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Power price surge jolts Australia’s AGL to record profit
MELBOURNE: AGL Energy, Australia’s biggest power producer, said annual profit jumped nearly a third to a billion-dollar record amid soaring prices that have brought growing political heat on the firm and its peers to slash household electricity bills.
BoE tethers its rate path to Brexit after first hike in 10 years
LONDON: Mark Carney is tying the Bank of England’s next interest-rate shift to the success of Brexit negotiations.
Fitch affirms Malaysia’s currency ratings with stable outlooks
KUALA LUMPUR: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Malaysia's long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings (IDRs) at 'A-' and 'A' respectively with Stable Outlooks
AbbVie cools on US$55 bil Shire deal after US tax changes
LONDON: U.S. pharmaceutical company AbbVie ABBV.N said it was reconsidering its US$55 billion (34.36 billion pounds) takeover of Shire SHP.L in the wake of U.S. government moves to curb deals designed to cut taxes, wiping as much as $13 billion off the London-listed firm's stock price.
Palm oil/Vegoils: Market factors to watch April 10 (Thursday)
KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday.
What Next For The 'Wall Street Refiners' As JPM Exits Physical Commodities?
NEW YORK: As JPMorgan Chase & Co prepares to exit physical commodities trading, the spotlight is turning to the future of the two banks that have dominated Wall Street's involvement in the natural resources supply chain for 30 years.
Bank of Japan holds fire, defies easing calls as political pressure heats up
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Tuesday, standing its ground for now in the face of calls from the country's likely next prime minister to pursue unlimited easing to revive an economy widely seen in recession.
Bank of Japan boosts stimulus for sagging economy, markets unimpressed
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan boosted its monetary stimulus for the second month in a row on Tuesday in response to intense political pressure for action and mounting evidence that the world's third-largest economy was on the cusp of recession.
Eyes on Langat 2 water treatment plant tender
PETALING JAYA: While the Selangor water problems get tossed in political heat, industry players are keeping their eyes peeled for any forthcoming government tender for the construction of the Langat 2 water treatment plant.
Long hot summer, adaptive markets
The summer heat wave in the US Corn Belt is going to hit grain production and has already raised food prices. So far, such price increases have yet not translated into global inflation, thanks to better food crop production in other parts of the world.
