FREE: It is early days yet for the planned merger between CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) and RHB Capital Bhd but several pertinent details made available to KiniBiz today can help to piece together how the merger is likely to pan out. Ways and means to a banking behemo …

FREE: The three parties said they have “entered into a 90-day exclusivity agreement to negotiate and finalise pricing, structure, and other relevant terms and conditions for a proposed merger… and the creation of a mega Islamic bank.” – Ways and means to a banking behemoth: http://bit.ly/1qnxC …

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) — Westports Malaysia Dragon basketball team have set their sights on winning the Asean Basketball League (ABL) 2014. Head coach Ariel Vanguardia believes the combination of young and senior players in the team would definitely be an advantage to pursue their goa …

#ThrowbackThursday Sime Darby proposed carving out it's auto unit earlier this week. Could this be a first step to splitting the conglomerate up. Here's what KiniBiz had to say in April. Sime Darby loses value since 2006 mergerwww.kinibiz.comIn six full financial years after the Synergy Dr …

Ambiga's 'Negaraku' a same old tune, says Isma Barely a day old, the NGO Negaraku led has already come under bashing from Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma), which deems it a direct threat to its cause to uphold Islamic and Malay rights in the country. Isma posted a portrait of former Ma …

Video | KiniTV Cheras Umno chief Syed Ali Syed Alhabshee says the party's veteran leaders must be brave enough to step down, in order to realise Umno's transformation agenda, and keep the people's trust. He says there are many leaders who are too comfortable with their posts, and only …

Probe DPM, too, Penang police told Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy, who is in the eye of the storm over a May 13 remark, including several tweets related to the issue, may be called by police to give his statement. According to Bernama, state police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi said three rep …

PUTRAJAYA, July 10 (Bernama) — Cuepacs representatives met with Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Thursday, and the discussions covered civil servants, the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Cuepacs was represented by its p …

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I only sleep for four hours, says PM's wife "In this fasting month, let me be frank, I don't even get enough sleep. I only sleep for four hours a day. "So it is not easy to be the wife of a leader… We are forced to make sacrifices for the people and country… Read more …

My love has passed away, mourns royal lover Breaking his silence a week after the incident, a member of the Johor royal family mourns the death of his Estonian model girlfriend, whom police believe was murdered. Regina Soosalu (right) had gone to a resort in Pulau Rawa on July 1. Hours later, her bo …

Pak Samad, Ambiga form new NGO to fight racism National laureate A Samad Said and former Malaysian Bar president Ambiga Sreenevasan have formed a new NGO which will battle racism and extremism in the nation. The outfit is called, "A people's movement to reclaim our nation (Negaraku)". …

By Haslinda Zainal KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) — The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry is preparing a database on 10,000 products per parliamentary constituency to study the impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) when it is implemented on April 1, 2015. Second Finan …

Susilo urges restraint after presidential stand-off Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the two candidates in yesterday’s disputed presidential election to keep their supporters in check during what will be an agonisisng two-week wait for an official result. Police were on alert toda …

VIDEO l KiniTV: In stressing this, NUCC member Mujahid Yusof Rawa, who chairs its working committee on Law and Policy, which proposed this bill and two others to the government, has come under pressure from both the LGBT community, which want the clause maintained and right-wing NGOs wanting the cla …