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By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's latest minimum wage increase is expected to benefit workers through better incomes, while encouraging businesses to step up efforts to improve productivity to ensure that higher wages can be sustained without putting further pressure on prices.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- The opening of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) will soon bring great relief to East Coast Region residents, as this modern rail service can shorten the travel time between Kelantan, Terengganu, and Pahang to the Klang Valley compared to existing land transportation methods.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (EECA) 2024 plays an important role in managing future electricity demand, allowing the country to plan its generation capacity while ensuring energy security and affordability.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened lower on Thursday as cautious investor sentiment persisted despite overnight gains on Wall Street.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- The Asian financial crisis that struck in 1997-1998 marked the end of the road for many businesses, forcing them to fold.
KUCHING, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's robust economic expansion, marked by strong gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first half of 2026 (1H 2026), highlights the success of ongoing economic reforms as well as surging investor confidence, said Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Chiew Choon Man.
JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 11 (Bernama) – EPG's Malaysian Free Industrial Zone (FIZ) factory EPG Modular Data Center worth RM488 million in Senai Airport City (SAC) is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027.
By Zufazlin Baharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s key index extended its decline to close lower on Wednesday as persistent selling weighed on banking heavyweights, said an analyst.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) must scale up their business operations and improve productivity, creating demand for higher skilled workers and providing better-paying jobs, said Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) – Tenaga Nasional Bhd has given top priority to strengthening the national grid, fully recognising that grid readiness is crucial to ensuring Malaysia’s economic certainty and fulfil the nation’s energy and industrial objectives.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s key index stayed lower at midday on Wednesday amid mixed sentiment among regional peers.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 (Bernama) -- Countries pursuing energy security above all else could produce lower global warming outcomes than expected, not through climate policy but as a by-product of faster electrification driven by efforts to cut energy imports, according to Wood Mackenzie.
