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LONDON (July 13): British retailers have reported a record annual increase in sales in the three months to the end of June, reported Reuters.

SYDNEY (July 12): The largest city in Australia is expected to extend the current lockdown due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases caused by the highly infectious Delta variant, reported Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): Ibraco Bhd has secured a turnkey engineering, construction and commissioning contract worth about RM169 million for houses under the Rumah Pertiwi Scheme in Kuching, Sarawak.

Abu Kassim had been staying at a condominium for 12 years, diligently paying his dues.

Jalan Sin Chew Kee is named after the tin mining business and warehouse of Yap Kwan Seng, the last Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has launched an initiative to deploy solar energy at the group's assets across Malaysia to increase efficiency and reduce carbon emissions as part of its sustainability agenda and aspiration of Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 (NZCE 2050).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as Deputy Prime Minister with immediate effect, while continuing to oversee the defence portfolio, and Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is now a Senior Minister.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Chin Hin Group Property Bhd (CHGP) is planning to acquire a 65% equity interest in construction firm Kayangan Kemas Sdn Bhd for RM37.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said the government had received the first payment from AMMB Holdings Bhd (AmBank) of RM1.

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