<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 27):&nbsp;The&nbsp;Employees Provident Fund (EPF)&nbsp;reduced&nbsp;its stake in&nbsp;Astro Malaysia&nbsp;Holdings Bhd to 7.732% last Tuesday (April 21)&nbsp;after&nbsp;selling six million&nbsp;shares in the pay-TV operator on the day, Astro’s latest filing&nbsp;with Bursa Malaysia showed.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Last Friday, Astro said the EPF’s 7.732%&nbsp;stake comprised 403.2 million shares in the company after&nbsp;the disposal.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The EPF had been selling Astro shares in recent days. Astro&nbsp;said the EPF disposed of&nbsp;seven million shares in Astro last Monday (April 20) after selling four&nbsp;million units on April 17.&nbsp;</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>On April 17, the EPF owned a 7.982%&nbsp;stake in Astro, according to the company.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>As at&nbsp;the time of writing today, Astro’s share price had risen 6.5 sen or 7.3% to 95.5 sen, with a market capitalisation of RM4.98 billion. The stock was traded between 91 sen and 96.5 sen today.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>For the financial&nbsp;year ended Jan 31, 2020, Astro’s net profit increased to RM655.3 million from RM462.92 million a&nbsp;year earlier. Revenue, however, declined&nbsp;to RM4.91 billion&nbsp;from RM5.48 billion.</p></div>


The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) reduced its stake in Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd to 7.732% last Tuesday (April 21) after selling six million shares in the pay-TV operator on the day, Astro’s latest filing with Bursa Malaysia showed.

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<p>The Madrid Court of Appeal has upheld the contempt of court conviction and sentence of arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa in the Sulu claimants case against Malaysia.</p>


<p>From New York to London to Tokyo, if there’s one similarity among the world’s equity markets it’s this: record highs.</p>

<p>Of the world’s 20 largest stock markets, 14 have hit all-time highs recently.</p>


<p>Maybank and English Premier League club Manchester United have launched their latest co-branded credit card in Indonesia.</p>

<p>In 2023, Maybank and Manchester United announced the extension of their 13-year partnership into Indonesia — adding a fourth Asean country to their existing co-branded products available to customers in Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.</p>


<p>Police have identified the male suspect who attacked the Ulu Tiram police station on Friday and confirmed that he has no links to any terrorist groups.</p>

<p>Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain clarified that the initial statement of the suspect being a member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) was based on his father's involvement with the terrorist group.</p>


<p>A Russian court has frozen local assets of Germany’s Deutsche Bank AG and Italy’s UniCredit SpA under lawsuits totalling over €1 billion (RM5.1 billion) filed by a Gazprom PJSC venture.</p>


<p>Sarawak is optimistic that its state revenue will continue to grow over the next two to three years, driven by the state's strong economic performance this year, said Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.</p>


<p>Canada is examining whether it needs to raise tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) after the White House announced major new levies on them, Trade Minister Mary Ng said.</p>


<p>China's agriculture minister is being investigated for suspected violations of law and discipline, the country's anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday.</p>


<p>All the suspects remanded on Saturday following the attack at the Ulu Tiram police station early on Friday morning are local citizens, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.</p>


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<p>Singapore will resume flying its F-16 fleet after suspending training when one of the jets crashed earlier this month, the defence ministry on Saturday.</p>


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<p>The Communist Party of Vietnam has nominated police minister To Lam to be state president, the government said on Saturday.</p>
