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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The decision announced yesterday that managers and supervisors of businesses in areas under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) must work from home, while other staff can work in the office but must pass a Covid-19 test, is both discriminatory and flawed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Thailand is starting to receive foreign tourists after a ban of seven months, according to a report by Associated Press (AP).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The US authorities have issued guidelines for the reopening of theme parks on Tuesday (Oct 20), allowing smaller parks to reopen soon but large theme parks like Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood might take another few weeks or months to resume operations, foreign media and newswires reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Jaya Grocer KLIA2 has been closed since yesterday until further notice after two of the shop’s “outsourced security guards” tested positive for Covid-19, Jaya Grocer announced in a media release on it Facebook page.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): An Asian subsidiary of Goldman Sachs will plead guilty to charges in the US to resolve a foreign corruption and bribery case over the looting of billions of dollars from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, The New York Times (NYT) reported, citing a person familiar with the agreement.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): The Utama cluster is currently the largest active one in Selangor with 194 positive cases, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah revealed today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): More time is needed to determine if the conditional movement control order (CMCO) should be extended, Malaysiakini reported Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) saying yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): Taiwan Stock Exchange-listed Wistron Corp is acquiring Western Digital Sdn Bhd's factory (pictured) located in Sungei Way Free Trade Industrial Zone, Petaling Jaya for RM120 million, according to the group's bourse filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): Malaysia recorded 862 new COVID-19 infections today, marking the fourth consecutive day that new cases stayed above the 800-mark.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), KWEST Sdn Bhd and AREA Group of Companies (AREA) have entered into a joint venture (JV) for the development of COMPASS @ Kota Seri Langat (KSL), a freehold integrated industrial and logistic hub in Selangor.