KUALA LUMPUR: An integrated operation against undocumented migrants in Jalan Silang here on Thursday has earned plaudits from traders, with some calling for more sweeps to keep the area clean and safe. A local beverage and food seller, Anuar Shari, 69, who has been doing business on the street for …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Bhd and RAM Holdings Bhd, through a joint venture entity called Bursa Malaysia RAM Capital Sdn Bhd (BR Capital – formerly known as BM RAM Capital Sdn Bhd), today launched a debt fundraising platform following the Securities Commission’s “concurrence on Dec 21, 2023 for BR Capital …

Sales season is back, and just in time to grab some new titles right before Christmas hits. So here’s some highlights on video games that might just be worth grabbing. The first title that comes to mind would be The Game Award’s game of the year for 2023: Baldur’s Gate …

KUANTAN: Having local government elections will invite more harm than good in terms of services, finances and political polemics, says Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail. The Umno vice-president said it would also cause friction between races if not well managed. “I firmly believe that whatever is to be done, …

SAN FRANCISCO: The annual rotation on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest-rate-setting committee means its 2024 voting members lean slightly more hawkish than the outgoing group from 2023 – but that won’t budge the outlook for a pivot to interest-rate cuts next year. In fact, plenty of analysts make the opposite …

The teen hacker who leaked footage of Rockstar Games Inc’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI installment and hacked into technology firm Nvidia Corp was placed in a secure hospital by a British judge. Arion Kurtaj, 18, and a 17-year-old male, who can’t be identified, were convicted of being part of …

SHANGHAI: China on Dec 22 announced new plans to restrict the online gaming industry, sending shares in tech giants including Tencent tumbling. New draft restrictions published online by the regulator are aimed at limiting in-game purchases and compulsive playing behaviour. Following the news, Tencent dropped over 10% in Hong Kong, …

PARIS (Reuters) – Camelia Toldea has packed her family’s suitcases ready for a quick exit from an abandoned building where she and dozens of other Roma live, fearful the squat will be next in a wave of evictions near Paris’ 2024 Olympic Games facilities. Romanian-born Toldea, her husband and three …

SINGAPORE: Chinese internet stocks slumped on regulatory news on Friday to drag Asian stocks down for the final full trading week of the year, while the dollar wobbled ahead of U.S. inflation data that’s expected to validate bets on rate cuts in 2024. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside …

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia stayed lower at midday, dragged down by persistent selling in selected heavyweights, mainly the financial services as well as telecommunications and media counters. Public Bank and Axiata eased three sen each to RM4.24 and RM2.41, respectively. Both counters pulled the composite index down by a combined …