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Comintel gets extension: Comintel Corporation Bhd said the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (Seda) have given approval for the extension of the Feed-In Tariff commencement date from  May 31 to Dec 31. Comintel Green Technologies Sdn Bhd had sought for an extension from Seda as it was not able to meet the scheduled Feed-In Tariff commencement date - as the programme set up and gasifier system optimisation took longer than expected when the Biogen Plc and Software team did the programming, testing and commissioning the gasifier system. — StarBiz

Public Mutual launches new fund: Public Mutual launched the Public Select Treasures Equity Fund today, which targets to achieve high capital growth over the medium to long-term period. Public Mutual, which manages RM65.5bil in funds, will invest in a portfolio of investments comprising of medium and small-sized companies in terms of market capitalisation from diversified economic sectors. — StarBIz