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IJM Plantations cautiously optimistic of 2021 outlook

This is due to lingering uncertainties in the global palm oil market

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Malaysia exports to benefit from growing China import demand

Oxford Economics says the pace of recovery will vary across the SEA region

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Britain overhauls virus-hit privatised rail sector

It won’t be managed by franchises and replaced with concession-style agreements

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HSBC shares hit 25-year low on report of China ‘unreliable list’

It is also accused of allowing fraudulent activity to go unpunished

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Asian markets weighed by virus spikes, stimulus gridlock

Investors are confused about which way to move amid lockdown fears

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Foreign funds offload RM558.4 mil of local equities last week

Bursa Malaysia’s international investors started the week by withdrawing -RM187.9 million

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KLCI eases slightly at opening

It drifts lower after a lack of sustained buying interest

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India to loan virus-hit Maldives US$250 mil

Maldives’ economy has been destroyed due to Covid-19 travel restrictions

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Major banks known to move vast sums of illicit money

The investigation is led by 108 international media outlets from 88 different countries

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Ringgit opens lower against greenback on profit-taking

The local note is quoted at 4.1122/1180 at today’s opening

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EPF sees gross investment income of RM15.2 bil for Q2

EPF remains cautious as a second Covid-19 wave remained a possibility which would have a major negative multiplier impact

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S&P downgrades outlook on Spain’s debt

It credited the government’s stimulus measures that prevent an even deeper recession in the country

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China launches counter-mechanism to US sanctions list

This escalates the commercial fight with the Trump administration