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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): Construction services firm GDB Holdings Bhd (GDB) has bagged its first contract in East Malaysia to build the Hyatt Centric hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, for a provisional contract value of RM213.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): The defence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial has argued that there may have been a conspiracy by PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) executives Tarek Obaid and Patrick Mahony to ensure that the former Prime Minister would expedite the release of US$1 billion to their company.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): High Court judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan would decide on next Wednesday (Nov 13) on whether the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial involving former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) and the fund’s former chief executive officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy could begin on Jan 13.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak will have to attend to another case involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) this morning before appearing for his 1MDB-Tanore trial, which will be entering its 32nd day.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Encorp Bhd's indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Encorp Iskandar Development Sdn Bhd (EIDSB) has served a notice of arbitration against Konsortium Ipmines Merz Sdn Bhd (KIMSB), seeking RM11.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Mitrajaya Holdings Bhd has bagged a RM137 million contract to build a block of 37-storey condominium with amenities at Mont’ Kiara here.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Gadang Holdings Bhd said it intends to participate in the open tender process for the three Pan Borneo Sabah packages — worth RM925 million — to be awarded next year, besides having submitted bids for some RM1 billion worth of construction jobs.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) trial yesterday ended early at 4:50pm, instead of the originally scheduled 6pm, as lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah requested to leave earlier to attend the Sultan Azlan Shah law lecture.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): A travel agency has filed a suit against Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali over alleged non-payment of nearly RM329,000 in travel bills incurred by him and his family, including for his much-publicised Sandakan trip during the by-election there.