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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng’s hint that Pakatan Harapan (PH) may vote against the 2021 Budget if the government rejects all six proposed measures has raised concerns ahead of the budget presentation on 6 November. Economists who spoke to StarBiz broadly agreed on all but one …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumption has received complaints about merchants and restaurant owners that serve drinks of different brands and qualities to those advertised in the menu. The director of the Ministry’s Enforcement Division, Datuk Iskandar Halim Sulaiman (pix), in a statement today, said that the …

[ad_1] LETTER | As Malaysia was in the process of reopening all activities to reactivate the country’s economy, the country encountered record daily spikes in Covid-19 cases in October 2020. Due to the sudden increase in Covid-19 cases, the government implemented the conditional motion control order (MCO) in Kuala Lumpur, …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Retail investors bid for a record $ 3 trillion worth of shares on the double listing of Ant Group Co Ltd, in an unprecedented show of interest from family savers betting on demand for their fintech services in China. The world’s largest initial public offering (IPO) was …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Hartalega Holdings Bhd has warned the public to be aware of scammers claiming to have stocks and allocations of latex and nitrile gloves from their own brand, GloveOn. The glove maker issued a statement on Monday about rampant cases of fraudulent operators selling gloves who have relentlessly …

[ad_1] KUCHING: Sarawak today registered 14 new Covid-19 cases all in the Kuching district, with a new group of Wisma Saberkas detected, bringing the cumulative case count in the state to 906. Senior Deputy Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said three cases were detected in the Wisma Saberkas Cluster …

[ad_1] Like water and electricity, Internet connectivity should be classified as a public service, says Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) expects that next year’s budget, which will be presented on Friday, will announce internet connectivity as the third public service …

[ad_1] Proton has wasted no time in publishing its October 2020 sales figures; Today is the first business day since October ended and we now have the press release. Proton announced that it sold 11,392 units in the first 10 months of the year, and sales for the year to …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: UiTM Holdings Group of Companies has confirmed that one of its employees has contracted Covid-19. The employee, who is based out of his office at Dataran PHB Saujana, tested positive for the virus on Sunday (November 1). The employee is currently receiving treatment at a government hospital, …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Bursa Malaysia’s leading index remained mediocre as of mid-morning today, following losses in regional markets as Malaysian manufacturing data output and new orders slowed further . At 10.05am, the FBM KLCI had fallen 4.37 points to 1,462.52. Market breadth was negative with 613 losers and …