Chinese Warship Provokes US Navy in High-stakes Maritime Encounter: Tensions Ignite in Taiwan Strait!
In an audacious display of brinkmanship, a Chinese warship darted alarmingly close to the US destroyer USS Chung-Hoon in the Taiwan Strait, threatening international peace and escalating already heated tensions. The US military described this as a risky and unprofessional move by China, which only serves to ignite conflict in the area.
PETRONAS and Phoenix Petroleum Sign MoU for Downstream Marketing and Tech Collaboration in the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PETRONAS) and Phoenix Petroleum have agreed and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). To develop a collaboration in downstream...
Bursa Malaysia inks collaboration with UMW, Maybank to roll out centralised sustainability platform
Bursa Malaysia Bhd, UMW Corp Sdn Bhd, and Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) have agreed to work together. Under a memorandum of understanding to develop...
ECB hawks press case for more rate hikes to fight inflation
Two prominent hawks on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) policymaking Governing Council predict that the bank will likely need to hike interest rates further....
Germany, Japan seek economic cooperation
During their first-ever high-ministerial government meetings, held in the midst of concerns over global supply chains and the economic repercussions of the war in...
Malaysia exports rise 9.8% to RM204.99bil in Feb
KUALA LUMPUR: From the same month the year before, Malaysia’s exports increased by 11% to RM204.99 billion in February 2023. With both export and...
Malaysian banks rating intact despite US bank failures – RAM Ratings
The bankruptcy of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and two other smaller banks last week has little bearing on the ratings of Malaysian institutions,...
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Financial seeks bankruptcy protection as banking turmoil persists
Days after its former subsidiary Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was taken over by US regulators. SVB Financial Group announced on Friday that it had...
Silicon Valley Bank SVB run exposes rifts in venture capital world
SAN FRANCISCO: The failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has exposed differences within the typically close-knit venture capital (VC) industry. With some investors blaming...
Singapore bank stocks hit by Credit Suisse crisis
SINGAPORE: Local bank stocks fell when the market started yesterday morning. Due to concerns that the crisis enveloping Switzerland’s second-largest bank and a succession...
