CPO Exports Remain Important To Help Malaysia Maintain Market Share - KPK

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's crude palm oil (CPO) exports continue to play an important role in the palm oil industry, as they help ensure that Malaysia does not lose market share to its closest competitor, Indonesia.

Foreign Investors Turn Net Buyers Of US$996 Mln In Asian Markets Last Week - MBSB Investment

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- Foreign investors turned net buyers in Asian markets last week, reversing the previous week’s outflow, recording an inflow of US$996 million (US$1=RM4.23), with Taiwan recording the highest purchases in the region.

ASEAN Ready To Upgrade FTA With Japan

OSAKA (Japan), Aug 9 (Bernama) -- ASEAN has expressed its readiness to upgrade its free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan, signalling a desire to bring the decades-old pact into the modern economic era.

Gov't To Consider Raising I-BAP Allocation Following Overwhelming Response - Ramanan

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- The government will consider raising the allocation for the Business Accelerator for Indian-owned companies (I-BAP) to RM10 million in the upcoming Budget following overwhelming response since its launch in October last year.

Cloudera, Krutrim To Deliver Scalable AI Data Solutions On India's Sovereign Cloud 

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- Cloudera, a global data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform provider, has announced a strategic collaboration with Krutrim, India’s sovereign cloud platform, to support large-scale analytics and data lake workloads for Ola on the Krutrim Cloud.

Rubber Market Ends Mixed

By K. Naveen Prabu

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian rubber market ended mixed today, in line with the regional rubber futures markets, according to a dealer.

Gentari To Supply Renewable Energy To Amazon In India

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- Gentari Sdn Bhd via Gentari Renewables Sdn Bhd has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to supply renewable energy from a 80-megawatt (MW) wind energy project in Tamil Nadu, India.

Rubber Market Ends Lower On Mixed Regional Futures, Stronger Ringgit

By K. Naveen Prabu

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian rubber market finished lower today, dragged down by the mixed trend in the regional rubber futures market and a stronger ringgit against the US dollar, a dealer said. 

Over 5.03 Million Hectares Of Oil Palm Plantation In Malaysia Under MSPO Certification Scheme

MELAKA, Aug 4 (Bernama) -- A total of 5.03 million hectares or 89.6 per cent of the oil palm plantation area in Malaysia has been certified under the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification scheme as of June 30 this year, said Deputy Minister of Plantations and Commodities Datuk Chan Fong Hin.

CPO Futures Set To Trade With Downward Bias Next Week

By Nur Athirah Mohd Shaharuddin

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 (Bernama) -- The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives is expected to trade with a downward bias next week due to the expectation of weak demand, palm oil trader David Ng said.

Bursa Malaysia Ends Sharply Higher As 13MP, US Tariff Cut Woo Bargain Hunting

By Danni Haizal Danial Donald

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- Bargain hunting pushed Bursa Malaysia to end the week higher as investors cheered the United States (US) tariff reduction on all Malaysian products entering the country, coupled with positive market sentiment following the announcement of the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP).

Malaysia Hosts High-Level SDMX Workshop To Strengthen Regional Statistical Capacity

IPOH, July 31 (Bernama) -- Malaysia recently hosted International Workshop on Advanced Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) at the Malaysian Statistical Training Institute (ILSM) in Sungkai, Perak.