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                GEORGE TOWN, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Penang recorded approved manufacturing investments totalling RM411.8 million from China in the first half of this year, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Budget 2025, to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on Oct 18, is expected to strike a balanced approach, combining fiscal sustainability with initiatives to drive economic development, said RHB Investment Bank (IB) Bhd.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                By Karina Imran
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed higher on Tuesday, driven by a positive Wall Street performance overnight and after China announced a stimulus package to jumpstart its struggling economy, sparking a rally in regional and global shares.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The National Sustainability Reporting Framework (NSRF) will help companies to adopt globally aligned sustainability reporting standard, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The National Sustainability Reporting Framework (NSRF) will help companies to adopt globally aligned sustainability reporting standard, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- NielsenIQ (NIQ), the world’s leading global consumer intelligence company, in its latest report found consumers remain determined and resilient despite the uncertainty, providing a strategic roadmap for retailers looking to win over consumers over the next 12 to 18 months and beyond.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (MAPIM) has called on all parties, regardless of political ideology, to support the MADANI Government’s efforts to revitalise and strengthen the national economy in the current situation where the ringgit continues to strengthen.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                GEORGE TOWN, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Affin Bank Bhd expects Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to remain healthy at five per cent this year and 5.2 per cent next year amidst the low possibility of a global recession.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia witnessed encouraging economic performance in July 2024, with the leading index (LI) registering 5.2 per cent, reaching 115.1 points as compared to 109.4 points in the same month of the previous year, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Investors are keenly awaiting Budget 2025, scheduled for Oct 18, for announcements on the regulatory framework for establishing family offices in Malaysia, said OCBC Global Markets Research.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s inflation rate easing to 1.9 per cent in August 2024 has raised concerns about the implications of a RON95 targeted subsidy mechanism, according to Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid.
               
             
	                
              
                 
              
              
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                By Harizah Hanim Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The ringgit revisits the RM4.19 level against the US dollar today, with immediate support expected at RM4.07, driven by Malaysia’s lower-than-forecasted CPI increase of 1.9 per cent and a 50 basis point interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.