Petronas Dagangan allocating RM500mil capex this year The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Dagangan Bhd is allocating RM500mil for capital expenditure (capex) for the current financial year 2010/2011 from RM400mil in the last financial year, according to managing director/chief executive officer Amir Hamzah Azizan. | "From that amount, up to 85% of the capex will ...
Iraq: Trade Union Banned in the Electricity Sector Scoop Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:42 pm | Press Release: International Trade Union Confederation | Iraq: Trade Unions Banned in the Electricity Sector | Brussels, 26 July 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC strongly protest against the Ministerial Order, Issue 22 244, of the Iraqi Government. This Order clearly vio...
Your 10 questions for Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam The Star | What is the highlight of your long and varied career serving the public and the country? Karim Saad, Gombak | I thank God that I have been able to serve my country and people for 30 years in government and about 20 years so far in the private secto...
Battle for Parkway The Star | IF Khazanah Nasional Bhd could turn back the clock, it would - right up to March this year. US buyout firm TPG Capital, which was looking to exit Singapore-listed Parkway Holdings Ltd, had offered its 23.9% block to Khazanah. On hindsight wisdom, i...
It's important to look out for each other, say parents The Star | PETALING JAYA: Groups representing parents of school-going children are stunned over a report of an alleged rape in a school van here and want the community to be responsible for the kids' safety. | Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) chairman...
Company sues KSSB The Star | SHAH ALAM: A construction company has filed a suit against Selangor-owned sand mining company Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd (KSSB) for invalid termination of a sand mining contract. | Resvil Holdings Sdn Bhd is seeking reimbursement of a performance bo...
Farnborough air show sees deals worth $47 bn The Times Of India MOSCOW: Deals signed during the Farnborough International Air Show near London account for a total of $47 billion, the organisers said Saturday. | "To see over $47 billion worth of...
Cigarettre butts lead in break-in at lawyer's house The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Police investigating a break-in at the house of Manjeet Singh Dhillon, one of the lawyers for private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, have found some revealing clu...
I.M.F. Turns on the Charm in Asia The New York Times | BEIJING — That warm glow and soft purring emanating from South Korea was the International Monetary Fund trying, yet again, to put the Asian financial crisis behind it. | T...
Improving national economy brings down unemployment figures The Star | PETALING JAYA: The improving national economy has resulted in a lower unemployment rate with firms not resorting to retrenchments, according to the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF). | MEF president Datuk Azman Shah Harun said retrenchment figur...
The art of selling and marketing The Star | JOHOR BARU: Public universities should be more proactive and aggressive in promoting and marketing their research products to companies and industries. | Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) deputy director general II Datuk Wahab Hamid...
Higher margins push up Andhra Bank profit Deccan Chronicle Higher margins push up Andhra Bank profit | Share ARTICLEURL | July 29: Hyderabad-based state-owned lender Andhra Bank has reported a 25 per cent growth in net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, on the back of robust growth in net interest i...
I.M.F. Turns on the Charm in Asia The New York Times | BEIJING — That warm glow and soft purring emanating from South Korea was the International Monetary Fund trying, yet again, to put the Asian financial crisis behind it. | The I.M.F. needs Asia on its side. As the fastest-growing part of the world economy, the region will wield increasing clout at global institutions like the I.M.F. and prov...
