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KUALA LUMPUR (September 25): Despite reports by property consultancies and real estate agents that say house prices will pick up in the second half of 2019, Rehda Institute chairman Datuk Jeffrey Ng Tiong Lip considers it unlikely.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Tune Group Sdn Bhd and ECM Libra Financial Group Bhd, via their joint venture company Tune Plato Ventures Sdn Bhd, have acquired a 50% stake into home-sharing platform SubHome.

PETALING JAYA (September 25): Production company Red Granite Pictures has paid off the balance of its US$60 million (RM234 million) settlement with the US government Red Granite had been accused of using more than $100 million embezzled from 1MDB, The American magazine Variety reported that in an agreement reached with federal prosecutors in March, Red Granite had promised to make the forfeiture payment in three instalments.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 25): Bina Puri Holdings Bhd said the group’s core construction business may stay in the red for the rest of the year as many projects that it intends to participate in are still in limbo.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 25): The Shah Alam High Court has ordered former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager OC Phang to pay damages to the authority over losses it suffered in the Port Klang Free Zone project.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 25): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s brother Datuk Mohamed Nizam Razak has resigned as Petra Energy Bhd’s non-independent and non-executive director, after holding the position for only seven months since February this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 25): In an Instagram post yesterday, with a picture of himself and the setting sun as the background, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak wrote that “the sun is setting on my time in CIMB”, as he revealed he would be stepping down as chairman of CIMB Group by Dec 31.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 25): Sapura Energy Bhd’s wholly-owned units have secured three new jobs and a contract extension valued at about RM815 million.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 24): The Merdeka PNB118 skyscraper coming up near Stadium Negara here will become an alternative location to Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), said its developer PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Bina Puri Holdings Bhd said it is cautious on the performance of its core construction business for the remaining months of its financial year ending Dec 31, 2018 (FY18), following the slew of changes to projects after the 14th general election (GE14).