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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): Boustead Holdings Bhd confirmed that it has filed a suit at the High Court against its former managing director Tan Sri Che Lodin Wok Kamaruddin and five former directors, seeking £6.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): Airbnb wants to resolve the contention surrounding the 90- to 180-day restriction on short term rentals with Malaysia Productivity Corp (MPC) and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture.

SEOUL (August 11): South Korea’s public health authorities have discovered three new mutated genome sequences of the novel coronavirus among imported cases-- two from Pakistan and one from Uzbekistan, reported Yonhap News Agency.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 11): International hospitality, restaurant and lifestyle operator Minor International has unveiled its first Anantara-branded residential villa development in Malaysia – Anantara Desaru Coast Residences.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 11): PRG Holdings Bhd partnered with Maybank Islamic to offer HouzKEY for its development called Embayu @ Damansara West with 100% financing at the lowest rate for the first five years.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): UOB Global Economics & Markets Research expects Malaysia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) to decline 18.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): Boustead Holdings Bhd had in June file a suit here against its former chairman Tan Sri Mohd Ghazali Che Mat, its managing director Tan Sri Che Lodin Wok Kamaruddin, and four other directors for purported breach of fiduciary duty and is seeking jointly from them a sum of £6.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Despite lacklustre market, Platinum Victory’s Vista Sentul apartment and Vista Danau Kota have received good response with 60% and 70% of the units snapped up after launch.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 10): Those quarantined at public training centres will now only have to pay RM100 a day, after the government decided to reduce the daily rates by RM50, reported FMT today.

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