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- Singapore mobile app flushes out clean and dirty toilets
- For those on the go, finding a clean toilet in Singapore and giving feedback on the best and worst commodes is now in hand with a new app for mobile phones and tablet computers.
- Putrajaya slams Anwar ahead of tonight's rally
- Tens of thousands of supporters are expected to attend the event at a sports stadium on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
- MAS shares drop after rights issue confirmed
- 'This is expected, there could be significant dilution to the share base,' says Sharifah Farah, an analyst with Affin Investment Bank.
- Britain's 'iron lady' Margaret Thatcher dies
- Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died following a stroke, a spokesperson for the family said.
- Petronas makes higher offer to buy out MISC
- Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd said today it raised the offer price to take over shipping firm MISC Bhd to RM5.50 (US$1.79) per share from RM5.30 previously.
- Hearing postponed for Lebanese trio in sexual bribes case
- Three Lebanese soccer officials accused of receiving sexual bribes in return for fixing a match in Singapore had their bail hearing postponed by a judge in the city-state today.
- Shares in Australia's Lynas jump after M'sian court win
- Lynas Corp shares rose to a high of A$0.615 and last traded up 4.3 percent at A$0.61, half the level it was a year ago.
- AirAsia buys into Zest Airways, seeking growth in Philippines
- The Philippine unit of Asia’s biggest budget airline AirAsia Bhd has agreed to acquire 49 percent of small-scale regional carrier Zest Airways, as it moves to turn its Philippine business into a money-making operation.
- Petronas says to focus on raising domestic output
- Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), Malaysia’s state oil firm, will focus this year on increasing domestic production after posting a 45 percent year-on-year drop in fourth quarter net profit.
- Our patience has run out, says Najib
- 'Do not test our patience, our patience has reached the limit,' he was quoted as saying earlier.
- Tycoon fails to take Hong Leong Capital private
- Malaysia's sixth richest man Quek has failed to take its 79 percent-owned investment banking arm private as shareholders hold out for a better offer.
- M'sia imposes anti-dumping duties on steel makers
- An investigation was launched after a unit of Lion Corp Bhd claimed that imports of steel wire rods had caused 'material injury' to the domestic market.
- Australia pursues KL explanation for deportation
- Gillard says her government made strenuous representations on Xenophon's behalf, in relation to him being detained but, didn't succeed.
- 'Royal' gunmen refuse to leave in Sabah standoff
- UPDATED 7.05PM Some 100 militants holed up in Sabah claim to be from the 'royal army' of the Sultanate of Sulu, adding more mystery to a standoff.
- Singapore airport to get US$1bil terminal boost
- The terminal will be able to handle 16 million passengers a year, raising Changi’s handling capacity to 82 million a year
- MISC share price rises on Petronas buyout offer
- As of 0102 GMT, MISC was 17.3pct higher at RM5.22 per share, outperforming the country's benchmark stock index’s 0.54pct rise.
- AirAsia founders to launch RM197.7mil Tune Insurance IPO
- Tony and Kamarudin are expected to launch a RM197.7 initial public offering of Tune Insurance Bhd by the end of February, two sources say.
- Singapore Airlines fined NZ$4.1mil in NZ for price fixing
- SIA Cargo is the seventh airline to settle with the New Zealand Commerce Commission in the long-running air cargo cartel case.
- Lynas says operating license remains valid
- Lynas will ensure all residue material is converted into co-products and exported from if the co-products are not approved for use in Malaysia.
- Cash-rich Genting Singapore hopeful of Japan foray
- Gaming operator Genting Singapore is examining opportunities to enter Japan, where a new government is expected to pass legislation legalising casinos in the next 12 months to 18 months, company executives said today.
- China developer buying prime land in Malaysia for RM1bil
- Country Garden plans to develop the 11-hectare site into an integrated property project with a gross development value of RM18 billion.
- Court to hear application to block Lynas plant on Feb 5
- Activists want the Kuantan High Court to hear two judicial review cases challenging the government’s decision allowing the plant to operate.
- Shares jump as Lynas kicks off rare earth production
- The company announces that it is pleased that production at its controversial Gebeng plant has begun today.
- Petronas resubmits bid for Progress Energy
- Its CEO Shamsul Azhar Abbas says the company’s revised bid was made while it was still unaware of a new investment framework.
- Malaysia to detail crude palm oil tax cut in December
- 'We will make an announcement on the exact pricing in the last few days of December,' said the official, who declined to be named.
- MAS drops 20 pct after rights issue announcement
- BREAKING NEWS Shares in Malaysian Airline System Bhd plunges up to 20.8 percent after the company said it planned to raise RM3.1 billion through a rights issue.
- Shares in Lynas jump 10pct on plant start
- The Australian rare earths producer said it expects production to start at its long-delayed Malaysia processing plant within days.
- Lynas to start processing rare earths next month
- It expects to start processing rare earth minerals next month despite opposition from environmentalists over health concerns, the company says.
- Guarantees, external finances add to M'sia concerns
- Public finances are a weakness relative to rating peers and offer limited scope for counter-cyclical fiscal stimulus, Fitch Ratings believes.
- Malaysia's GDP grew 5.2pct in Q3, beats forecast
- 'Both private and public sector investment was strongly robust during the quarter,' says Zeti Akhtar Aziz.