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Investors turn to EMs

Global bond investors are beginning to view select emerging markets (EMs) as safer than many far richer nations, a momentous shift that's setting the stage for the next phase of outperformance in the asset class.

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Stable credit lights up Asia Pacific

The Asia-Pacific power sector is set for a broadly stable credit trajectory over the next 12 to 18 months, even as utilities continue heavy spending on renewable energy (RE) and grid infrastructure.

Metro News

70% surge in PJ eatery closures

PETALING Jaya City Council (MBPJ) is intensifying enforcement following an almost 70% increase in restaurant closures due to inadequate cleanliness and poor hygiene standards across the city.

Metro News

Donation drive targets RM100,000 for Ipoh children’s education

The Salvation Army Ipoh has launched its "Million Hearts Care Together" campaign to raise RM100,000 to support the education needs of children under its care.

Insight

Decent 3Q25, but a challenging 2026 awaits

The just-ended third quarter of financial year 2025 (3Q25) reporting season must be one of the better quarters in recent times, with more hits than misses, largely due to the corrective and adjusted earnings expectations that has already been built into the current year's forecast.

Badminton

Rexy loosens up over tight schedule of players 

PETALING JAYA: National doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky is confident that the tight scheduling involving the Thailand SEA Games and the World Tour Finals will not be a major problem for the players.

Metro News

Young minds with sustainable ideas

TIRED of stray cats leaving a mess around their school, five students came up with a natural spray and sticker to safely keep the furry intruders at bay.

Star Biz7

Mega port strategy in the dock

Malaysia is entering an era of mega port announcements. In recent months, proposals such as the RM144bil Maharani Freeport in Johor and the RM72bil Lumut Maritime Industrial City (LuMIC) have dominated headlines.

Insight

High cost of retirement

It's the great Malaysian dream. After decades of work, discipline and sacrifice, the plan is to retire into a period of comfort and freedom.

Insight

Beijing or Global South consensus?

In 2004, the American vice-chairman of Henry Kissinger Associates, Joshua Cooper Ramo, coined the term "Beijing Consensus" as an alternative to the Washington Consensus, the neoliberal framework of economic policies devised in the 1980s by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and the US Treasury.

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Thai market wades out of flood woes

Thailand's stock market is heading into the next quarter with investors looking beyond the immediate chaos of the southern floods and towards the slow, uneven rebuild that will follow.

Badminton

Chance to make history as six shuttlers earn nod for BWF awards

PETALING JAYA: Six Malaysian representatives could create history after being nominated for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Player of the Year awards.

Insight

Future of digital is green

Data centres, cloud computing, big data. These are the digital engines of our modern world mushrooming across the globe.

Hockey

Deputy chef de mission Jivan urges SEA Games athletes to stay injury-free, go for glory

PETALING JAYA: One injury is all it takes to undo years of hard work and former national hockey star Jivan Mohan knows that pain better than most.

Star Biz7

Cortina rolls out mobile homes for Winter Games

The Winter Olympians who have signed up to stay in Cortina d'Ampezzo's Athletes Village should not expect luxury accommodations or a cozy fire to snuggle up next to after a long day on the mountain.

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Super scheme blows the roof off

As the Trump administration stalls federal funding for projects intended to make states more resilient to climate change and private insurers decline to cover properties in high-risk zones, North Carolina just proved there's another way to fund disaster preparedness: a US$600mil catastrophe bond (cat bond) that rewards homeowners and their insurer for installing "super roofs."

Insight

China, five years on

China will continue to deepen structural reforms, but it has not shifted away from its growth ambitions.

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Casino home run for Cohen

Hedge fund titan. Movie character. Art collector. Sports team owner. And possibly soon, casino boss.

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China’s slow stock rally gains investor trust

Fund managers are picking Chinese industrial stocks and holding volatile tech shares, betting a two-year-old equities rally can withstand an economic rough patch, as valuations and steady returns lure foreign investors back.

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Majuhome  — built to last

The furniture industry is facing increasing challenges today, shaped by shifting cultural trends, rapidly advancing technologies and global economic uncertainty.