Oil prices climb after Opec+ keeps output cut targets, China eases Covid curbs
As a result of OPEC+ countries maintaining their output objectives in advance of a European Union ban. The start of a price restriction on...
Bank Negara issues exposure draft on licensing and regulatory framework for DITOs
Following the release of the discussion paper earlier this year. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today released the exposure draft on the licensing and regulatory...
Nintendo hit by coronavirus; production gets delayed
Japanese gaming giant Nintendo has confirmed feeling the heat of the novel coronavirus as it disrupts the production and deliveries of some of its...
Chile ratifies CPTPP, a big opportunity for Malaysian businesses: Tengku Zafrul
KUALA LUMPUR: According to Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Chile's decision to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive...
Biden, Modi to speak as US presses for a hard line on Russia
WILMINGTON USA: President Joe Biden is set to speak with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he presses world leaders to take a hard...
UN: War in Ukraine to hurt poor nations importing grain
ROME: U.N. food agency warned that Poorer countries in northern Africa, Asia, and the Middle East risk suffering significant food insecurity because of Russia’s...
Coronavirus hobbles supply chains of Japanese firms in Southeast Asia and India
A survey conducted by Japanese news agency NNA showed that two-thirds of the country’s firms that operate businesses in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand...
OPEC advances meeting to discuss oil price cuts amid coronavirus
Originally scheduled in March, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies decided to convene earlier to evaluate the sharp decline in oil...
Mobile games download spike amid coronavirus quarantine
The demand for mobile games has surged as millions of people in China are quarantined and stuck indoors amid fears of the spreading coronavirus that has now claimed more than 3,000 lives. Application analysts reported that the global mobile game downloads jumped to 39% for the month of February. The mainland accounted for a huge […]
European Raiffeisen Bank International and Danske Bank investigated for money laundering
The continuing bank scandal that hit Deustche Bank has now
expanded to two more European banks. Austria Raiffeisen Bank International
Estonian branch and Denmark’s Danske Bank...
