By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- The government has allocated RM21.26 billion in development expenditure to six underdeveloped states under Budget 2027, with the distribution taking into account the different needs of each state, said Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- The adoption of technology and business scaling can boost company productivity and enhance the ability to share the gains of growth with employees through wage increases, said Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Young people aged 30 and below recorded 65.9 million Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) transactions worth RM5.4 billion in the first half of 2026, accounting for 37.9 per cent of total BNPL transactions in Malaysia, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- A total of 52,133 owners of diesel vehicles such as pickups and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in Sabah have been approved for an additional 100 litres of diesel under the BUDI MADANI Diesel (BUDI Diesel) programme as of Oct 12, 2026, said the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- The government has settled tax overpayment refunds amounting to RM17.15 billion, involving 3.23 million taxpayer cases, for the period up to Sept 30, 2026.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Jati Tinggi Group Bhd (JTGroup) said its business operations remain on track, and emphasised that there has been no material change to its business operations or ongoing project execution arising from the recent market volatility.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Lianson Fleet Group Bhd’s (LFG) wholly owned subsidiary, LFG Cengal Ltd, has acquired a bulk carrier, named LFG Cengal, for a total cash consideration of US$23 million (RM93.9 million) from an unrelated third party.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- KnowBe4, a digital workforce security company, has found that more than a third (36 per cent) of Singapore office workers are not confident they could distinguish a genuine message from their chief executive officer (CEO) from one generated using artificial intelligence (AI), including voice cloning and deepfake technology.
By Karina Imran
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- The private sector must play an active role to ensure Malaysia gained positive economic spillovers from hosting Formula One (F1) races should the country decide to bring back the prestigious motorsport event, said Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) chairman Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- The five-day 23rd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) concluded in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, attracting 3,432 enterprises from 73 countries and regions to an exhibition spanning 170,000 square metres.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Kioxia Corporation has added direct liquid cooling (DLC) models to its KIOXIA CM9 Series enterprise solid-state drive (SSD) lineup to support cold-plate-enabled server designs.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Bumiputera companies need to evolve from suppliers to strategic partners, technology owners and industry leaders.
