(Reuters) – Less than a week after British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe became a minority stakeholder at Manchester United, manager Erik ten Hag is concentrating on the club’s next game against Nottingham Forest rather than being distracted with the new set-up. The Dutchman has yet to speak to anyone from Ratcliffe’s …

KUALA LUMPUR: Kuchai Development Bhd has entered into a conditional master sale and purchase agreement with Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (Malaya) Bhd to dispose of substantially all the assets and liabilities in Kuchai Development to Sungei Bagan Rubber Company at a disposal consideration of RM275.47 million. In a filing with …

(Reuters) – Liverpool have exceeded expectations by topping the Premier League table at the halfway mark of the season but Manchester City will be optimistic of getting back into the title fight after Arsenal slipped up this month. Despite seeing their midfield gutted in the close season, Juergen Klopp’s Liverpool …

(Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur’s demanding style of play has taken its toll on the players and though they need a stronger squad to tackle the rigours of the Premier League, there may not be much transfer business in January, manager Ange Postecoglou has said. Spurs began the season in sublime …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Conservative American Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of Pope Francis’ fiercest critics, had his first private audience with the pontiff in seven years on Friday, a month after the pope said he was stripping him of some of his Vatican privileges. Asked by Reuters outside his residence …

(Reuters) – Kelvin Kiptum has enjoyed a remarkable 2023, breaking the men’s marathon world record, and the Kenyan now wants to run the first sub-two-hour marathon in Rotterdam next April. In October, running in just his third marathon, Kiptum took 34 seconds off the previous record in winning the Chicago …

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Holdings Bhd has via CIMB Group Sdn Bhd completed the sale of its 25.01% and 25% shareholding in CGS-CIMB Securities International Pte Ltd (CSI) and CGS-CIMB Holdings Sdn Bhd (CCH) to CGS International Holdings Ltd (CGI). In a statement, CIMB said this was following the final …

PETALING JAYA: PAS has slammed DAP’s Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham as being both divisive and provocative over his suggestion to have a non-Muslim legal expert included in the special committee studying the functions of the Syariah Court. The party’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (pic) warned that the Beruas MP’s …

KUALA LUMPUR: Cengild Medical Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Cengild Sdn Bhd, has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Sunny Uptown Sdn Bhd for the acquisition of a stratified property in Kuala Lumpur for a cash consideration of approximately RM122.34 million. In a Bursa Malaysia filing today, Cengild Medical …

KOTA KINABALU: The introduction of an 8% tax on traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) services would encourage underground practices and quacks, says Dr Pamela Yong (pic). The MCA deputy secretary-general said the new tax would adversely affect its integration into general healthy living. She said in a move to increase …