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Ringgit may breach 3.95 next week on Middle East ceasefire optimism
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit is expected to maintain its upward trajectory next week and could breach the 3.95 level amid cautious optimism over developments in West Asia, said economists.
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Short Position
Sarawak fine-tunes hydrogen ambition
Sarawak's ambitious journey to become a global green hydrogen supplier is entering a phase of strategic recalibration.
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Insight
Equity mania vs psychology
Throughout this decade, India's household savings have steadily left the safety of bank deposits to chase returns in equities. This migration was supposed to provide a stable pool of risk capital to entrepreneurs and act as a shock absorber against fickle hot-money inflows from overseas.
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Insight
Masterplan to boost Malaysia
The Capital Market Masterplan 2026 to 2030 (CMP) released recently by the Securities Commission (SC) is seen as a blueprint, not only for the Malaysian capital market, but also as a roadmap for institutional investors over the next five years.
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Star Biz7
AI rewrites Bollywood’s script
Welcome to the new-look movie set, where the quiet hum of a coding floor has replaced the cacophony of cameras, clapperboards and shouted directions.
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Star Biz7
Tokens lure top AI talent
A new idea gaining traction among global and Chinese tech companies is putting tokens – the smallest unit of data processed by artificial intelligence (AI) models – at the centre of compensation discussions, as firms seek to boost productivity in an AI-driven development era.
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Star Biz7
Treasuries face war cost test
Inflation risks have driven Treasury yields higher since the US clash with Iran ignited energy prices.
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Star Biz7
Stocks not doomed in stagflation
Global stock markets could be in for a bumpy ride if fears of stagflation start to materialise.
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Insight
Property sector on solid ground
Of late, there has been some misconception about the health of the Malaysian property market and, to a larger extent, its impact on the banking sector as well as on the economy.
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Insight
Social contract in companies
The first duty of a chief executive officer (CEO) is to ensure that the organisation's social contract is understood, accepted and internalised.
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Short Position
Joe Holding swaps batteries for bites
When a public company says it wishes to venture into a new area of business, it often raises eyebrows.
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Star Biz7
Staying rational in volatile times
Investors are likely to face continued bouts of market turbulence in the months ahead, but those who can master their own behaviour may be best placed to come out ahead.
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Star Biz7
Mondays Made make it big
Coaches can play, too. The runaway success of Mondays Made is proof of that.
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Insight
Crisis mode is no strategy
Transport Minister Anthony Loke has told Malaysians something governments rarely say out loud. "This is not a laughing or joking matter," he said. "It is a very, very serious matter."
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Star Biz7
Hot money fuels EMs
Emerging market (EM) economies are looking at a future in which volatile "hot money" could dictate their access to global capital, raising the prospect of sharper swings in sovereign borrowing costs and currency values if global sentiment shifts.
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Star Biz7
Private-credit strain spreads
Concerns over the health of the private‑credit industry are now showing up in a surprising corner of the US municipal debt world, potentially foreshadowing wider strain across credit markets, according to a Bloomberg report.
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Insight
Not all T20 households have it easy
It is almost like clockwork. Whenever the issue of subsidies is raised, the top 20% income earners (T20) becomes the punching bag.
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Star Biz7
A strain on supply chains
Supply chain disruptions are becoming something of a norm this decade, what with the Covid-19 lockdowns, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the present conflict in West Asia, which is now into its sixth week.
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Insight
Protectionism slows EV fast lane
The recent reports on Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD Co Ltd's investment in Tanjung Malim for its complete knocked-down (CKD) assembly plant hitting a snag were due to disagreements with the Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) over the terms for licence approval.
