<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): Malaysian banking-sector earnings are expected to contract this year, given earnings disappointments in 2Q rose to 44% from 22% in 1Q, says UOB Kay Hian.&nbsp;</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>There is no visible earnings growth catalysts in the sector, the brokerage adds, maintaining its market weight on Malaysia's banking industry.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>It downgrades AMMB to a hold rating from buy, citing its recent share price rally but retains buy ratings on CIMB and BIMB citing attractive valuations andabove-industry earnings growth. UOB Kay Hian says it expects Public Bank is atrisk of falling given its relatively high foreign shareholding and expensive valuations.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

Malaysian banking-sector earnings are expected to contract this year, given earnings disappointments in 2Q rose to 44% from 22% in 1Q, says UOB Kay Hian.

Malaysia's banking sector's outlook looks challenging: UOB Kay Hian 

Elon Musk was in dire need of a quick win for Tesla Inc. If that meant flying to China a week after standing up Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then so be it.

Musk’s trip to Beijing after India snub shows power of China

SES SA and Intelsat SA have revived discussions on a potential merger to create a satellite giant after a previous attempt faltered last year, according to people familiar with the matter.

SES, Intelsat revive deal talks to form satellite giant

The regular market for US equities runs for 390 minutes on a standard trading day. But at the rate things are going, eventually the last 10 might be the only ones that matter.

Increasingly, only last 10 minutes of US stock trading matter

Pakistan’s central bank left its interest rate at an all-time high ahead of a scheduled visit by an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission next month to hash out a new loan programme.

Pakistan holds key rate at record high ahead of IMF visit

Spotify Technology SA co-founder Daniel Ek is pocketing gains from the audio-streaming giant’s stock rebound, while increasingly building up his investments outside the company.

Spotify CEO cashes in on streaming giant’s 267% stock rebound

Boeing Co is looking to issue around US$8 billion (RM38.11 billion) of debt in as many as six parts, its first bond sale since the plane-maker reported a quarterly loss and US$3.9 billion of cash burn, and Moody’s Ratings cut the company’s credit rating to a step above junk.

Boeing looks to sell bonds after reporting cash burn

All routes along the Malaysia-Thailand border area in the districts of Tak Bai, Sungai Golok, and Weng have been temporarily closed following a bomb explosion and shooting incident that injured four police officers.

Malaysia-Thailand routes in Tak Bai, Sungai Golok, and Weng temporarily closed

Indonesia's biggest tech company PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk posted a first-quarter underlying loss of 102 billion rupiah (US$6.28 million or RM29.89 million) on Monday, but said it is on track for profitability, helped by its partnership with TikTok.

Indonesia's GoTo says on track for profitability despite 1Q loss

Saudi Arabia-based renewable energy giant ACWA Power has disclosed plans to collaborate with several strategic Malaysian partners in developing renewable energy projects across multiple states in Malaysia, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

ACWA Power eyes collaboration with strategic M'sian partners on renewable energy projects, says Anwar

Following reports that over 100 KFC outlets have been temporarily closed after about half a year of boycott movement, QSR Brands and KFC Malaysia said they suspended the operations of the outlets to manage increasing business costs amid challenging economic conditions, and to focus on high engagement trade zones.

QSR Brands confirms temporary closure of KFC outlets, says it is to manage rising costs

QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd is suspending over 100 KFC outlets temporarily nationwide after about half a year of boycott movement, Nanyang Siang Pau reported, citing information from Google Maps.

Boycott causes over 100 KFC outlets to suspend ops, report says

Shares of YTL Power International Bhd and YTL Corp Bhd rose to fresh highs on Monday as investors piled on stocks with exposure in artificial intelligence (AI).

YTL Power, YTL Corp touch new highs

SUPERMAX Holdings Sdn Bhd (SHSB), which holds 40.3% in Supermax Corp Bhd, is the subject of a winding-up petition.

SHSB is the private company of Datuk Seri Stanley Thai and his wife, Datuk Wira Cheryl Tan Bee Geok. The couple, who have been and still are having differences in their rel...

Newsbreak: Supermax's Cheryl Tan seeks to wind up holding company

Engineering solutions provider Kawan Renergy Bhd on Monday began taking orders from investors for its ACE Market initial public offering (IPO) that would raise up to RM33 million.

