Banana trader and planter sees export opportunities for the fruit

FEW would go bonkers over bananas like Datuk Tom Chow. He could talk about them all day.

Betting on the King of Fruits

Ekovest Bhd’s announcement that it is willing to plough up to RM213.5mil into PLS Plantations Bhd shows just how much it is banking on the durian business.

The tremendous China retail market

Singles Day 11.11 is just nine days away. Alibaba’s warehouses and e-fulfillment centres all over China have been stocking up huge inventories for the biggest 24-hour sales event in the world.

Satisfying cravings for crustaceans

Highlighting goodness of giant mud crabs and French crabs in dining promotion.

Melaka Civil Defence Force ready for floods

MELAKA: The Melaka Civil Defence Force (APM)’s staff and assets are prepared to face the northeast monsoon season, said its director Lt Col (PA) Effendy Ali

Ilham Gallery’s art collection surveys regional-based historical, personal and political perspectives

Trading ideas: SCIB, Berjaya Media, Ekovest, Unisem, Asia Media

KUALA LUMPUR: JF Apex Research expects Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB), Berjaya Media Bhd, Ekovest Bhd, Luster Industries Bhd, Asia Media Group Bhd and Unisem (M) Bhd to be among the stocks to watch on Tuesday.

Malaysia confident in China-Asean FTA upgrade

MALAYSIA'S agricultural sector received a boost in June, after the country started shipping whole frozen durian to China.

Rantau Panjang folk ready for floods

PASIR MAS: The year-end monsoon season that often hits the east coast, especially in Kelantan, is a nightmare for people.

Once a botanist, always a botanist

Septuagenarian’s passion for his profession still burning bright after half a century.