<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p dir="ltr">Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p dir="ltr">1. Sapura Energy is <a href="https://www.sapuraenergy.com/press_release/sapura-energy-announces-austerity-drive-with-senior-management-taking-50-pay-cut/" target="_blank">downsizing and slashing salaries</a> to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and low oil prices.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p dir="ltr">2. The SC seeks Interpol’s assistance to locate <a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/sc-seeks-public-interpol-assistance-find-asia-media-founder-wong-shee-kai" target="_blank">Asia Media Group founder Datuk Wong Shee Kai</a> over alleged money laundering offences.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p dir="ltr">3. Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global <a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/worlds-largest-sovereign-wealth-fund-ups-malaysialisted-equity-investments" target="_blank">increased its Malaysia-listed equity investments</a> to NOK18.1 billion (RM7.4 billion) in 2019.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p dir="ltr">4. <a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-malaysias-new-cases-inch-40-less-half-95-recoveries-one-death-reported" target="_blank">Malaysia reports 40 new cases today</a>, making it the eleventh consecutive day with fewer than 100 infections.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p dir="ltr">5. <a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/covid19-airasia-implements-new-travel-policies" target="_blank">AirAsia Group implements new travel policies</a> for its passengers in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p></div>


Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today.

1. Sapura Energy is d...

EVENING 5: Five things you need to know today

Ajinomoto (M) Bhd’s RM2.12 special dividend announced in July last year in conjunction with a land disposal exercise will go ex on May 15.

Ajinomoto’s special dividend of RM2.12 goes ex on May 15

Former attorney general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali's special officer could have won her defamation suit against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, if not for a technicality — that all court pleadings must be filed in Bahasa Melayu, according to the High Court judicial commissioner who presided over the case.

Court says Apandi's former aide could have won defamation suit against Sarawak Report editor if not for a technicality

Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe for the first time in five years next week in a visit that may lay bare European divisions over trade with Beijing and how the continent positions itself as a pole between the United States and China.

Xi's trip to Europe may lay bare West's divisions over China strategy

Aldrich Resources Bhd said it is reconsidering an earlier plan to diversify into dolomite and gold mining, and has suspended these operations for the time being.

Aldrich Resources suspends mining venture after one year

DBS Group Holdings Ltd was hit by renewed disruptions to its Internet banking and payment services in Singapore on Thursday, days after a six-month ban by the island’s central bank over similar glitches ended.

Singapore DBS’ digital services hit days after MAS ban ends

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held steady at lower levels last week as the labour market remains fairly tight.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 208,000 for the week ended April 27, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

US weekly jobless claims unchanged; layoffs decline in April

In today’s edition of Evening 5: 00:00 Microsoft to invest US$2.2 bil in M’sia over four years 02:09 Lotte Chem Titan posts eighth straight quarterly loss 03:51 Westports’ 1Q earnings improve by 11% 05:20 Protasco gets offer from HK firm for its education biz 06:45 Feytech’s Main Market listing to raise over RM201 mil

EVENING 5: Microsoft to invest US$2.2 bil in M’sia over the next four years

Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC), which is 64.99%-indirectly owned by the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT), has secured a contract worth RM43.6 million from the Ministry of Defence for the in-service support for its Royal Malaysian Navy Prime Minister Class submarines.

BHIC secures RM43 mil contract for navy submarine in-service support

Loss-making Annum Bhd said on Thursday it has received a show-cause notice from Bursa Malaysia over the company's failure to issue its annual report for the financial period ended June 30, 2023 (FY2023), which was due on Oct 31, 2023.

Annum still fails to issue annual report after landing auditor following 31 rejections; hit by Bursa show-cause notice

<p>US software giant Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would invest US$2.2 billion (RM10.5 billion) over the next four years in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Malaysia.</p>


Microsoft to invest US$2.2 bil in Malaysia over next four years on cloud, AI

<p>Protasco Bhd, which has businesses ranging from hotel to engineering, said on Thursday it has received an offer to buy its unit Ikram Education Sdn Bhd which owns the Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL).</p>


Protasco gets offer from HK firm to buy its university unit

<p>Feytech Holdings Bhd's initial public offer (IPO) on Main Market of Bursa Malaysia is offering&nbsp;252.94 million shares at 80 sen apiece.&nbsp;</p>


Feytech's Main Market IPO to raise over RM201m

<p>Subang Airport, officially known as Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, will likely be able to handle jet aircraft by the third quarter this year, according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke.</p>


