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

1. Private sector firms and industries under MITI may operate at full capacity effective Apr 1, but the interstate travel ban remains.

2. FTSE Russell removes Malaysia from its watch list and retains the country in the World Government Bond Index.

3. Sapura Energy’s unit Sapura TMC executes multi-currency financing facilities to raise over RM10.3 billion.

4. Sime Darby says a special dividend is among the options for the proceeds from the sale of its remaining 10.89% stake in Eastern & Oriental.

5. Flexidynamic Holdings sees its share price soar by as much as 52 sen or 260% in ACE Market debut.