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By Jailani Hasan
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Labuan Port Authority (LPA), Labuan Corporation and Megah Port Management Sdn Bhd (MPM) have joined forces to strengthen cruise tourism development in Labuan, leveraging their respective expertise to attract more cruise liners to the island.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Genon, a South Korean generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions startup, announced that its Indonesian AI manufacturing automation business passed mass-production validation and has won follow-on contracts, accelerating its overseas expansion.
PUTRAJAYA, 21 Okt (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s digital economy must be built on fair competition, including by addressing digital platforms’ practices that could burden micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Universal Maritime Solutions (Unimed), a provider of medical supplies, health compliance and crew wellbeing services for the shipping industry, has appointed former International SOS executive Sune Svenningsen as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Westports Holdings Bhd’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2026 (3Q 2026) jumped 26 per cent to RM342.55 million from RM271.1 million in the same quarter a year ago, driven by higher gross profit due to improved revenue.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended the morning trading session marginally higher amid a cautious trading environment.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- A total of 22,849 talents have been trained through various development programmes for the semiconductor sector as of the third quarter of 2026, as part of an effort to achieve 60,000 highly skilled engineers by 2030 under the National Semiconductor Strategy (NSS).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Abaxx Technologies Inc (Abaxx), a financial software and market infrastructure company, announced that Risk.net has named Abaxx Exchange “Newcomer of the Year” at the 2026 Energy Risk Asia Awards.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- NWE Resources Group Bhd expects its hospitality amenities business to benefit from the extension of the Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign into 2027, supported by an anticipated increase in hotel orders and the government’s tourism promotion efforts.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s poultry industry is expected to remain resilient in the medium term, supported by steady demand for affordable protein and an established domestic production base, according to MBSB Investment Bank Bhd (MBSB IB).
By Karina Imran and Muhammad Fawwaz Thaqif Nor Afandi
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by strong domestic economic data that strengthened expectations of a possible normalisation of the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- NGC Energy Sdn Bhd is looking to expand into new markets and strengthen its position in Malaysia’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector following a change in ownership of Perangsang Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd (POGSB), one of its shareholders.
