KUALA LUMPUR: Kenanga Research has reiterated its cautious stand on Pharmaniaga Bhd after the pharmaceutical group announced it had inked a concession agreement with the government. “We are positive on this latest development which is in line with our expectation that the concession is now formally signed and extended. There …

Computer keyboards are making room for an artificial intelligence chatbot button as Microsoft unveils its first major keyboard redesign in three decades. Starting this month, some new personal computers that run Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system will have a special “Copilot key” that launches the software giant’s AI chatbot. Getting …

Benut man suffers losses after heavy rain, hopes for aid THE ongoing rainy weather has caused a pineapple farmer in Kampung Parit Abas, Benut, Pontian, to suffer losses of more than RM60,000. Mohd Firdaus Satari said his plantation was inundated with water, the second time since the big flood that …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit extended a negative trend on Friday against the US dollar with sentiment continuing to be hamstrung by the expectation that the higher-for-longer rate narratives are likely to prevail. At 9 am, the ringgit stood at 4.6420/6480 versus the US dollar from Thursday’s close of 4.6330/6370. Bank …

KUALA LUMPUR: Two lucky winners welcomed a fantastic New Year with their Magnum 4D lucky pick ticket purchases, bagging the Magnum 4D Jackpot and Magnum Life Grand Prizes respectively. The lucky Magnum 4D Jackpot winner, a businessman in his 50s won a life changing amount of RM23.7mil. A dedicated Magnum …

TOKYO (Reuters) -Crews at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport started clearing the charred wreckage of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane from a runway on Friday, footage from Japanese broadcaster TBS showed, as investigators sought further clues to what caused the deadly accident. The JAL Airbus A350 collided with a Japanese Coast Guard …

Sheds at market in Jln Tun HS Lee make way for Pasar Karat traders SEVERAL traders operating at a market in Jalan Tun HS Lee are upset with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for demolishing wooden sheds they were using, to make way for other traders. The makeshift structures next …

This week a reader writes: I have a Mac desktop with two 1 terabyte external SSDs, one used for Time Machine backups and one for my daily files. As I understand it, these drives have to be “ejected” before disconnecting them. I’ve found that after power outages (not often) I …

NEW YORK: After a year of record heat, climate change has become a critical issue for countries worldwide. And still, headwinds from rising interest rates to political debates over environmentally-focused investing have made tackling global warming more difficult. Indeed, a study last year found that global efforts to reach net-zero …

PUTRAJAYA: Brighter days are ahead for Sabah’s power producer now that the Federal Government has agreed to a phased handover of regulatory power on Sabah’s electricity supply and Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) to the state government. The state’s Energy Transition and Public Utilities Ministry said the decision is part …