<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 5): KJTS Group Bhd (KL:<a href="/askedge/klse/0293" class="ce-stock" target="_blank">KJTS</a>) has secured a contract valued at RM12.99 million to provide facility management services at Marlborough College Malaysia in Johor.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The services to be provided by the building support services company, under the agreement signed with M East Sdn Bhd, include engineering, janitorial and pest control services, according to a bourse filing &nbsp;on Tuesday.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>The three-year contract, which commenced on July 1, will contribute positively to its earnings, said KJTS.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Shares in KJTS ended seven sen or 4.86% higher at RM1.51, valuing the company at RM1.04 billion. 
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KJTS Group Bhd (KL:KJTS) has secured a contract valued at RM12.99 million to provide facility management services at Marlborough College Malaysia in Johor.

KJTS enters deal to provide facility management services to college in Johor

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Some 83% Malaysian real estate investment trusts (M-REITs) anticipate environmental, social and governance (ESG) will bring significant impacts on future property valuations.

Knight Frank: 83% M-REIT expect ESG impacts on future property valuations

The Automotive High-Tech Valley (AHTV) in Tanjung Malim has realised RM7 billion in investments between 2018 and 2026.

Automotive High-Tech Valley realises RM7 bil investments from 2018 to 2026 — deputy minister

Nearly two months after Yinson Holdings Bhd’s (KL:YINSON) largest shareholder, the Lim family (27.7%), and MISC Bhd (KL:MISC) confirmed preliminary talks with another shareholder Employees Provident Fund (17.09%) to take the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) company private, a firm intention has yet to be announced.

Frankly Speaking: Yinson privatisation sees longer runway

The nexus between business and politics in Corporate Malaysia has always produced a number of casualties. Whenever there was a change in the alignment of power in the government, businessmen who were seen to have been close to the ousted politicians were often punished.

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The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) must help more Malaysians achieve retirement adequacy by adapting to changing employment patterns while continuing to deliver sustainable returns, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.

EPF must help more Malaysians achieve retirement adequacy, says Amir Hamzah

HONG KONG/LONDON (Oct 27): HSBC reported a 32% surge in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, as rate hikes helped boost net interest income, while its wealth management division benefitted from turbulent market conditions that prompted an influx of new clients.

HSBC's third-quarter profit jumps 32%, in line with estimates

(Oct 27): MSCI Inc’s threat to strip Indonesian equities of emerging-market status is now also weighing on dealmaking in the corporate bond market.

MSCI fallout widens with Indonesian corporate bond sale shelved — Bloomberg

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd’s (KL:CIMB) planned sale of its business in the Philippines has drawn interest from local rivals including Bank of the Philippine Islands and Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

CIMB attracts BPI, Metrobank for Philippine unit sale — Bloomberg

BENGALURU (Oct 27): Gold slipped on Tuesday, weighed down by a firmer US dollar, while investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's policy meeting for fresh guidance on the outlook for interest rates.

Gold eases on firmer dollar ahead of Fed decision

Malaysia’s construction industry must accelerate its adoption of digital technology and automation to reduce its reliance on foreign labour, said Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) chief executive officer Ahmad Farrin Mokhtar.

CIDB: Construction industry must accelerate technology adoption to reduce foreign labour reliance

(Oct 26):&nbsp;While global tech stocks teeter, in China they have already crashed as lofty valuations collapse under worries about AI demand and curbs on Chinese exports.

The meltdown, tanking the mainland STAR50 index&nbsp;of AI and semiconductor leaders by 40% in less than four month...

In China, the AI bubble has already burst

(Oct 27):&nbsp;Malaysia is expected to attract more interest as a data centre hub following the outbreak of the US-Iran war, according to SD Guthrie Bhd (KL:SDG), giving the palm oil giant and the country’s biggest landowner an opportunity to capitalise on the boom.

Iran war boosts Malaysian data centre appeal, SD Guthrie says

SINGAPORE (Oct 27): Asian stocks surged on Tuesday as AI bellwether Anthropic's eagerly anticipated IPO filing lifted risk appetite ahead of tech earnings that will be a test for the AI trade, and central bank meetings that will influence near-term interest rates.

