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YTL Corp Q1 net up 12pc

EPF: Bearish market a boon to long-term investors

Malaysia Oct vehicle sales down 13pc

Bank Negara: Focus is on ensuring growth - 2:53 pm
Malaysia’s palm stocks may fall from Dec
Iskandar maintains investment momentum
Shahrizat to contest for Wanita top post - 5:40 pm
Reliance Cap to launch Islamic funds in Malaysia
AirAsia stock jumps - 5:33 pm
Maybulk's target price revised downwards
Regulate credit rating agencies: Malaysia
Petronas investment in Turkmenistan hits US$1.8b
KL shares fall for 3rd day - 5:40 pm
World stocks dive on slew of job cuts - 6:50 pm
Malaysian stocks seen easing
US stocks plunge to 5 1/2-year low

INSIDE BTIMES.COM.MY

'Companies lowering expectations sharply'
AmResearch says it has detected more severe downward guidance from management in its recent company visits

SC okays licence for India, Kuwait fund managers
Malaysia has approved India's Reliance Asset Management and Kuwait-based Global Investment House as part of the ongoing liberalisation measures in the capital markets

Moody's downgrades shipping industry outlook
Rating agency Moody's has downgraded the Asia-Pacific's shipping industry's outlook from 'stable' to 'negative' for the next 12 to 18 months.

INDUSTRIES

AUTO/TRANSPORT

Tan Chong pins 4WD hopes on Nissan Navara

Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd aims to capture 30 per cent of the four-wheel-drive (4WD) double-cap diesel automatic and manual transmission segment next year, helped by the Nissan Navara.

BANKING/FINANCE

RHB sees slower loan growth in 2009

RHB Capital (1066), Malaysia's fourth-largest lender, expects slower loan growth and corporate defaults to creep up next year as the local economy slows sharply.

BIZFOCUS

New Yahoo CEO must be ready to do Microsoft deal

SAN FRANCISCO: To impress shareholders, Yahoo Inc’s next chief executive needs just one qualification: the willingness to do a deal with Microsoft Corp.

BRANDING

Retail media an effective marketing option

There is strong potential for the retail media industry to grow further in Malaysia especially now with the economy slowing, says retail media specialist MagiqADs Sdn Bhd.

BROKERS/VIEW

Analysts: Tan Chong faces speed bumps despite strong Q3

There are speed bumps ahead for Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd (4405), which sells Nissan cars, despite its stellar fiscal performance in the third quarter, analysts said.

COMMODITIES

German ruling dents Malaysia biodiesel export target

Germany has ruled that biodiesel derived from soya and palm oils will be eliminated from its list of qualified biofuels

FRANCHISING

MalaysiaKitchen promoters eyeing UAE market

DUBAI: Following the establishment of Malaysian restaurants under the MalaysiaKitchen programme in Tokyo and London, its promoters are now eyeing the possibility of opening a similar outlet in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

INSURANCE

Labuan IBFC offers refuge amid turmoil

Labuan International Business and Financial Centre can be 'your safe harbour' in the current financial storm, chief executive officer Martin Crawford tells insurance and reinsurance players

LOGISTICS

Northport cutting costs to ride out slowdown

Terminal operator Northport (Malaysia) Bhd has embarked on a cost-cutting exercise that will see all recruitment frozen and advertising spending slashed, in anticipation of worsening economic conditions.

PROPERTY

Outlook still bright for Sunrise

Sunrise Bhd (6165), well known for its landmark projects in the Mont' Kiara enclave, hopes to garner good margins when it launches properties in Selangor and Johor in future.

RETAILING

Debenhams is back, this time at The Curve

BRITISH department-store group Debenhams will re-enter Malaysia's retail market today after an absence of two years.

SMEs

MM Vitaoils to move upstream

IPOWATCH

UEM Land aims for Nov listing

UEM Land Bhd is on track to be listed on Bursa Malaysia by end-November as the UEM group-wide restructuring is nearing completion, managing director Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim said.

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