[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (September 29): The FBM KLCI remained lackluster in the midday break Tuesday as the regional rally lost steam and the World Bank cut Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth outlook for 2020. The World Bank in its Malaysia Specific Macroeconomic Policy Outlook said that after a more …
Read More »Khairy: Putrajaya will finalize Covid-19 vaccine selection in early 2021 | Malaysia
[ad_1] Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin speaks during a press conference at Parliament in Kuala Lumpur on July 14, 2020. – Image by Yusof Mat Isa KUALA LUMPUR, September 29 – The government is expected to decide on the Covid-19 vaccine early next year, said Minister of Science, …
Read More »Top Glove President on Strategy and Addressing Challenges as Company Records Record Profits
[ad_1] TOP Glove Corp Bhd posted its best quarterly results last week with a net profit of over RM1 billion, meeting consensus expectations. The stellar growth was due to the global increase in demand for gloves as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the release of the results, CEO …
Read More »Report: Consumers Preferred Premium Smartphones During Pandemic
[ad_1] The average price of smartphones being sold has risen 10%, as more users buy high-end devices, reports technology research firm Counterpoint Research. Their research analyst Varun Mishra said that the global average selling price (ASP) had increased as of the second quarter of this year, although fewer phones were …
Read More »The government will continue to help SMEs navigate the road to recovery in the 2021 budget: Tengku Zafrul
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed to continuing to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on their recovery path in the upcoming 2021 Budget, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz (pix). He said this would be done through continued support for digitization and automation, building on …
Read More »The government will continue to help SMEs on the road to recovery in the 2021 budget
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The government is committed to continuing to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on their recovery path in the next 2021 budget, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz (pix). He said that would be achieved through continued support for digitization and automation, building on …
Read More »Trump’s ban on TikTok downloads in the US suspended.
[ad_1] MOSCOW: A US federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s ban on downloads from TikTok, a video-sharing app owned by Chinese company ByteDance. According to the Sputnik news agency, citing the Wall Street Journal report on Sunday, the ban was supposed to go into effect Sunday night, but Judge Carl …
Read More »Going back to the office, but it’s so hard – why some in Singapore are reluctant to go back to the workplace
[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Sept. 27 (The Straits Times / ANN): More employees have been given the green light to return to their workplaces, but there are still many challenges facing companies and staff preparing to return to the office . These range from the need to reconfigure work areas to maintain …
Read More »China pushes for emergency use of Covid-19 vaccine
[ad_1] BEIJING, Sept. 26 (AP): After the first shot, he had no reaction. But Kan Chai felt dizzy after the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in China. “When I was driving on the highway, I suddenly felt a little dizzy, like I was driving drunk,” …
Read More »Judge to rule on Trump TikTok download ban
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: A judge was set on Sunday (September 27) to decide whether to allow a Trump administration ban on downloads of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, which seeks a court order to prevent what it said could be a hit devastating. US District Judge Carl Nichols has promised to …
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