21d ago
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) -- Digital financial management could become an important enabler of Malaysia’s food security agenda by strengthening the financial resilience of paddy farmers, supporting productivity improvements and ensuring more sustainable domestic rice production.
21d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened higher today, supported by improved investor sentiment, tracking Wall Street’s mostly positive performance last Friday.
21d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened mostly flat against the US dollar on Monday as traders reassessed the likelihood of a United States (US) interest rate hike following a weaker-than-expected US nonfarm payrolls (NFP) data.
22d ago
SEREMBAN, July 5 (Bernama) –Seremban’s agricultural sector continued to perform well, recording a production value of RM45 million with total output reaching 14,671.27 tonnes last year.
22d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) -- A RM15,000 government assistance has helped an oil palm smallholder in Batu Pahat, Johor generate nearly RM126,000 in gross income in less than three years through an integrated duck farming project under the Livestock and Oil Palm Integration Incentive Scheme.
22d ago
KOTA KINABALU, July 5 (Bernama) -- Agrobank has received financing applications totalling more than RM8 million through its series of engagement sessions with hawkers and micro-entrepreneurs to date, underscoring the positive response to the bank's on-the-ground efforts to expand access to financing for small businesses.
22d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing (FMM) has urged the United States (US) to adopt a balanced approach to its proposed Section 301 tariff action on imports linked to forced labour, cautioning that blanket duties could penalise compliant Malaysian manufacturers and disrupt established supply chains.
23d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 (Bernama) -- The launch of the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) Master Plan needs to be strategically coordinated to ensure policy alignment and a smooth implementation, while reinforcing investor confidence.
23d ago
By Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 (Bernama) -- The ringgit is expected to trade between RM4.05 and RM4.07 against the US dollar next week, with market attention likely to centre on the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes and Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting.
23d ago
By Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 (Bernama) -- Gold futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to trade range-bound with an upward bias next week.
23d ago
By Nur Athirah Mohd Shaharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur rubber market is expected to trade sideways with a slight downward bias next week, weighed by geopolitical uncertainty surrounding the stalled United States (US)-Iran peace deal.
24d ago
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- Hextar Industries Bhd's (HIB) 70 per cent-owned subsidiary, Hextar Mitai Sdn Bhd (HMSB), has secured a RM138.42 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a large-scale industrial development in Pulau Indah, Selangor.