Short Position - Pui's challenge, online betting, price cycle

FOR three weeks beginning Dec 18,2020, there were doubts if Batu Kawan Bhd would be successful in its offer to take over Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd (CCM).

MITI ends probe into imported ceramic tiles

KUALA LUMPUR: The government had on Monday terminated the safeguard investigation on imports of ceramic floor and wall tiles that it had initiated based on a petition filed by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers - Malaysian Ceramic Industry Group.

Efforts being carried out under the Covid-19 Test Fund

‘Targeted approach’ needed to break the chain

KUALA LUMPUR: Former 1Malay­sia Development Bhd (1MDB) chief executive officer Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman (pic) told the High Court he would have refused the position in the company if he had known that money was embezzled from its funds.

Lawyer, insurance agents among 24 Hongkongers arrested over investment scam that duped 263 people out of HK$475 million

HONG KONG, Dec 13 (SCMP): More than 100 officers raided 30 locations across the city on Tuesday, including offices of a law firm and two investment companiesHK$50 million frozen from syndicate members’ bank accounts, while 11 properties across Hong Kong, worth HK$370 million, may also be confiscated

Thailand gets tough at the border as imported Covid-19 cases keep rising

BANGKOK, Dec 13 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): An Ubon Ratchathani man has been arrested for allegedly transporting 12 illegal migrants from Laos in a pickup truck late on Friday (Dec 11).

Samaiden eyes solar, biomass projects

Firm bidding for the LSS4 project with partners

EPF withdrawal will help tide things over

Compiled by CLARISSA CHUNG, JO TIMBUONG, ALLISON LAI, MUGUNTAN VANAR, IMRAN HILMY and MOHD FARHAAN SHAH

Not home for 118 days

GEORGE TOWN: Although his Teluk Bahang home is just a 20-minute drive from work, Malaysian Civil Defence Force staff member Rozihan Razni Abdul Rahim, 32, does not dare to go home.

Agencies brace for the worst

PETALING JAYA: Disaster management agencies are bracing for major floods that are expected to occur as the northeast monsoon season starts this month.