5y

Affin Bank launches Affin Avance

Among the benefits of the new product include Affin Avance Credit card/Credit card-i with a lifetime annual fee waiver

5y

Ringgit drift sideways as uncertainties over US stimulus resurfaced

The local currency stood at 4.1290/1370 versus the greenback 

5y

Bursa opens lower in early trade

Total volume stood at 2.7 billion worth RM694.53 million.

5y

Tokyo’s key Nikkei index opens higher

Gaining Japanese shares supported by sharp rally in US Nasdaq

5y

Japan telecom firms challenge US$40 billion NTT takeover bid

Competitors say it will prevent fair competition in market 

5y

China shoppers splash the cash in world’s biggest spending spree

Alibaba, which began its sale on November 1, has already raked in 372.3 billion yuan

5y

Japan's Toshiba retreats from coal-fired power stations

Announcement comes after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sets  2050 deadline for the world’s third-largest economy to become carbon-neutral

5y

Qatar puts up ‘for sale’ sign with new property visas

Scheme is  latest in  series of measures designed to diversify Qatar’s economy away from fossil fuels and attract foreign capital 

5y

Barclays finances more fossil fuel firms despite green vow: NGOs

Barclays provided US$24.58 billion to major fossil fuel companies in the nine months ending in September, compared with US$24.38 billion a year earlier

5y

Bursa opens easier amid profit-taking

FBM KLCI sheds 10.49 points to 1,564.58 after opening 2.38 points lower at 1,572.69

5y

Boeing sees more cancelled orders for 737 MAX

Aircraft could get green light to return to service as soon as November 18

5y

Apple starts selling Macs with proprietary chips

M1 chip allows computers to operate more like iPhones

5y

US shares end mixed after Covid-19 vaccine high fades

Optimism following announcement by Pfizer, BioNTech tempered by realisation that economic gains will likely not be felt until late 2021