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By Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur rubber market ended higher on Monday, supported by gains in regional rubber futures markets and a firmer El Niño outlook, a dealer said.
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Celestica Inc is set to expand its workforce in Malaysia by more than 2,100 employees as global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and cloud computing continues to accelerate.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s stronger-than-expected second quarter (2Q) economic growth has prompted Public Investment Bank Bhd (PublicInvest) to raise its 2026 gross domestic product (GDP) forecast to 5.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) from 4.6 per cent.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd (Kenanga IB) expects Malaysia’s 2026 current account to remain firmly in surplus, maintaining a forecast at 2.1 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), compared with 1.6 per cent in 2025.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid & Nur Athirah Mohd Shaharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar, tracking Malaysia’s stronger-than-expected second quarter 2026 (2Q 2026) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.0 per cent, said an economist.
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- Penang plans to shift from its current dominance in assembly and testing activities towards high-value upstream activities such as chip design, system architecture and prototype development, in a bid to become a leading semiconductor design hub in ASEAN by 2040.
By Niam Seet Wei
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- A year ago, during my Wolfson Press Fellowship at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, I was grappling with a question I was not entirely sure I wanted to answer.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) needs to focus on reasonable and sustainable investment returns commensurate with the level of risk that can be accepted, with the protection of the savings of prospective pilgrims remaining a priority, according to an economist.
PETALING JAYA, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The government will focus on efforts to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, including exploring systems that can promote the wider use of AI tools, when tabling the 2027 Budget this October.
By Engku Shariful Azni Engku Ab Latif & Abdul Hamid A Rahman
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures are expected to trade with an upward bias next week, within a relatively narrow range, in line with the cash market, an analyst said.
By Harizah Hanim Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- Gold futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are anticipated to fluctuate between US$4,345 and US$4,375 per troy ounce next week.
By Mohd Fharkhan Abdul Ghapar dan Nor Azeera Adam
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- The ability of national institutions to continue functioning professionally and the consistency of policies have become key strengths for Malaysia in maintaining economic resilience and investor confidence, despite the dynamic domestic political environment.
