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7/25/2018
Malaysia's YTL Hotels to open second London hotel

Malaysia's YTL Hotels is on track to open the Academy Hotel in August in London's Bloomsbury district.

7/19/2018
YTL Corporation awarded Malaysia Company of the Year at CSR Malaysia Awards 2018

Malaysia's outstanding corporations in CSR initiatives were honoured at the CSR Malaysia Awards 2018. YTL Corporation won Malaysia Company of the Year in the Conglomerate category for championing IT education in schools and welfare activities.

7/17/2018
Major step forward for YTL Power in Indonesia

YTL Power Bhd’s (YTL Power) 80 per cent-owned Tanjung Jati power plant project in Indonesia is understood to have crossed a major hurdle having finalised power purchasing agreement (PPA) terms with the local regulators.

7/16/2018
YTL Power’s Tg Jati clears major hurdle

YTL Power International Bhd’s 80%-owned Tg Jati power plant project in Indonesia is understood to have crossed a major hurdle having finalised its power purchase agreement (PPA) terms with the local regulators, according to MIDF Research. Tg Jati is a 1320MW coal power plant scheduled for c...

7/16/2018
Monkey Island joins Small Luxury Hotels of the World

YTL’s Monkey Island Estate has joined the Small Luxury Hotels of the World global hotel consortium ahead of its opening in August.

7/16/2018
Chamber honours the best in business at anniversary bash

Infrastructure conglomerate YTL Corp Bhd was recognised as the Malaysian Investor of the Year in the UK at the inaugural British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce’s (BMCC) Business Excellence Awards 2018.

7/12/2018
Luxury by the ocean at Ritz-Carlton Koh Samui

This is the Ritz-Carlton on Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand. The resort is YTL Hotels’ newest luxury addition to Thailand’s second most popular holiday destination, after Phuket.

7/11/2018
Wessex Water recognised as industry leader by the Environment Agency

Wessex Water is an industry leader for environmental performance for the fifth time in seven years, according to a new report by the Environment Agency.

7/4/2018
The Samui Way

Revel in the magic of island life at The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui, a five-star oceanfront resort.

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7/31/2018
Adopt 'No Malaysian left behind' approach in development, govt urged

The government has been urged to host public town hall meetings, and not closed-door discussions, in preparing for the tabling of the mid term review of the 11th Malaysian Plan in Parliament in Oct 2018.

7/31/2018
Record £5.2bn paid in death tax as net widens

Grieving families paid a record high inheritance tax bill of £5.2billion in the past tax year, official figures revealed yesterday.

7/30/2018
Office lobbies get the co-working makeover

No longer a statement of status, corporate reception areas are abuzz.

7/30/2018
Israel Doesn't Want to Be My State

The law asks progressive Israelis — both Jewish and Palestinian — to suspend our fantasies of equal rights and a future in which all the country’s citizens, regardless of religion, race or gender, have a sense of belonging.

7/30/2018
An Influential French Director Is Accused of Sexual Abuse. The Reaction Has Been Muted.

French filmmaker Luc Besson, 59, is the first prominent film figure in France to face accusations in the #MeToo era.

7/29/2018
11 and Married: Malaysia Spars Over an Age-Old Practice

Ayu’s marriage to Che Abdul Karim Che Abdul Hamid, a 41-year-old rubber trader with a prominent role at his mosque and a fleet of fancy cars, has reignited debate in Malaysia about the persistence of conservative Islamic traditions in this modern, multiethnic democracy.

7/29/2018
Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You

Now the race is on to become the go-to destination for cryptocurrency companies that are looking for shelter from regulatory uncertainty in the United States and Asia.

7/28/2018
'Trillion Bun' selling like hot cakes

A bakery in Bandar Baru Klang, Selangor, has shown that there’s “dough” in the bun.

7/25/2018
Buoyant LVMH warns of trade war impact on luxury sector

LVMH surged to a record half year even as the world’s biggest luxury group warned about the potential impact of a global trade war on consumer sentiment.

7/24/2018
4 ways to contain Trump and prevent global wreckage after Helsinki and NATO summits

Helsinki was a clarifying moment. Congress and the world need a Trump containment strategy, or we'll be living with the global wreckage for generations.

7/24/2018
Spotify’s India launch hits music label resistance

Daniel Ek and Wall Street analysts often use a baseball analogy to describe Spotify’s future. The company, which Mr Ek founded in 2006, is still in the “early innings” of a global move from CDs to music streaming, they say, pointing to the billions of smartphone owners across th...

7/24/2018
Heavy industry turns to renewables in drive to go green

In the forests of central Sweden, construction is about to begin on a giant wind farm with a single purpose: to supply power to the aluminium smelters of Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s biggest producers, for the next 29 years.
 

