BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters): There was little warning of the chaos that was about to be unleashed onboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321. With around three hours left on the journey from London to Singapore, Malaysian student Dzafran Azmir got the uneasy feeling the Boeing 777-300R plane was tilting upwards and beginning …

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property’s (SDP) unbilled sales of RM3.6bil will provide solid earnings visibility for the next three years. As at April 28, the developer’s bookings amounted to RM2.4bil, with completed inventories registering at RM466.3mil in gross developmental value (GDV). “With a healthy cash balance of RM647.1mil and a …

(Reuters) -The U.S. securities regulator on Monday asked Nasdaq and CBOE to fine-tune their applications to list spot ether exchange-traded-funds (ETFs), signaling the agency may be poised to approve the filings, three people familiar with the process told Reuters. While the exchange applications are the first step in a two-step …

(Reuters) – Slovakia’s parliament returned to work on Tuesday after adjourning in the wake of an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, with the government coalition signalling its contested policy agenda remained on track. Fico is recovering and no longer in immediate danger after being hit by four bullets …

KUALA LUMPUR: Mega First Corporation Bhd increased its net profit by 35 per cent to RM95.46 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, from RM70.55 million a year earlier. All core divisions recorded a profit before tax (PBT) improvements, the power plant developer and operator said. The PBT …

TOKYO: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will undertake a three-day working visit to Japan from May 22 to 24, during which he will also participate in the 29th International Conference on the Future of Asia (Nikkei Conference). According to Wisma Putra, the Prime Minister will be accompanied by Foreign …

(Reuters) – Trading app Robinhood Markets is lowering the rate of interest it charges on its margin loans, it said on Tuesday, to encourage more customers to avail this facility that allows them to borrow against securities they hold. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The company has rolled out a series of …

(Reuters) – Bayer Leverkusen had won only two major trophies in their 119-year history before this season but on Wednesday the newly-crowned Bundesliga champions have the chance to claim a double when they face Atalanta in the Europa League final in Dublin. Leverkusen broke Bayern Munich’s 11-year monopoly of the …

SERDANG: The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), together with Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii), will be undertaking a mid-term review of the National Automotive Policy 2020 (NAP 2020). Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the review would take into account the rapid advancements in …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Russians who fled to Turkey after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine have moved on to other countries in the last year, squeezed by residency issues and soaring costs, according to data and interviews, including with nine Russian citizens. When the war began in February …