Subang Airport’s jet ops likely to start in 3Q, also eyes business jets — Loke

<p>The additional investment by Microsoft amounting to US$2.2 billion or RM10.5 billion in the country over the next four years is the largest single investment by the company in its 32 years in Malaysia.</p>


Microsoft’s new US$2.2b outlay is company’s largest single investment in Malaysia, says Anwar

<p>Mechanical and electrical engineering services provider Pasukhas Group Bhd has secured a RM56.98 million contract to build a data centre in Selangor.</p>


Pasukhas secures RM57m contract from US company to build data centre in Selangor 

<p>Smart Asia Chemical Bhd, an industrial paint and coating manufacturer, on Thursday has begun taking orders from investors for its ACE Market initial public offering (IPO) that would raise up to RM37.4 million.&nbsp;</p>


Smart Asia Chemical starts taking orders for ACE Market IPO to raise RM37.4 mil

<p>The High Court on Thursday dismissed Tengku Datuk Zafrul Abdul Aziz's application to file an affidavit with regards to Datuk Seri Najib Razak's judicial review application to unearth an addendum to his pardon order that detailed he was to spend the remainder of his sentence under "house arrest".</p>


Court rejects Zafrul’s bid to file affidavit on Najib’s ‘house arrest’ order

<p>Shares of Ge-Shen Corp Bhd rose as much as 14.91% to a new record high of RM4.47 on Thursday, following the emergence of Chin Hin Group’s Chiau family as its second largest shareholder.</p>


Ge-Shen shares hit new high on emergence of new substantial shareholder

<p>Yinson Production, the offshore production business unit of Yinson Holdings Bhd, has closed the limited recourse term loan facility of up to US$1.3 billion (RM6.2 billion) for the pre- and post-delivery financing of the Agogo floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will be deployed in Angola.</p>


Yinson unit secures single largest term loan of US$1.3b to finance Agogo FPSO delivery

<p>US President Joe Biden included ally Japan along with rivals China and Russia in a list of countries he called “xenophobic” in a speech at a campaign fundraising event in Washington.</p>


Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with China, Russia

<p>The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving to prevent Huawei, ZTE and other foreign companies deemed to pose US national security concerns from certifying wireless equipment, officials told <em>Reuters </em>on Wednesday.</p>


US moves to bar Huawei, other Chinese telecoms from certifying wireless equipment

<p>theedgemalaysia.com highlighted seven stocks with momentum at Bursa Malaysia’s afternoon close on Thursday. Two stocks showed positive momentum while five stocks showed negative momentum.</p>


GHL Systems, Oppstar, Bursa Malaysia, Country View, Fiamma, Marco, Tambun Indah 

<p>Malaysia’s biggest port operator Westports Holdings Bhd said on Thursday its net profit rose 11.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter, thanks to higher container revenue, coupled with higher finance income and share of results of a joint venture (JV).</p>


Westports' 1Q net profit up 11% on higher container revenue, finance income and share of results of JV

<p>Smart Asia Chemical Bhd, en route to Bursa Malaysia’s ACE Market, expects its new plant in Perak to triple its production capacity while allowing the paint and coating manufacturer to be closer to its clients.</p>


Smart Asia Chemical to triple capacity with new plant from IPO proceeds

<p>South Korea's SK Hynix said on Thursday its high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in AI chipsets were sold out for this year and almost sold out for 2025 as businesses aggressively expand artificial intelligence services.</p>


Nvidia supplier SK Hynix says HBM chips almost sold out for 2025

<p>The El Nino phenomenon hitting the country is expected to continue for the next two months, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.</p>


El Nino to last two more months; 2024 could be Malaysia’s hottest year — Nik Nazmi 

<p>Local authorities' investigations into 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) involved "thousands" of documents, and not all of them could be specifically shown to imprisoned former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak when his statement was recorded, the court heard on Thursday.</p>


MACC IO says 'thousands' of docs involved in 1MDB probe, impossible to specifically show every single one to Najib

<p>ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia, a subsidiary of luxury business aircraft maker Dassault Aviation, inaugurated its new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Subang Airport on Thursday.</p>


Dassault Aviation's MRO unit ExecuJet expands in Malaysia with new facility at Subang Airport

<p>IT will be a busy year for the energy sector. Over the past month, there has been a slew of announcements, with the latest being the establishment of the Energy Exchange Malaysia (Enegem).</p>

<p>The Enegem programme will start with a project with a pilot auction of 100mw of renewable energy (...