AirBorneo Signs MRO Deal With Pratt & Whitney Canada

By Anas Abu Hassan

SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Sarawak-owned carrier, AirBorneo Airways has inked a four-year deal with Pratt & Whitney Canada for comprehensive maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services through 2030.

MBSB IB Retains RM4,400 CPO Price Target For 2026 As El Niño Threat Looms

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB IB) is maintaining its projection for the average crude palm oil (CPO) price at RM4,400 per tonne for 2026, supported by concerns over tightening supply as hotspots surge across the region.

Bursa Malaysia Key Index Rebounds To End Slightly Higher At Midday

By Fatin Umairah Abdul Hamid

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s key index rebounded to end the morning trading session slightly higher, supported by buying interest in selected heavyweights, led by transportation and logistics, industrial products and healthcare counters.

Bursa Malaysia Opens Lower On Wall Street Weakness, Hawkish Fed Remarks

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened lower on Thursday, tracking weaker Wall Street performance amid rising US Treasury yields and hawkish remarks from US Federal Reserve (Fed) officials.

Rimbunan Sawit Estimates Ulu Teru Estate Disruption Reduced Revenue By About RM10 Mln

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Rimbunan Sawit Bhd estimates that a disruption to operations at its Ulu Teru Estate has reduced revenue by approximately RM10 million.

Bursa Malaysia Ends Lower On Profit-taking, Weaker Sentiment Towards Petrochemical Stocks

By Fatin Umairah Abdul Hamid

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia closed lower on Wednesday, weighed down by profit-taking in selected heavyweights and weaker sentiment towards petrochemical stocks as oil prices continued to slide, said an analyst.

YTL AI Labs, Nvidia Launch Open Dataset Reflecting Malaysia’s Population Diversity

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (Bernama) -- YTL AI Labs Sdn Bhd, the artificial intelligence solutions arm of YTL Power International Bhd under the YTL Group, today announced Nemotron-Personas-Malaysia, an open dataset developed with NVIDIA to represent Malaysia’s population diversity through 1.35 million synthetic personas.

U Mobile, ZTE Complete Proof-of-Concept Of Off-grid Green-energy 5G Network Site

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- U Mobile and ZTE Corporation have completed a proof-of-concept (POC) of a portable, fully off-grid 5G network site powered entirely by 100 per cent green energy, demonstrating a faster and more sustainable approach to extending connectivity to remote and underserved communities.

Transboundary Haze: Beyond The Hotspots And Palm Oil Debate

By Nurul Hanis Izmir

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 20 (Bernama) -- The return of the haze across parts of Malaysia has once again brought forest and land fires in the region into focus.

Exports Of Sarawak's Timber, Timber-based Products Reach RM1.16 Bln As Of June

KUCHING, Sept 18  (Bernama) -- The export value of timber and timber-based products from Sarawak is estimated to have reached RM1.16 billion as of June this year, said Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (Pusaka) general manager Datuk Zainal Abidin Abdullah.

Affin Bank Partners IFC To Expand MSME Financing Access With US$400 Mln Package

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 (Bernama) -- Affin Bank Bhd has partnered with World Bank Group member, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to expand access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Malaysia.

Petronas LNG Portfolio Positions Malaysia To Capture Asia’s Growing Gas Demand

By Kenny Teng

BANGKOK, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Petronas is well positioned to capture future growth in Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand, supported by its diversified supply portfolio and expanding production capacity in Malaysia, particularly the commissioning of a new plant in Sabah next year.