Advancecon bags subcontract job worth RM49.38m in Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Advancecon Holdings Bhd has bagged a RM49.
Isa Samad's trial: Ex-Felda DG gives conflicting testimony on whether board approved Kuching hotel purchase
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Former Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) director-general Datuk Hanapi Suhada appeared to give conflicting testimony today on the question of whether or not approval was given by the Felda board for Felda Investment Corporation Sdn Bhd (FIC) to purchase Merdeka Palace Hotel and Suites in Kuching for RM160 million.
Melaka wants 'King Kong' island sanctuary for macaques
MELAKA (Oct 9): Too much monkey business may just send some primates off to an island.
'Utusan will live on,' says executive chairman
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Utusan Malaysia, the oldest Malay-language newspaper in the country, will carry on despite the operational shutdown of its former holding company Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd today, says the latter's executive chairman Datuk Abd Aziz Sheikh Fadzir.
1MDB-Tanore trial: 'Someone in AmBank' helped Jho Low make RM494m from flipping 1MDB bonds in 2009, defence says
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Someone may have conspired in AmBank to help two companies linked to Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, make some RM494 million in profit from flipping 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) bonds the first day it was issued, counsel to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said during the 1MDB-Tanore trial today.
Utusan Melayu ceases operations
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd is ceasing operations today, according to an internal circular to employees.
AmBank didn't tell 1MDB that Jho Low firms were major subscribers of RM5b bonds, witness agrees
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): AmBank, the lead arranger of 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) RM5 billion bond programme, did not tell the fund that companies linked to fugitive financier Low Taek Jho was the major subscribers of its discounted RM5 billion bonds issued in 2009, the High Court heard today.
Country Group Securities linked to Jho Low’s father, says defence
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial has revealed that Thailand-based Country Group Securities Pcl, which was involved in the flipping of a RM5 billion Islamic medium term notes (IMTN) issued by the fund in 2009, is linked to Tan Sri Larry Low Hock Peng — the father of fugitive Low Taek Jho.
Khazanah unit to sell Andaz Singapore for S$475m, highest hotel price ever in Singapore
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): M+S Pte Ltd, a 60:40 joint venture between Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, is selling its wholly-owned subsidiary Ophir-Rochor Hotel Pte Ltd (ORH) to property developer Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd for S$475 million or S$1.
