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KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): The government will not include the AstraZeneca vaccine under the National Covid-19 immunisation programme, said coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): Star Media Group Bhd will continue to unlock the value of its land and building assets through tenancy, including listing its property on Airbnb besides being on the lookout for potential partners for joint property developments as the newspaper publisher seeks to demonstrate adaptability and build resilience in response to an evolving media landscape amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Star Media chairman Tan Sri Chor Chee Heung said.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): A lawyer representing Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan, who lodged police reports in Malaysia, the UK, France and Switzerland in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd fiasco, and was subsequently detained by the authorities under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), told the court that his client owed him RM795,000.

PETALING JAYA (April 13): Malaysia will have enough vaccines for 80% of its population by October and if things go according to plan, 80% will have been inoculated against Covid-19 by the end of this year, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): Online marketplace for lodging, Airbnb Inc, has rolled out its "What's My Place Worth tool", for prospective hosts to calculate their potential monthly income.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10):  The operator of the Giant brand of hypermarkets, GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd, will now expand by “focusing on smaller stores, in line with changes in consumer behaviour globally,” The Edge Malaysia reported this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): MMC Corp Bhd is selling 11.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun has sold UK-based Caterham Cars Ltd to Japan-headquartered automotive group VT Holdings as performance-car manufacturer Caterham looks ahead to write the next chapter of its corporate journey.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): UEM Sunrise Bhd saw its net loss for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2020 (4QFY20) widen to RM134.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) passenger count across Malaysia more than halved to 318,000 in February, from 754,000 in January, hit by temporary flight suspensions partly due to the resurgence of Covid-19 cases.