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Highlights of the BNM Annual Report 2023

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has identified talent shortage and low research and development (R&D) spending as persistent structural challenges for Malaysia’s electrical and electronics (E&E) sector, despite the country’s strong global positioning in the industry.

BNM: Talent shortage, low R&D spend hampering Malaysia's E&E sector

Cyberview Sdn Bhd said it has strengthened its position in the Cyberjaya City Centre development with full control of CSB Development Sdn Bhd.

Cyberview strengthens position, now fully controls largest landbank within Cyberjaya City Centre

US and Russian officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia a day after American and Ukrainian teams held talks, as US President Donald Trump pushes for progress in achieving a ceasefire in the war.

US team meets Russia after ‘productive’ talks with Ukraine

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): As part of efforts to accelerate military modernisation, and address emerging security challenges, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) is assessing the need for a dedicated cyber force to counter cyber threats and misinformation campaigns.

Mindef mulls creating dedicated cyber force to counter emerging security threats — minister

US retailers Walmart and Target are bickering behind the scenes with their suppliers over proposed price hikes on everything from cake pans, tote bags and toys to other merchandise.

US retailers haggle with suppliers after Trump tariffs 

A summary of how key Bursa Malaysia indices and the ringgit performed on Monday.

FBM KLCI down 0.11% to 1,503.82 on March 24, 2025

PARIS (March 24): France's private sector activity contracted for a seventh consecutive month in March as business confidence in the euro zone's second-biggest economy fell to its lowest level since April 2020, according a survey published on Monday.

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French private sector output contracted further in March, PMI shows

Jack Ma-backed Ant Group Co used Chinese-made semiconductors to develop techniques for training artificial intelligence (AI) models that would cut costs by 20%, according to people familiar with the matter.

Jack Ma-backed Ant touts AI breakthrough on Chinese chips, Bloomberg reports

Eurozone business activity grew at its fastest pace in seven months in March, supported by an easing in the long-running manufacturing downturn despite slower growth in services, a survey showed.

Eurozone economy growth accelerates to seven-month high in March, PMI shows

SHAH ALAM (March 24): The West Coast Expressway (WCE) is expected to see a surge in traffic, with an estimated 140,000 vehicles passing through during this year’s Aidilfitri celebration, following the completion of additional highway sections.

140,000 vehicles expected to ply WCE during Aidilfitri this year following further completion of highway sections

<p>Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd’s (KL:ABMB) stock fell sharply on Monday in active trade&nbsp;amid concerns of dilution after the lender announced a proposed RM600 million rights issue.</p>


Alliance Bank shares fall sharply as investors balk at rights issue

<p>Ge-Shen Corp Bhd (KL:GESHEN) and Tex Cycle Technology (M) Bhd (KL:TEXCYCL) were among the top losers in the morning session on Monday.</p>


Counters related to businessman Keh Chuan Seng under selling pressure

<p>Erdasan Group Bhd (KL:ERDASAN) announced on Sunday that its officers had blown the whistle to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) regarding potential misconduct by suspended executive director Mak Siew Wei.</p>


Company officers served as whistleblowers, reporting Mak Siew Wei to MACC — Erdasan

<p>Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is set to pay a record RM5.25 billion dividend to the government this year, following a surge in net profit to RM13.16 billion for the financial year ended Dec&nbsp;31, 2024 — the highest on record since 1997.</p>


BNM to pay record RM5.25b dividend to govt as profits hit 27-year high in 2024

<p>Malaysia is planning to tighten regulations on semiconductors under pressure from the US, the <em>Financial Times </em>reported citing Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.</p>


Malaysia to tighten semiconductor trade regulations under US pressure, Zafrul says in FT interview

<p>Shares in Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd&nbsp;rallied after one of his sons was invited to a high-profile summit in Beijing over the weekend amid the company’s controversial sale of its ports in Panama.&nbsp;</p>


CK Hutchison stock jumps as Li Ka-shing’s son gets China invite

<p>IJM Corp Bhd (KL:IJM) remains positive about its business outlook and the potential to secure tendered projects, according to its chief financial officer (CFO) Datuk Edward Chong Sin Kiat, despite recent online allegations casting a pall over the company.</p>