Kawan Renergy sets IPO price at 30 sen apiece in bid to raise RM33m 

Shares of Capital A Bhd and AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) climbed further during Monday’s morning trading session, riding on a proposal announced last Thursday to merge the short- and long-haul airline operations of both companies.

AAX, Capital A lift off on merger proposal to extend rally

Saudi Arabia-based renewable energy giant ACWA Power has expressed interest in investing more than&nbsp;US$10 billion (RM47.64&nbsp;billion) in Malaysia over a 10-year period.

Among the proposed projects are those to be undertaken through collaboration with a local company, Cypark Resources Bhd.

Saudi-based ACWA Power keen on investing over US$10b in M'sia, some projects in collaboration with Cypark

Three people, including a two-year-old boy, died after a Huawei-backed Aito M7 SUV burst into flames following a collision with a truck on a highway in the Chinese city of Yuncheng in the northern province of Shanxi, state media said.

China crash involving Huawei-backed Aito electric vehicle kills three

Shares in LPI Capital Bhd snapped a three-day losing streak on Monday, after the general insurer reported a 37% net profit surge in the first quarter, thanks largely to sharply lower net expenses from reinsurance contracts held and higher investment income.

LPI Capital’s 1Q net profit surges 37%, shares snap losing streak after results

Permodalan Kedah Bhd (PKB) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Royal Eco Train Development, Republic of Korea (RETD Korea), for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Langkawi.

Permodalan Kedah inks MOU with Korean firm for LRT in Langkawi

Sime Darby Property Bhd has achieved a 100% take-up rate for The Corak freehold commercial hub at the Serenia City township in Sepang, according to a press statement issued on Monday. The Corak is the township's first commercial hub.

Sime Darby Property achieves 100% take-up for The Corak commercial hub in Serenia City

theedgemalaysia.com&nbsp;highlighted three with positive momentum and two stocks with negative momentum at Bursa Malaysia's afternoon close on Monday.

Supercomnet Technologies, MyEG, BP Plastics, LGMS, Turiya

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Capital A Bhd said on Monday that the number of passengers it carried rose 17% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 15.4 million in the first quarter of 2024 (1Q2024), on the back of strong travel demand during the school holidays and Chinese New Year.

Capital A’s passenger volume rises 17% in 1Q, load factor climbs to 90%

Twenty-eight National Service Training Programme operators nationwide have filed a multimillion-ringgit suit against the government for purported breach of the main contract resulting in losses of rental for 27 months and total losses of RM108.737 million to them.

Twenty-eight National Service Training Programme operators sue govt for RM108.74m in losses

Following reports that over 100 KFC outlets have been temporarily closed after about half a year of boycott movement, QSR Brands and KFC Malaysia said they suspended the operations of the outlets to manage increasing business costs amid challenging economic conditions, and to focus on high engagement trade zones.&nbsp;

The Jana Wibawa programme, which was established to assist Bumiputera contractors impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, only took off following Cabinet approval in 2020, the court heard on Monday.

Jana Wibawa programme could only take off with Cabinet approval, says witness

OpenSys (M) Bhd, which makes automated teller machines, expects a revenue boost from an estimated 3,000 units of cash machines due for replacement in the next three years.

OpenSys expects revenue boost from machine replacements

The business reorganisation plan announced last week by the two friends and business partners — Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun — is the final piece of the jigsaw to get the group of companies they control back on a stronger footing, at least in the restructuring of their balance sheet.

Frankly Speaking: Best chance for Cap A and AAX

Engineering services firm Kawan Renergy Bhd, en route to list on Bursa Malaysia's ACE Market next month, said on Monday it will pass higher cost from escalating steel prices to its customers.

ACE Market-bound Kawan Renergy to pass higher cost from rising steel prices to customers

Nestlé (Malaysia) Bhd's net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 (1QFY2024) dipped 0.8% to RM195.51 million from RM197.15 million a year earlier, due mainly to the impact of slightly lower sales, offset by proactive cost management initiatives as well as better commodity costs.

Nestlé's 1Q net profit dips 0.8% to RM195.5m on lower domestic sales

Gadang Holdings Bhd has called off its planned acquisition of a 21.08-acre land in Kwasa Damansara — known as R3-1 — for RM114.78 million from Kwasa Development (3) Sdn Bhd (KD3), to be developed into a residential project.