<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is scheduled to make a special announcement at 5.30pm today, according to his Facebook post.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Muhyiddin's special announcement will be broadcast live, according to the post.</div>

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Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is scheduled to make a special announcement at 5.30pm today, according to his Facebook post.

PM Muhyiddin to make special announcement at 5.30pm today

Latest data signalled further downbeat trends across the Malaysian manufacturing sector at the start of the second quarter of 2024.

In a statement on Thursday, S&P Global Market Intelligence said that while demand remained generally subdued, there were slight indications that firms were on an upward trajectory, as firms scaled back production at a softer rate amid a slower reduction in new order inflows.

Overall manufacturing conditions in Malaysia ease to lesser extent, says S&P Global

Apex Securities Bhd has recommended investors to “subscribe” to ACE Market-bound Farm Price Holdings Bhd at an initial public offering (IPO) price of 24 sen and a fair value of 42 sen by pegging financial year 2025 (FY2025) forecast core earnings per share of 3.2 sen to price-earnings (PE) of 13 times (75% potential upside from IPO price).

Apex Securities advises investors to subscribe to ACE Market-bound Farm Price with fair value of 42 sen

(May 2): Elon Musk’s latest cost-cutting victims: Summer interns.

Tesla Inc. is rescinding offers just weeks before internships were set to start, prompting aspiring employees to take to LinkedIn to appeal to other employers to take them in.

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(May 2): National Australia Bank Ltd. said it will buy back up to A$1.5 billion (US$1 billion) of its own stock as profit at the lender came in line with expectations.

Cash earnings fell 13% to A$3.55 billion in the six months ended March 31, the Melbourne-based firm said in a statement...

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(May 2): Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. US$20 billion in 2022 for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser, according to newly unsealed court documents in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google.

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US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) left its key interest rate unchanged, as expected, and indicated that while its next move will likely be a rate cut, continued progress on inflation is not assured.

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A gauge of global stocks fell on Wednesday while the dollar weakened against a basket of peers after the Federal Reserve (Fed) left interest rates unchanged and indicated it is still leaning toward eventual rate cuts.

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(May 2): Chelsea's bid to make it five Women's Super League titles in a row suffered a huge setback on Wednesday as they lost a 4-3 thriller to Liverpool, seriously denting the possibility of the Blues giving manager Emma Hayes a winning send-off.

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(May 2): Apple's plan to add generative AI to its iPhones and revive sagging sales in the crucial Chinese market will be in focus on Thursday, when the tech giant is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue decline in more than a year.

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DORTMUND, Germany (May 2): Borussia Dortmund's Niclas Fuellkrug fired in a first-half goal to seal a 1-0 victory over visitors Paris St Germain in a compelling Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday.

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US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) left its key interest rate unchanged, as expected, and indicated that while its next move will likely be a rate cut, continued progress on inflation is not assured.

The government will continue to monitor the impact on inflation in the country following the announcement of a more than 13% increase in civil servants' salaries this December.

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(May 2): Elon Musk’s latest cost-cutting victims: Summer interns.

Tesla Inc. is rescinding offers just weeks before internships were set to start, prompting aspiring employees to take to LinkedIn to appeal to other employers to take them in.

“At 8:46am, I opened a Tesla email ...

A gauge of global stocks fell on Wednesday while the dollar weakened against a basket of peers after the Federal Reserve (Fed) left interest rates unchanged and indicated it is still leaning toward eventual rate cuts.

Apex Securities Bhd has recommended investors to “subscribe” to ACE Market-bound Farm Price Holdings Bhd at an initial public offering (IPO) price of 24 sen and a fair value of 42 sen by pegging financial year 2025 (FY2025) forecast core earnings per share of 3.2 sen to price-earnings (PE) of 13 times (75% potential upside from IPO price).

(May 2): Apple's plan to add generative AI to its iPhones and revive sagging sales in the crucial Chinese market will be in focus on Thursday, when the tech giant is expected to report its biggest quarterly revenue decline in more than a year.

Long considered a must-own stock on Wall St...

(May 2): Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. US$20 billion in 2022 for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser, according to newly unsealed court documents in the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google.

The deal between the two tech giants is at the heart o...

(May 2): National Australia Bank Ltd. said it will buy back up to A$1.5 billion (US$1 billion) of its own stock as profit at the lender came in line with expectations.

Cash earnings fell 13% to A$3.55 billion in the six months ended March 31, the Melbourne-based firm said in a statement...

(May 2): Chelsea's bid to make it five Women's Super League titles in a row suffered a huge setback on Wednesday as they lost a 4-3 thriller to Liverpool, seriously denting the possibility of the Blues giving manager Emma Hayes a winning send-off.

Liverpool secured their second successi...

WASHINGTON (May 2): Hackers who breached UnitedHealth's tech unit in February potentially stole a third of Americans' data, the largest U.S. health insurer's CEO told a Congressional committee on Wednesday.

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Latest data signalled further downbeat trends across the Malaysian manufacturing sector at the start of the second quarter of 2024.

In a statement on Thursday, S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence said that while demand remained generally subdued, there were slight indications that firms were on an upward trajectory, as firms scaled back production at a softer rate amid a slower reduction in new order inflows.

DORTMUND, Germany (May 2): Borussia Dortmund's Niclas Fuellkrug fired in a first-half goal to seal a 1-0 victory over visitors Paris St Germain in a compelling Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday.

Nico Schlotterbeck floated a pass into Fuellkrug's path and the Germany for...