Scale model maker using slowdown to upgrade its designs
The current downturn in the economy amid the Covid-19 outbreak has caused many new property launches to be delayed.
Maybank sued for ‘thwarting’ luxury Tribeca condo tower
NEW YORK (June 11): The developer of a 43-story luxury condo building in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood sued Malaysia’s biggest bank for reneging on agreements to provide more than US$162 million (RM689 million) in syndicated construction loans and “effectively thwarting” the project, Bloomberg reported today.
Jho Low found new ways to move money in Kuwait: WSJ
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low traveled to Kuwait last September, slipped past international arrest notices and authorities in the US and Malaysia seeking him for his alleged role in the multibillion-dollar state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fraud, says the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Shafee: It's hard to mount a defence for Najib because of prejudice
KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): The defence in former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd trial told the High Court here today that it was difficult to mount the best defence possible for their client as he was a prime minister and a man with immense power.
Prosecution in SRC trial asserts Najib had absolute knowledge of RM42m in his accounts
KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): The prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s SRC International Sdn Bhd trial contended that the former prime minister had absolute knowledge of RM42 million from SRC which ended up in his accounts.
Najib did not check account as late secretary would have confirmed if there were enough: Defence
KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): The defence concluded its submissions on the three money laundering charges faced by Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak by saying that the former premier did not check the deposits in his accounts as he thought they were Saudi Arabian donations, and that his deceased senior private secretary would have confirmed if there were enough funds or not.
Jho Low's New York penthouse sold as part of US forfeiture case: Portal
KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): A luxury penthouse belonging to fugitive businessman Jho Low in Manhattan, New York, has been sold as part of a US forfeiture case against the financier, a global real estate portal reported.
Malaysia's first virtual mall to be launched in 3Q
PETALING JAYA (June 2): Ideal United Bintang International Bhd (IUBIB) aims to launch the 1st Avenue virtual mall in 3Q2020 following the completion of its acquisition of the mall located on Jalan Magazine in Penang.
MUI clarifies Metrojaya Bhd continues operating as usual
KUALA LUMPUR (June 1): Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) clarified today that its 98.
Invisible threats in buildings after shutdowns
As Malaysia is now into the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMO) periodwhere the majority of the working population is allowed to return to their workplace, Architect Centre Sdn Bhd accredited architect and trainer Anthony Lee Tee is worried about the “invisible health threats” to office workers and occupants as no commercial buildings are designed to be shut down for months at a time.
