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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): Employers say they have been caught by surprise by the government’s recent announcement that the minimum wage in major cities will be raised to RM1,200 from RM1,100 currently, given that a revision was just made at the start of the year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): The Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Trial enters its 29th day with questions being asked on the former premier's eye ailment.

KUALA LUMPUR: Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Tommy Thomas said the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial requires the expertise of 76-year-old prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, a former Federal Court judge, as the case is a highly complex white collar crime case that calls for an all-round barrister to lead the prosecution exam.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): Investors are probably watching closely every move YNH Property Bhd’s board makes, given the company’s inexplicably high valuations relative to its peers against the backdrop of a lacklustre year for property counters.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): For 45 minutes, a man's leg remained stuck in an escalator, before the Fire and Rescue Department managed to extricate him from the machine.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): Fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho has been a Cyprus citizen for the past four years, according to Politis, a daily Greek-language newspaper published in Cyprus.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): Great Eastern Life Assurance (M) Bhd, a unit of Singapore-listed Great Eastern Holdings Ltd, is calling for bids for the Menara Weld office building and The Weld Shopping Centre located within the Golden Triangle of Kuala Lumpur.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The four-star Wolo Hotel Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur has been sold for RM115 million or RM864,661 per room, according to an article in The Edge today by Vasantha Ganesan.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Media Prima Bhd says it is embarking on the next phase of its business transformation exercise and that all affected employees will receive a fair and equitable compensation package.

PUTRAJAYA (Nov 1) : The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is looking into the responses of the 80 individuals and entities against whom it had issued compound notices to recover money totalling some RM420 million believed to be from 1Malaysia Development Bhd.