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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng's concern about putting Malaysia's "national considerations at stake" is valid, but the cancellation of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) can still be done through proper negotiations without affecting bilateral relations with China, said prominent economist Professor Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 25): Hotel operators in Hong Kong called on their government to waive rents and even allow properties to offer empty rooms on long-term leases, or for sale, to deal with a steep decline in occupancy and rates brought on by 16 weeks of protests in the city.

BEIJING (Sept 25): Goldman Sachs Group Inc wants to help return money allegedly stolen from the Malaysian people through the 1MDB fraud case and resolve its entanglements with the affair, a senior bank executive said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador said today the police know where to find fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, and hope to bring him back by the end of the year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Hong Leong Investment Bank Bhd says Malaysia's Budget 2020 may include a RM4 billion contingency plan to cushion the nation's economic growth from the prolonged US-China trade tension.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 25): EdgeProp Sdn Bhd (EdgeProp) has been registered by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) as the first recognised market operator to establish and operate a property crowdfunding (PCF) platform in Malaysia, following the revision of the SC’s Guidelines on Recognised Markets in May 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Banning e-cigarettes or vaping products will only encourage consumers to continue buying unregulated products, says British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd (BAT Malaysia) managing director Erik Stoel.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 25): A small town in Sicily, Italy sold off a few dozen properties for only €1 (RM4.

KLANG: Unlicensed factories in Selangor have one year to legalise operations, starting Oct 1, failing which the land will be seized by the District Land Office.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has decided to continue the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of cellulose fibre reinforced cement flat and pattern sheets (FCB) from Thailand for five more years.