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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Some 45% of millennials continue to purchase properties across Asia to generate rental income for their retirement, according to the “Manulife Investor Sentiment Index” report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): IOI Corp Bhd’s net profit fell 98% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM15.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Buyers of the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) homes who plan to take up its housing loan scheme by drawing down their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Account 2 can’t expect to “have their cake and eat it too”, said the pension fund’s chief executive officer Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan (pictured).

BUKIT Jalil in Kuala Lumpur has been in the limelight ever since it was chosen as the location for the National Sports Complex, the venue of the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

MORE than four years after Japanese retailer AEON Co Ltd took over France-based Carrefour’s loss-making business in Malaysia, it is still struggling to improve its bottom line.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Ho Hup Construction Co Bhd's net profit fell 52.

PERAK (Feb 20): Hua Yang has launched the first phase of Bandar University Seri Iskandar (BUSI), Perak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Eco World International Bhd (EWI), which is seeking a listing on Bursa Malaysia's Main Market, has signed three key agreements with GuocoLand Ltd (GuocoLand), the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) and six banks for its initial public offering (IPO) exercise.

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced, with immediate effect, in his Budget statement today that the CPF housing grant has been raised to S$50,000 (RM157,144) for first-timer couples buying four-room or smaller HDB flats from the resale market.

SHAH ALAM (Feb 20): Premier lifestyle developer Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) is optimistic about the overall property market this year, which it expects to improve, partly anchored by factors that include low interest environment and positive buying sentiment.