<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Mar 11):<b> </b> NTPM Holdings Bhd rose as much as 4% in early trade after the tissue paper manufacturer said it will pay its first interim dividend for the current financial year ending &nbsp;April 30, 2013.</p></div>
<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>At 9.42am, NTPM was traded at 49 sen with some 860,000 shares done after rising as much as two sen to 49.5 sen.&nbsp; The stock was transacted among the most-active entities this morning.
</p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>NTPM said last Friday (March 8) it plans to pay a first interim single-tier dividend of 14.5% of the stock's par value of 10 sen. This translates into 1.45 sen a share.
</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The company which trades ex-dividend this March 21, will pay the dividend on April 8.
</p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd analyst Mohammad Ashraf Abu Bakar said in a note that NTPM's technical indicators show that the stock may rise to 55 sen. This is more than double the manufacture’s latest reported book value of 27 sen a share.
</p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The dividend comes at a time when NTPM’s financials have improved. It reported a 21% rise in net profit to RM22.48 million in the first half ended October 31, 2012 from RM18.58 million a year earlier. Revenue climbed 7% to RM233.39 million from RM217.86 million.</p></div>

KUALA LUMPUR (Mar 11):  NTPM Holdings Bhd rose as much as 4% in early trade after the tissue paper manufacturer said it will pay its first interim dividend for the current financial year ending  April 30, 2013.
At 9.42am, NTPM was traded at 49 sen with some 860,000 shares done after rising as much as two sen to 49.5 sen.  The stock was transacted among the most-active entities this morning.
NTPM said last Friday (March 8) it plans to pay a first interim single-tier dividend of 14.5% of the stock's par value of 10 sen. This translates into 1.45 sen a share.
The company which trades ex-dividend this March 21, will pay the dividend on April 8.
RHB Research Institute Sdn Bhd analyst Mohammad Ashraf Abu Bakar said in a note that NTPM's technical indicators show that the stock may rise to 55 sen. This is more than double the manufacture’s latest reported book value of 27 sen a share.
The dividend comes at a time when NTPM’s financials have improved. It reported a 21% rise in net profit to RM22.48 million in the first half ended October 31, 2012 from RM18.58 million a year earlier. Revenue climbed 7% to RM233.39 million from RM217.86 million.

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<p>Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will meet DAP secretary general Anthony Loke soon to hear his views before deciding on the latter's offer to resign as transport minister.</p>


<p>Executives at Jefferies Financial Group Inc were sounding increasingly irate.</p>


<p>Negeri Sembilan Yang di-Pertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir has sacked all members of the state executive council (exco), except for Menteri Besar (MB) Datuk Ismail Lasim.</p>


<p>Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has denied allegations that he paved the way for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's pardon, stressing instead that every prisoner has the right to apply for a pardon to be considered by the Pardons Board.</p>


<p>Ukraine launched what Moscow's mayor called the biggest drone attack yet on the Russian capital on Sunday, as Russians voted on the final day of a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine.</p>


<p>The initial report regarding the management and loss issues of the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is expected to be announced next week, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.</p>


<p>MELAKA (Sept 20): The royal institution will fail if rulers can be ‘changed by the month’ and decisions are not made in accordance with the law and Constitution, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.</p>

<p>He said political interference that was not in line with the wishes of certain ...