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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 (Bernama) -- The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has become a substantial unitholder of KIP Real Estate Investment Trust (KIP REIT) following the successful conclusion of the group’s recent private placement.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 (Bernama) -- Global credit rating agency, AM Best has affirmed Vietnam’s Petrolimex Insurance Corporation (PJICO) financial strength rating of B++ (good), the long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb” (good), and the country National Scale Rating (NSR) of aaa.VN (exceptional).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- Biodegradable packaging products made of rice straw waste, which are being produced through a collaboration between Bioeconomy Corporation and BioNexus Status company Free The Seed Sdn Bhd, are projected to reach a market value of RM60 million starting in 2025.
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By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- Last-minute buying mainly in financial and plantation heavyweights helped lift Bursa Malaysia to end today’s session on a positive note, erasing losses from the earlier sessions.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- The government is currently preparing the estimates of the additional revenue that will be collected from introducing the two per cent dividend tax, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK) announced that the Rubber Production Incentive (IPG) has allocated RM522.35 million to smallholders since the programme’s launch in 2015, up to October 2024.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Binastra Corporation Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Binastra Builders Sdn Bhd, has secured an RM327.74 million construction contract from Exsim Bukit Jalil City Sdn Bhd.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s banking sector is projected to continue recording higher profits in 2025, supported by steady loan growth, a stable interest rate environment, and non-interest income, said an economist.
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PUTRAJAYA, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- The Medical Device Authority (MDA) has announced a tax deduction incentive under subsection 44(11C) of the Income Tax Act 1967 for sponsors providing cash contributions to support the 28th Global Harmonisation Working Party (GHWP) Annual Meeting and the International Medical Device Exhibition and Conference 2024 (IMDEC 2024).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (CLMT) has signed an agreement to acquire a freehold automated logistics property from PTT Logistics Hub 1 Sdn Bhd for RM180 million.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- Permodalan BSN Bhd (PBSN) has announced an interim and final income distribution of 1.60 sen per unit amounting to RM4.1 million for Amanah Saham Bank Simpanan Nasional (ASBSN) effective Nov 30, 2024.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- Sime Darby Property Bhd will be developing additional data centres at Elmina Business Park following the signing of a new build-and-lease agreement with Pearl Computing Malaysia Sdn Bhd, with a 20-year lease value of up to RM5.6 billion.