can afford to maintain trading positions.</p>


Cocoa plunges most ever with trader exodus sparking huge moves

<p>Rimbunan Sawit Bhd is expecting around 40% increase in its fresh fruit bunches (FFB) production for the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2024 (FY2024) and is anticipating higher crude palm oil (CPO) prices for the year due to growing demand.</p>


Rimbunan Sawit expects bumper crop in FY2024, FFB production to grow 40% 

<p>BUTTERWORTH (April 30): A&nbsp;paddy farmer&nbsp;was charged at the Sessions Court here on Tuesday with&nbsp;issuing defamatory&nbsp;remarks against His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, through the WhatsApp mobile phone application&nbsp;last week.</p>


Farmer charged with making seditious remarks in WhatsApp group

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 30):&nbsp;Straits Energy Resources Bhd’s&nbsp;subsidiary&nbsp;Tumpuan Megah Development Sdn Bhd&nbsp;has completed the first Malaysian-supplier delivery of an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC EU)-certified marine biofuel.</p>


Straits Energy’s unit completes first Malaysian-supplier delivery of ISCC EU-certified marine biofuel

<p>Capital A Bhd may seek to re-acquire the 50% stake in ground-handling unit Ground Team Red Holdings Sdn Bhd (GTR) that will be sold to AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) in the ongoing restructuring exercise.&nbsp;</p>


Capital A may keep ground-handling unit housed in AirAsia, says Tony Fernandes

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<p>Global gold demand rose by 3% year-on-year to 1,238 metric tonnes in the first quarter of 2024, marking the strongest first quarter since 2016, due to active over-the-counter (OTC) trading, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday.</p>
