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Malaysia’s advancement from 34th place last year highlights the country’s robust economic recovery and ongoing reform initiatives, as noted by Miti. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has climbed 11 positions in the 2025 World Competitiveness Ranking (WCR), securing the 23rd spot out of 69 economies—its highest placement since 2020. The WCR, released each year by the Institute…
INDIA’S benchmark indexes are set for a muted open on Tuesday, as investors adopt a cautious stance following U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to evacuate Tehran amid escalating Israel-Iran tensions. The Gift Nifty futures were trading at 24,960 as of 8:02 a.m. IST, indicating that the Nifty 50 will open near Monday’s close of 24,946.5….
NEW YORK: US stocks ended higher on Monday, recovering from Friday’s sharp losses as investors’ concerns over ongoing hostilities between Israel and Iran eased somehow, Xinhua reported. Escalation of conflicts between Iran and Israel had briefly rattled markets — oil prices surged, the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) spiked, and gold prices rose as investors sought…
AN unusual move by the Trump administration to give itself a golden share in U.S. Steel as part of a deal to approve Nippon Steel’s takeover of the well-known U.S. company could drive away foreign investors in U.S. companies, national security lawyers said on Monday. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced on Saturday, “President Trump has…
Published: June 16, 2025 at 3:46 p.m. ET Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s stock is climbing more than 9% on Monday as investors remain optimistic about its upcoming artificial-intelligence chips and systems that were unveiled last week — perhaps more so than in the initial moment. Shares of the chip maker AMD, which introduced its Instinct MI350 series…
In this article VZ TMUS T Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT US President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One while holding his cellphone with a text message from Roger Stone upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, May 30, 2025, after traveling to Pennsylvania to visit a US Steel plant. Saul Loeb…
KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has begun hedging 20%–30% of its oil price exposure to manage market volatility, said CFO Liza Mustapha. She said the hedging is a limited but useful insurance policy during the current fluctuations in oil prices. “It has proven to be quite useful over the last couple of months when…
Southwest Airlines is in the process of outfitting all of its Boeing 737 planes with new technology aimed to improve safety on runways. SmartRunway and SmartLanding via the Honeywell Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System have already been activated on more than 700 Southwest aircraft, the Honeywell Aerospace Technologies announced. “SmartRunway and SmartLanding helps increase flight…
KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and TotalEnergies SE have signed a strategic cooperation agreement (SCA) and two farm-out agreements (FOAs) to expand their upstream collaboration in Malaysia. The two companies are also advancing their international partnership under the Bobara Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in Indonesia. In a statement today, it said the SCA outlined…
KUALA LUMPUR: National utility company Tenaga Nasional Bhd has committed RM43 billion to upgrade the national grid infrastructure, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said that the upgrade will incorporate artificial intelligence and battery energy storage systems to build greater resilience and flexibility for the future. “We must invest in improving efficiency and…
