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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Labuan IBFC Incorporated Sdn Bhd and TRX City Sdn Bhd will strengthen collaboration between the two international financial centres (IFCs) and advance the shared vision of “1 Ecosystem, 2 IFCs”.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- AirAsia Group Bhd currently anticipates jet-fuel prices of between US$160 and US$190 per barrel and may reprice airfares again should prices rise to US$250 per barrel, said co-founder and adviser Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Beacon Software (Beacon), the first centralised artificial intelligence (AI) holding company, has acquired Haize Labs, an AI reliability company testing and safeguarding AI agents for real-world deployment.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) – The Malaysia Gold Association (MGA) stated that the ongoing interest rate hike cycle in major economies is anticipated to be the primary factor impacting gold prices in the future.
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GEORGE TOWN, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Penang is positioning Swettenham Pier for a bigger role in the regional cruise network, with the terminal now capable of accommodating two quantum-sized cruise ships simultaneously and up to 12,000 passengers.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s key index saw interspersed buying and selling before ending the morning session in the red, as sentiment was cautious due to the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance, elevated United States Treasury yields and persistent foreign selling.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s inflation increased 1.9 per cent in August 2026 from 1.8 per cent in the previous month, with the Consumer Price Index rising to 137.5 points in July from 134.9 a year earlier, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
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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.
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KOTA KINABALU, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Sabah continues to record strong growth in arrivals from China, with visitor numbers increasing 25.5 per cent in the first seven months of the year, reinforcing China’s position as the state’s largest international visitor market.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s overnight policy rate (OPR) could rise by 25 basis points (bps) in 2027 amid expectations of further increases in global interest rates, according to MBSB Research.
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By Zufazlin Baharuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Eighty women entrepreneurs, including 20 from overseas, will set up booths at the Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) 2026 as part of the Women in Export (WiEX) initiative.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia rebounded to open higher on Friday as lower oil prices, easing United States (US) Treasury yields and resilient labour market data encouraged bargain hunting in technology and semiconductor shares after the index closed 0.26 per cent lower yesterday, an analyst said.