Asian stocks surge as Anthropic IPO lifts sentiment ahead of earnings, central banks

il fell for a second day as stepped-up diplomatic efforts bolstered hopes a broader escalation in the US-Iran war may be averted.&nbsp;West Texas Intermediate dropped toward US$101 a barrel after losing 1.5% in the previous session, while Brent settled below US$116.

Oil declines as diplomacy offers hope of Mideast deescalation

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Malaysia's technology stocks were the top gainers in Tuesday's early session, mirroring strong overnight gains on Wall Street as investors cheered news that artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has officially filed for its initial public offering (IPO).

Malaysia's tech stocks lead early gains after Wall Street rally on Anthropic IPO filing

(Oct 26): Federal Reserve policymakers have telegraphed they will not raise US short-term borrowing costs again this week, but with inflation concerns still front and center, investors believe a rate-hike pause ​will not last for long.

Data due just one day after the Fed's anticipated d...

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(Oct 26): The world's largest technology companies are tapping debt markets and raising equity to bolster AI infrastructure, marking a shift for Silicon Valley firms that typically relied on cash to fund their investments.

Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta signaled in April that spen...

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ZHENGZHOU, China (Oct 27):&nbsp;Around 70% of the 2 million carats of lab-grown diamonds produced annually at Feng Canjun's factory currently go into jewellery.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Seasonal recovery of crude palm oil (CPO) production is expected to drive earnings growth of the plantation sector for the third quarter of the year (3Q2026), said HongLeong Investment Bank (HLIB) Research.

HLIB expects seasonal CPO recovery to drive 3Q2026 plantations sector earnings

Cloud-seeding missions in the skies above Southeast Asia have done little to snuff out wildfires or disperse the haze that’s cloaked the region for months, exposing the limitations of attempts to modify the weather.

El Niño fires test limits of Southeast Asia’s cloud-seeding bet

The government is compiling data on refugee communities nationwide through the Refugee Registration Document (DPP) programme under National Security Council (MKN) directive No 23, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Govt collecting data on refugees nationwide under MKN directive — DPM

SINGAPORE (Oct 27): Singaporean state gas buyer GasCo launched its first procurement exercise to secure term supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG), said Gan Siow Huang, the country's minister of state for energy, trade and industry.

Singapore launches first LNG term supply tender, weighs third import terminal

Pakatan Harapan (PH) will implement a prudent campaign in the Melaka state election (PRN) by explaining the unity government's initiatives under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to the rakyat.

PH to implement prudent campaign approach in Melaka state election — Saifuddin

Microsoft Corp will offer buyouts to about 60,000 workers, representing roughly a quarter of its total staff, as part of the company’s efforts to trim costs and retool its workforce for the artificial intelligence (AI) era.

Microsoft to offer buyouts to 60,000 workers in new cost cut

The iPhone Duo, one of Apple Inc’s biggest new products in years, is drawing a growing number of complaints from customers who say the foldable display cracked after just hours or days of use.

Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo draws early complaints of the screen cracking

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): The government is considering a proposed Government-Owned Entities Bill to tighten governance of government-linked companies (GLCs) and related agencies, while preventing misappropriation such as that which occurred in 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), Felda and Tabung Haji.

PM: Proposed Government-Owned Entities Bill to tighten governance, prevent misappropriation

The messages from the world’s biggest supertanker owner often begin with pleasantries: “Dear Ladies and Gentlemen.”

This oil tanker tycoon's WhatsApp messages drive big market moves

Putrajaya’s quiet retreat from a 50% bumiputera equity requirement for buyers of government-linked company (GLC) and government-linked investment company (GLIC) assets is, on balance, a pragmatic call.

Frankly Speaking: Back to 30%, but not back to certainty

A revival of the artificial-intelligence trade fuelled gains in stocks as Anthropic PBC filed for an IPO, with investors bracing for this week’s results from tech giants and the Federal Reserve decision.