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March 27, 2025

KLIA Terciduk

Dewan Negara has passed the carbon capture bill 50% discount for tolls 5GB free data on the first day of Raya IN Malaysia KLIA was under attack PM Anwar Ibrahim…

March 25, 2025

Insurance premium naik

The loan agreement for pandas has been extended for Malaysia Indonesia is in a deep hole Thailand to proceed with the USD29 bil land bridge linking the Indian and Pacific…

March 21, 2025

Almost RM1 bil loss recorded due to floods in 2024

Lack of talent is a sticking issue in the semiconductor industry Countries are fighting back against the US China is predicted to invade Taiwan in 2027 IN Malaysia Malaysia’s Silicon…

March 20, 2025

Penang is on fire in a good way, the opposite could be said for Malaysia Airlines

Penang announced 10 projects to be prioritised under 13MP Thailand approved almost USD10 bil projects to catalyse the economy Alphabet is spending big to win big in cloud computing IN…

March 14, 2025

Sapura Energy ‘bailout’ again

MRT Corp to extend the Penang LRT to Butterworth Bursa Malaysia is bleeding Trump vs the EU & Canada IN Malaysia Who is Sapura Energy’s white knight – the answer…

March 12, 2025

Nuclear energy in Malaysia?

Malaysia has a serious affordability issue Former Philippines President Duterte has been arrested FA-50 fighter jets are grounded in the Philippines IN Malaysia Does Malaysia have an affordability problem? Based…

March 6, 2025

Silicon, silicon, silicon chips

Malaysia to invest RM1.1 bil to foray into the chip design space TSMC to invest USD100 bil in the US Li Ka Shing just sold its port business to Blackrock…

March 4, 2025

The semiconductor industry is the engine of growth for Malaysia

Malaysia to introduce a diagnosis-related group (DRG) approach to reduce medical inflation Putrajaya to limit the request for >RM300 mil projects to one window for every two years Thailand mulling…

February 28, 2025

Sapura is backkkkkkk

Congestion charges are in the pipeline for KL, Penang and JB KTMB launches its pay-per-use cargo wagon leasing model Amazon released its new quantum computing chip to compete with Microsoft…

February 26, 2025

Even Maxis start selling solar energy

A record RM378 bil registered in 2024 for Malaysia USD12 bil of public funds looted in Indonesia Ukraine to pawn off half of its mineral rights to the US IN…

February 21, 2025

Abang Honda cannot drift in the near future as JPJ recalls vehicles

Bandar Malaysia will not be up so soon Ukraine is isolated from its own peace talks Lumber is the next item to be tariff-ed by Trump IN Malaysia Bandar Malaysia…

February 18, 2025

Malaysia is a neutral country, but maybe slightly skewed towards China

Klang Valley surpassed Penang to become the country’s medical tourism hub Maybank’s CFO departed from the company All diesel sold in Indonesia will have at least 40% palm oil IN…