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

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the European continent for the first time in about five years as tensions mount over a range of issues including trade, spy allegations and Beijing’s support for Russia.

Xi to make first trip to Europe since 2019 as tensions flare

Russia and Ukraine exchanged fire on energy facilities overnight, with an oil refinery damaged in Russia’s Krasnodar region, while Ukraine sustained a missile barrage on gas infrastructure and other targets.

Russia, Ukraine exchange strikes on refinery and gas targets

Copper hit US$10,000 (RM47,762) a tonne for the first time in two years as speculation builds that the world’s mines will struggle to meet a coming wave of demand from green industries.

Copper hits US$10,000 a tonne as bulls predict mines will not be able to cope with demand

When it comes to Chinese real estate, John Lam is a lone wolf.

UBS analyst who took on Evergrande now bullish on China property

Xiaomi Corp has secured 75,723 orders for its SU7 electric vehicles since last month’s launch, paving the way for the Chinese electronics giant to challenge automakers from Tesla Inc to BYD Co Ltd in the world’s largest car market.

Xiaomi says SU7 EV orders reach 75,723 since March launch

Taiwan’s incoming president warned his government faces a grim international environment as he finalised his cabinet line-up by appointing key defence and foreign-affairs officials.

Taiwan’s incoming president warns of ‘severe’ challenges for new security team

Chinese developer Country Garden Holdings Co, one of the biggest symbols of the nation’s broader property debt crisis, won approval to push back payments on three yuan bonds, people familiar with the matter said, staving off its first local default for now.

Country Garden extends bonds to avoid first local default, Bloomberg reports

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) ramped up its verbal pushback against the rally in long-term government bonds, warning of a reversal and hinting that a mismatch between market prices and the economic outlook will be corrected.

PBOC warns of rally in long-end government bonds

A key measure of Chinese copper demand just sank to zero, another sign that global prices are not balanced with what buyers in the biggest market are prepared to pay.

China copper gauge at zero offers stark warning to metals bulls

The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday.

UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made the headlines on Monday (April 29):

QSR Brands and KFC Malaysia confirmed it suspended operations of its outlets to manage costs, amid news that over 100 of its outlets have ceased...

QSR Brands, Nestle, ViTrox, LPI Capital, Ajiya, YTL REIT, Tex Cycle, Gadang, HHRG, Sapura, MSC, Capital A, BSL, Oppstar

YNH Property Bhd on Monday made a belated announcement about transactions involving its 6.49-acre land in Segambut, which it had inked an agreement in September last year to sell for RM59.58 million but revoked last week to have Chin Hin Group Property Bhd develop the plot in return for at least RM52 million.

YNH makes belated announcement about transactions involving its Segambut land

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

Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd has clarified that the fire at a paint factory in Meru Industrial Park, Klang on Monday (April 29) had no impact on operations at its rubber glove factories.

Fire outbreak at paint processing plant 'has nothing to do with Kossan Rubber Industries', says MD

A vessel that reported on Monday an explosion in its proximity, 54 nautical miles northwest of Yemen's Mokha, has sustained damage but the ship and crew are safe and proceeding to next port of call, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said.

Vessel sustains damage near Yemen's Mokha after explosion in its proximity, says UKMTO 

HHRG Bhd was slapped with a RM58.18 million suit by Ooi Chieng Sim, in relation to a loan given out by the former executive chairman to the company.

HHRG faces RM58 mil suit over alleged default of loan by ex-chairman

Integrated circuit (IC) design service provider Oppstar Bhd is collaborating with South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for the production of industrial ICs manufactured using Samsung’s 14 nanometre (nm) FinFET technology foundry process.

Oppstar partners with Samsung to produce industrial integrated circuits

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim held a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Meeting here on Monday.

PM meets Pakistani counterpart, Turkiye foreign minister

The ideas and initiatives of the National TVET council and the National Entrepreneur Development Council will be coordinated to ensure the rapid development of the technopreneur section, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahd Hamidi said.

TVET, entrepreneur development councils to be coordinated to ensure rapid development — DPM

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

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

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

Following reports that over 100 KFC outlets have been temporarily closed after about half a year of boycott movement, QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd and KFC Holdings (M) Bhd (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;

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

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

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.

Gadang fails in appeal to EPU for Bumi equity waiver to buy Kwasa Damansara land

Tex Cycle Technology (M) Bhd said on Monday it has partnered with Evolusi Bersatu Sdn Bhd to invest RM100 million in Sabah’s first integrated scheduled waste management facility.

Tex Cycle in JV to invest RM100m to build Sabah waste management facility

Automated test equipment maker ViTrox Corp Bhd, which has just seen its net profit halve in the first quarter of 2024, is expecting a gradual recovery in the semiconductor sector towards the second half of the year (2H2024) and is continuing to ramp up its research and development (R&amp;D) investments in anticipation of that.

ViTrox to continue to ramp up R&D investment on anticipated semiconductor recovery in 2H2024

Tin producer Malaysia Smelting Corp Bhd (MSC) on Monday declared a final dividend of seven sen per share, amounting to RM29.4 million, for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY2023).

Malaysia Smelting Corp announces final dividend of seven sen per share

Sapura Energy Bhd has landed a five-year contract from PTTEP Sabah Oil Ltd and PTTEP Sarawak Oil Ltd to provide underwater services.

Sapura Energy bags underwater service contract from Thai-owned PTTEP group

HULU SELANGOR (April 29):&nbsp;Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Pang Sock Tao on Monday uploaded her&nbsp;academic results in the&nbsp;Ujian Pencapaian&nbsp;Sekolah Rendah&nbsp;(UPSR) and&nbsp;Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in reply to the challenge raised by PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari recently.

KKB by-election: Pang takes up challenge to reveal academic results

SEPANG (April 29): The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) does not expect any further delays to the implementation of the Airports Quality of Services (QoS) Framework at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) beyond this year. &nbsp;

No more delays for full implementation of Airports QoS Framework at KLIA, says Mavcom

KK Supermart &amp; Superstore Sdn Bhd Group founder and executive chairman Datuk Seri Dr Chai Kee Kan&nbsp;and his wife, Datin Seri Loh Siew Mui, who are facing two counts of intentionally wounding the religious feelings of others over&nbsp;the sale of socks bearing the word 'Allah', will submit a representation to the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC).

'Allah' socks: KK Mart founder, wife to submit representation to AGC

RIYADH (April 29): Malaysia and Saudi Arabia are in the midst of discussions about new investments into the country, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Anwar: Malaysia in talks for new investments into country by Saudi Arabia

Here’s a quick look at some of the stories that made headlines today.

EVENING 5: Five things you need to know today

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) said that it had completed all reimbursements of recruitment and related fees in compliance with the group’s strict no-recruitment-fee policy.

KLK says it completed reimbursement of fees following unethical recruitment allegations

TA Global Bhd announced its partnership with OpenMinds Group for a newly launched property listing app named OpenHouse by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on April 27, according to a statement on Monday.

TA Global first to partner OpenMinds Group for its new property listing app named OpenHouse

Analysts have raised their earnings forecasts and target prices (TPs) for Homeritz Corp Bhd, after the group's latest set of financial results beat their expectations on higher-than-expected sales volume.&nbsp;

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