THE mukim (sub-districts) of Ampang and Hulu Kelang in Hulu Langat district recorded 1,180 dengue cases from Jan 1 to Feb 17, an increase of 43.5% compared to the same period last year. With the spike, Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) said it was actively implementing various preventive measures. Dengue …

LONDON: United Kingdom banks gave investors reasons to be optimistic about their earnings over the past few days. But one key unknown won’t go away anytime soon: the ultimate cost of potentially mis-sold car finance. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) review of commissions for car loans remains a major drag …

(Reuters) – FIFA are launching a new series of friendly matches in one location during the international window called the FIFA Series, with a pilot project kicking off in four countries next month, world soccer’s governing body said on Monday. Although there are no trophies or prize money, the series …

SYDNEY: Alumina producer Alcoa Corp has entered exclusive takeover talks with Australian joint-venture partner Alumina Ltd, after making a US$2.2bil offer. Alcoa has proposed a deal offering 0.02854 of its shares for each of Alumina’s, the company said yesterday, marking a 13.1% premium to its share price on Feb 23. …

(Reuters) – The dispute over the final standings in the figure skating team event at the 2022 Winter Games continued on Monday with Canadian and Russian Olympic committees lodging appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after the results were overhauled in light of Kamila Valieva testing positive …

NEW YORK: Several of China’s largest solar power companies are building factories in the United States, aiming to serve the growing US solar market. At least four new factories backed by Chinese manufacturers will open this year. Most, if not all, have previously done the bulk of their manufacturing in …

LONDON: As the best hedge fund strategy of 2023 becomes a magnet for mainstream investors, the risk models it relies on are getting a lot tougher to crack. The strategy in question is tied to insurance-linked securities (ILS), which are dominated by catastrophe bonds (often dubbed cat bonds). In 2023, …

LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, who has denied allegations by a female employee about his conduct, could be out of a job or cleared to continue before Saturday’s season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix. Well-placed sources told Reuters they expected an announcement from Red Bull’s Salzburg-based …

AS trade ministers gather at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit in Abu Dhabi this week, one of the villains will, as usual, be India. And, certainly, there’s some justice to the complaint that Indian negotiators are far too ready to block consensus at such confabs unless granted concessions on …

(Reuters) – Andy Murray hinted that this could be his last season after he recorded his 500th hardcourt win with a 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 victory over Canada’s Denis Shapovalov in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday. Murray joined Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andre Agassi and Rafa …