AirAsia and AirAsia X shares plunge, even after denying Airbus graft claims
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 3): AirAsia Group Bhd (AAGB) and AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) shares fell as much as 11.
Shell waives top-up charges on Touch 'N Go at all its stations along NSE
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd has waived the 50 sen top-up fee on Touch 'N Go at all 27 of its stations located along the North-South Expressway (NSE) effective today.
GuocoLand drops further into the red in 2Q
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): GuocoLand (Malaysia) Bhd has dropped even deeper into the red for the second financial quarter ended Dec 31, 2019 (2QFY20), due to lower sales of completed units, as well as higher marketing costs.
Malaysians in a state of maximum worry — EMIR Research
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Malaysians are in a state of maximum worry, says think-tank EMIR Research, based on its index which measures anxieties surrounding the cost of living, jobs, economics and security.
Developer calls for different approach to affordable housing
PETALING JAYA: A property developer said the government should address the issue of affordable housing by driving the construction of housing and renting out of units, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.
RM6.2b for tolled highways better spent elsewhere, says economist
KUALA LUMPUR: Economist Muhammed Abdul Khalid criticised the finance ministry’s decision to acquire four urban tolled highways for RM6.
Khazanah closing down KLCC office to cut operation costs
PETALING JAYA (Oct 24): Khazanah Nasional Bhd is closing down its office at the Petronas Twin Towers in KLCC to lower overall operational costs, according to a report today in Free Malaysia Today.
MEF: Minimum wage hike does not address high living cost issue
PETALING JAYA (Oct 23): The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said the government's move to increase the minimum wage in major cities took the organisation by surprise as there was no consultation with the relevant stakeholders.
Forty-two years of hard work but still unable to get low-cost house
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): For 42 years he laboured faithfully in government service, sometimes during the wee hours of the morning, always on standby and hardly taking a day off.
PPM houses will be better than PPR, says minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said houses built under the new Malaysia's Housing Project (PPM) will be bigger and have better facilities than the ones built under the People's Housing Project (PPR) which it replaces.
