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Metrocon eyes SGX listing through Hatten takeover
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (135+ words) KLSE Screener Metrocon eyes SGX listing through Hatten takeover SINGAPORE: A construction and engineering firm could soon make its Singapore Exchange (SGX) debut by taking over the Catalist listing of embattled Hatten Land. The property developer, which has been under…...
Bestari Food files draft prospectus for IPO, plans new production facility
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (437+ words) KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): Bestari Food Bhd, known for its food premix products including its flagship Crispy Fried Chicken Coating Mix, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on Bursa Malaysia's Main Market. The group said it has identified the…...
Court told Ricky Wong asset freeze inconsistent with Capital Markets Act; SC cautions against a narrow view of law
14+ hour, 22+ min ago (710+ words) PUTRAJAYA (July 6): A "freeze order" granted involving some RM169 million of businessman Datuk Ricky Wong Shee Kai, his mother Teh Sew Wan and their company Wong SK Holdings Sdn Bhd's assets ought to be nullified as it was not consistent with…...
Sapporo Breweries to invest US$643m in Carlsberg SE Asia venture for 25% stake
19+ hour, 57+ min ago (352+ words) KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): Danish brewery firm Carlsberg will receive US$643 million, or about RM2. 62 billion, from Japan's Sapporo Breweries for a 25% stake in a new joint venture spanning Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. Carlsberg will hold a 75% stake and operational control…...
Woman fined RM500 for assaulting Sultan of Perak last year
17+ hour, 18+ min ago (259+ words) IPOH (July 6): A woman'was fined RM500 by the Magistrate's Court here on Monday, after pleading guilty to using criminal force against the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah, during the state's National Day celebration last year. Nurhaswani Afni Mohamad Zorki, 42, entered…...
Safeguards in pipeline for e-commerce
20+ hour, 35+ min ago (155+ words) KLSE Screener Safeguards in pipeline for e-commerce China proposed amendments on Saturday to its e-commerce law that would, for the first time, build a solid legal basis for taking reciprocal countermeasures against foreign entities that impose discriminatory restrictions on Chinese…...
My Say: Fiscal responsibility and constructive federalism
22+ hour, 2+ min ago (984+ words) This article first appeared in Forum, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on July 6, 2026 - July 12, 2026 Malaysia is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Merdeka in 2027. There is a lot to celebrate as this nation has grown from relative poverty to being very close to…...
Oil slips after Opec+ agrees to raise output targets
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (200+ words) KLSE Screener Oil slips after Opec+ agrees to raise output targets SINGAPORE: Oil prices inched lower on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August while exports from key producers via the Strait of Hormuz are…...
Air Borneo files planned B737-800 flights to KL, Singapore from late July
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (562+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Air Borneo Airways Sdn Bhd has filed planned Boeing B737-800 jet operations in the OAG airline schedules database with proposed services from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Changi from late July, according to aviation route updates platform Aero…...
Why the world's chokepoints still govern the global economy
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (839+ words) MAPS never stopped mattering. We merely convinced ourselves they did. For almost three decades, globalisation encouraged governments and businesses alike to believe that technology, markets and just-in-time supply chains had conquered geography. Production shifted to wherever costs were lowest, capital flowed…...