7/24/2018
Wealthy Saudis sit on cash as purge casts shadow over investment

Wealthy Saudi merchant families are holding back from investing in the kingdom as nervousness triggered by Riyadh’s anti-corruption purge exacerbates a fragile business climate.

7/20/2018
TMJ: I think M'sia should continue with HSR

The Crown Prince of Johor has weighed in on the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Rail (HSR), stating that Malaysia should not withdraw from the project.

7/19/2018
Alibaba Spends $2.2B, Looks To Connect With Shoppers In Elevators, Too

China’s Alibaba Group has become one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies by promoting online shopping via computer and mobile phone screens. Now, it wants to connect with you through outdoor marketing screens and elevator ads, too.

7/19/2018
Taxi-Hailing Apps Take Root in Japan as SoftBank, Didi Join Fray

Using an app to order up a car ride isn’t common in Japan, even though ride-hailing has spread across the globe.

7/18/2018
In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home

The robot takes advantage of Chinese consumers' love of cashless payments and smartphone shopping.

7/18/2018
Buffett's Berkshire gains as company lifts cap on stock buybacks

The firm's board announced late Tuesday that it's removing a cap on stock buybacks, giving the Berkshire chairman and chief executive officer greater leeway to parcel out profits, rather than hunt for more acquisitions.

7/17/2018
China's stalled investments to top agenda when Malaysian envoy visits Beijing, observers say

Close aide to recently re-elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is expected to pave way for leader’s trip next month

7/6/2018
Chen to become sole chairman of debt-laden HNA after Wang's death

China’s HNA Group said it has made co-founder Chen Feng its sole chairman after fellow chairman Wang Jian died.

7/5/2018
Fulfil promise to strengthen Chinese education, Teo urged

Fulfil your promise to empower Chinese education in the country, MCA Youth has reminded newly minted Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching.

7/5/2018
Fulfil promise to strengthen Chinese education, Teo urged

Fulfil your promise to empower Chinese education in the country, MCA Youth has reminded newly minted Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching.

7/5/2018
A taste of the future in Negri

Promoting the Seremban siew pao or baked Chinese dumpling would help in boosting tourist arrivals to Negri Sembilan.

7/5/2018
Singtel rules out cyber attack as cause of 3 1/2 hour outage

Telco and IMDA conducting separate probes into 31/2-hour widespread disruption.

7/5/2018
Toggle promises rebate after streaming glitch

Mediacorp said yesterday that a bug in the software of a piece of equipment caused a glitch in its entertainment service Toggle during the World Cup match between Sweden and Switzerland on Tuesday night.

7/4/2018
Razer launches e-wallet service, Razer Pay in Malaysia

Razer Pay in Malaysia is a partnership between Razer Inc (51 per cent) and Berjaya Corp Bhd (49 per cent), a platform designed for youth and millennials.

7/4/2018
Smartphone Maker HTC To Layoff A Quarter Of Staff After Years Of Losing Money

HTC’s plan for another round of job cuts in Taiwan illustrates just how far the once mighty smartphone maker has fallen behind its rivals, and some analysts see few apparent prospects of that changing anytime soon.

7/4/2018
PBOC acts to calm markets after yuan falls

China's central bank moved to calm jittery financial markets yesterday after the yuan fell.

7/3/2018
New China rail network cuts transit time for exports to Singapore and beyond

Industrial cargo such as car parts, machinery and petrochemical products from western Chinese inland cities Chengdu and Chongqing now have an alternative route to be exported to Singapore and beyond.

7/3/2018
GSK director sued over US opioid crisis

A board member at GlaxoSmithkline is one of those being sued by the US state of Massachusetts over the US opioid addiction crisis.

7/3/2018
U.S. slaps Glencore with subpoena as part of money-laundering probe

U.S. authorities have demanded Glencore (GLEN.L) hand over documents about its business in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela and Nigeria as part of a corruption probe, sending the mining company’s shares down more than 8 percent.

7/3/2018
PwC must pay FDIC $625.3 million over bank's collapse: U.S. judge

A federal judge on Monday said PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP must pay $625.3 million in damages to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp for failing to uncover fraud that led to one of the largest bank failures of the global financial crisis.

7/3/2018
SocGen to buy Commerzbank's equity markets and commodities arm

The two banks did not disclose a price for the transaction. Commerzbank said on Tuesday that its EMC division had 2017 gross revenues of 381 million euros ($443.18 million).

7/3/2018
At Chanel and Dior, the Incredible Intimacy of What You Can't Buy Online

There’s a war going on for the soul of couture.

7/3/2018
Tagwalk Wants to Be the Google of Fashion

You may not have heard of it, but this French start-up says it has created fashion’s first search engine.