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Yvonne Tan

starbiz@thestar.com.my

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26 Jan 2019 | 7:00 AM

Green shoots of construction revival

A slew of contracts is given out, but is it enough to spur the sector?

Getting back on track: The construction sector is still in a state of flummox, there will be a lot of re-tendering. It will take time to come back on track.

19 Jan 2019 | 7:00 AM

What ails the IPO market

INITIAL public offerings (IPOs) on the local bourse are increasingly losing their shine.

7 Jan 2019 | 7:00 AM

Asia Poly to go into food and beverage

PETALING JAYA: ACE Market firm Asia Poly Holdings Bhd plans to venture into the food and beverage (F&B) industry.

New business: A worker mans a production line at Asia Poly’s plant in Klang. The company, which for a long time had solely been in the manufacture and sales of acrylic products had a few years ago, under a new management, decided to diversify its earnings base.

15 Dec 2018 | 7:00 AM

Winners and losers

CONSUMER stocks look set to finish top of the gainers’ list while oil and gas counters could wrap up the year being the biggest losers on Bursa Malaysia.

8 Dec 2018 | 7:00 AM

Keeping with the times

Maybank Singapore CEO says lender is conscious of the fact that if it does not evolve, it will basically ‘disappear.’

Lee: If we pay up, we will get the FDs but that will increase our funding cost ... we compete if we have to but what we want to do is be a bit more creative.

24 Nov 2018 | 7:00 AM

Foreign worker migration overhaul

THE management of foreign worker migration processes has long been a contentious issue largely because of many unnecessary layers and costs. Rendered helpless, the biggest victims are often the workers who, based on official data, already number more than a million in the country.