IJM remains confident in project prospects despite online allegations, says CFO

<p>Shares of Zensho Holdings Co, which operates Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya, fell as much as 7.1% on Monday, the most since Feb&nbsp;13, after the firm said a customer had found a dead rodent in its miso soup.</p>


Rodent found in miso soup prompts plunge in Sukiya owner’s stock in Japan

<p>Jack Ma-backed Ant Group Co&nbsp;used Chinese-made semiconductors to develop techniques for training artificial intelligence (AI)&nbsp;models that would cut costs by 20%, according to people familiar with the matter.</p>


<p>Analysts are positive&nbsp;that Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV), a subsidiary of Genting Bhd (KL:GENTING), will retain its non-restricted gaming licence after paying a hefty fine&nbsp;to the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB).</p>


Analysts positive on Resorts World Las Vegas retaining licence despite hefty Nevada fine

<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) advances are fuelling a funding frenzy for data centres in Asia, spawning a series of record-breaking loans and filling the pipeline with even more potential deals.&nbsp;</p>


AI boom turns Asian data centres into magnets for loan deals

<p>VS Industry Bhd’s (KL:VS) earnings are likely to decline this year amid subdued consumer electronics demand, which is expected to persist, and delays in earnings contributions from its Philippines venture, analysts flagged.</p>


VS Industry faces earnings decline amid weak demand and delays in contributions from Philippine venture — analysts

<p>Financial&nbsp;markets&nbsp;made an mixed start on Monday with US&nbsp;stock futures rising but the dollar wavering ahead of a week driven by data, Chinese earnings and the threat of steep US&nbsp;tariff hikes on the horizon.</p>


Futures buoyant, dollar drifts as markets sail towards tariff storm

<p>BEIJING (March 24): China's Vice Premier He Lifeng sought to reassure foreign corporate chiefs of the country's business potential when he met with the heads of Apple, Pfizer, Mastercard, Cargill, and others on Sunday.</p>


China's vice premier reassures Apple, Pfizer, Cargill, others of business potential

<p>(March 24): For a symbol of the chaos engulfing world trade since the Trump administration walked into the White House, look no further than a pile of 16,000 metric tonnes of steel pipes. Stevedores in Germany should be preparing to load the first batch on a container ship bound for a massive energy project in Louisiana. Instead, the cargo is sitting in a German warehouse after Washington proposed putting million-dollar levies on Chinese ships docking in the US.</p>


Billion-dollar US levies on Chinese ships risk ‘trade apocalypse’

<p>The Federal Court has allowed Attorney General Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar to go ahead with his&nbsp;application to ask the seven questions of law posed by the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) in its quest to overturn Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s successful attempt to have the justifications of his addendum challenge to be heard.</p>


Apex court dismisses Najib’s attempt to block AGC’s challenge application against having the merits of his addendum to be heard

<p>The Court of Appeal on Monday has recorded a consent judgment between the federal government and AwanBiru Technology Bhd’s unit Prestariang Skin Sdn Bhd, where the government has agreed to pay Prestariang a sum of RM201.477 million within three months and withdraw its appeal for a stay of the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision last year that ordered it to pay RM231.55 million.</p>


Government settles with Awantec subsidiary Prestariang Skin, agrees to pay RM201m over termination of immigration control system project

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Moody’s Ratings has assigned an A2 rating to Petronas Capital Ltd’s proposed US dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes under its medium-term note (MTN) programme, which is guaranteed by national oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas).</p>


Moody’s assigns A2 rating to Petronas Capital’s US dollar notes, citing strong credit profile

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) says the interim measure of spreading medical premium adjustments over three years is expected to negatively impact the net underwriting income of life insurers and family takaful operators.</p>


BNM: Staggered medical premium hikes to weigh on insurers’ underwriting income

<p>Malaysia may face heightened and recurring supply shocks going forward, the central bank warned, but argued that any monetary policy response is only needed if the risks worsen or intensify.</p>
