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Apparel retailer Gap Inc forecast a drop in profit for its year ending January 2016, citing a strong dollar and merchandise delays due to labour issues at US West Coast ports. Gap forecasts drop in full-year profitwww.kinibiz.comApparel retailer Gap Inc forecast a drop in profit for its year ending …

Japan’s core inflation is seen slowing for a sixth month in January while factory output is expected to rise, underlining the policy challenge facing the Bank of Japan as it strives to speed up economic growth and achieve its 2% price target. Japan's core inflation seen easing for 6th monthwww. …

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1MDB plans January meetings with IPO cornerstones The IPO is aimed at helping the state investor reduce a debt burden that exceeds US$ 11bil. 1MDB plans January meetings with IPO cornerstones

FREE: As of January this year, the total size of the unit trust industry grew to RM339.84 billion. By August, this number had ballooned to RM356.16 billion. A booming industry despite high entry costswww.kinibiz.comA fifth of stock market investments are accounted for by unit trusts. But are those u …

MIRI, Oct 24 (Bernama) — The country’s fifth Rural Transformation Centre (RTC) located in Bekenu town, 40 kms from here, will be operational by January 2015. Sibuti Member of Parliament Ahmad Lai Bujang said at the moment the construction of the RTC was 90 percent completed. “The N …

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 15 (Bernama) — The bonus for civil servants announced in Budget 2015 will be paid with their January 2015 salary, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa said on Wednesday. He said the bonus could not be backdated or paid this year. “This bonus was approved …

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Bernama) — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said today 143 deaths due to dengue fever were reported nationwide for the first nine months of this year. He said 74,335 cases of dengue fever were reported throughout the country during the period compared with 43,3 …

KOTA BAHARU, Sept 29 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism is in the preparatory stage of the system to implement the diesel subsidy rationalisation plan expected in early January next year. The Ministry’s Secretary General Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad said w …

The crime index in Malacca has dropped by 440 cases between January and August this year, said Malacca police chief Chua Ghee Lye. He said 2,412 cases were reported in the first eight months compared to 2,852 cases during the same period last year. Crime index in Malacca drops in first eight monthsw …

Zafrul is the CEO of CIMB Investment Bank, but only since January. He assumed his current post after giving up the top job at Maybank Investment Bank in late 2013. Zafrul tipped for CIMB Group CEO postwww.kinibiz.comIndustry talk singles out well-connected Zafrul as the most likely candidate to succ …

KUANTAN, July 3 (Bernama) — Thirteen cases of abuse involving subsidised diesel were recorded by the Pahang office of the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (MDTCC) in the state during the first six months of this year. Its director, Sharuddin Jali, said the success resulted …

From Nor Hamzeela Hambali TOKYO, May 23 (Bernama) — Kedah received RM4 billion in investments in the manufacturing sector between January and March 2014, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir. “In 2013, the state attracted investments in the manufacturing sector worth more than …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) — The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) trade deal would be concluded before United States (US) President Barack Obama ends his term in January 2017. US Ambassador to Malaysia Joseph Y Yun said although the multi-lateral trade agreement was complicated in …