SINGAPORE: Asian stocks slipped to three-week lows and Hong Kong’s unloved Hang Seng index slumped to a one-year trough on Tuesday while bonds and the dollar steadied as investors tempered expectations for cuts to U.S. interest rates and waited on U.S. jobs data. The Australian dollar fell 0.6% after the …

Wall Street is still struggling to keep track of the myriad ways bankers are communicating with one another, even after shelling out more than US$2bil (RM9.33bil) in penalties over staffers’ use of WhatsApp and other unauthorised messaging services. That’s according to data compiled by the technology firm Global Relay, which …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Home tests against an undermanned Pakistan may struggle to excite even the most ardent Australian cricket fan but angst over David Warner’s farewell tour has given the series a much-welcomed boost. Since his test debut against New Zealand in 2011, Warner has been front and centre in …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians can get into the festive mood of sharing and caring by taking part in the BeWithYou Community Caring Campaign at Wisma MCA here until Wednesday (Dec 6). Organised through a collaboration between the Crisis Relief Squad of MCA (CRSM) and GoCare, the three-day campaign gives people the …

KUALA LUMPUR: Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) is cautiously optimistic about the prospect of Malaysia’s economy and equities for 2024, driven by growth, fiscal reforms and economic restructuring. The bank said the stable political outlook and delivery of macro blueprint cum targets introduced in 2023 would also boost the …

IPOH: Religious and racial differences are not a barrier for K. Kittu, a school security guard, to have a close-knit relationship with SK Bandar Baru Putera students, the majority of whom are Malays. Fondly known as Uncle Kittu, the 50-year-old Taiping native, who had worked at the school for six …

PUTRAJAYA: Umno still has the support of the Malay community in the country, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister justified this based on the votes obtained by PAS during the Kemaman parliamentary by-election in Terengganu on Dec 2. “When we look at the percentage of votes, there was …

BEIJING: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday amid uncertainty over voluntary output cuts by OPEC+, continued tension in the Middle East and weak economic data from the U.S. Brent crude futures ticked down 1 cent to $78.02 a barrel by 0402 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures …

BOSTON: The family of a North Carolina teenager is suing American Airlines, saying that a flight attendant taped an iPhone to an airplane toilet to record her using the restroom during a September flight. Lawyers for the 14-year-old and her parents say that American Airlines “knew or should have known …

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s volcanology agency had warned since 2011 that it was unsafe to climb the country’s active Marapi volcano, the organisation’s chief said, days after the peak erupted and killed 13 climbers, with 10 still missing on Tuesday. The 2,891-metre high volcano in West Sumatra erupted on Sunday, …