KUALA LUMPUR: OSK Holdings Bhd anticipates a satisfactory performance for the remainder of the year as it continues to implement long-term strategies and financial prudence. “We are pleased that the group continued to deliver a strong financial performance in the third quarter of 2023. “The group’s earnings should continue to …

Colorado drivers bought 9,446 electric vehicles in the most recent quarter, but Carrie Atiyeh is particularly psyched about 45 of them. Atiyeh, associate director of transportation fuels and technology at the Colorado Energy Office, is one of the architects of the state’s Vehicle Exchange Program, which hands out a rebate …

SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) – Against the backdrop of Christmas songs, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near Seoul dressed in their best with name tags hanging on their clothes, hoping to find love. The government hopes they make babies. They were participants at a mass …

KUALA LUMPUR: An urgent roundtable discussion is needed to discuss the way forward involving the issue of teacher shortages in vernacular schools, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Dr Wee (BN-Ayer Hitam) said he viewed the matter seriously as there were some inconsistencies in the data given by the …

Jack Ma sparked speculation about his next endeavours after the billionaire seeded a small company to process and sell farming produce, in his latest venture since retreating from the spotlight at the height of a government-led industry crackdown. The co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd set up “Hangzhou Ma’s Kitchen …

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 15 academicians in the field of economics from public universities and private institutions of higher learning have been appointed as experts to the 15th Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Finance and Economy (JKPKKE). Parliament, in a statement Monday (Nov 27), said the experts would be …

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is finalising reform commitments with G7 governments and multilateral lenders that could unlock billions of dollars in loans to reduce coal use in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub, according to foreign officials familiar with the talks. The document, known as Resource Mobilisation Plan, has to be …

SADAO: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived at the Sadao Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex here on Monday (Nov 27) for a one-day working visit to discuss matters related to Malaysia-Thailand bilateral cooperation. Anwar was welcomed by his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin. The Prime Minister was accompanied by …

(Reuters) -Australia’s competition watchdog said on Monday new competition laws were required in response to the rapid expansion of digital platforms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft in the country. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in its latest report for the Digital Platform Services Inquiry raised …

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew – but never disclosed – it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint described in reports …