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Blue-Chip Support Cushions Market As Semiconductor Counters Slide

Business Today Editorial - July 24, 2026

The stock market ended the trading session on a mixed note, with selective buying in plantation and blue-chip counters offset by weakness in semiconductor, consumer, and industrial stocks. At the...

Markets

Bursa Malaysia Slides At Close, FBM KLCI Settles At...

Business Today Editorial - July 24, 2026

Bursa Malaysia ended lower on Friday, with the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) shedding 13.57 points, or 0.79 per cent, to close at 1,701.02 amid broad-based selling...

Markets

Foreign Exchange Rates July 24, 2026

BusinessToday - July 24, 2026

The closing foreign exchange rates, sourced from Bank Negara Malaysia and recorded at 5pm on July 24, 2026, provide a comprehensive overview of currency fluctuations for the day. These rates,...

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above US$65,000 As Crypto Market Cap Stays...

Business Today Editorial - July 24, 2026

Bitcoin continued to trade above the US$65,000 level on Friday as the broader cryptocurrency market remained relatively stable, with investors balancing renewed buying interest against cautious market sentiment. According to...

Markets

Gold Slips Below US$4,100 As Fed Rate Hike Bets...

Business Today Editorial - July 24, 2026

Gold prices edged lower on Friday as rising expectations of higher US interest rates weighed on the precious metal, while renewed tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices...

Property

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Parkson Exit Dents Pavilion REIT Otherwise Stellar Occupancy Levels

Editor - July 24, 2026

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (Pavilion REIT) delivered first-half financial results that met market expectations, supported by contributions from its newly acquired hospitality assets and lower electricity costs, according...

News

YNH Property Unit Revised Tax Arrangement Gets IRB Approval,...

Editor - July 24, 2026

YNH Property Berhad announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, YNH Construction Sdn Bhd has received formal approval from the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia for a revised settlement arrangement in...

News

Pavilion REIT Posts 13% Rise In Q2 Income To...

Editor - July 23, 2026

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (Pavilion REIT) reported higher earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, supported by contributions from newly acquired hospitality assets, resilient occupancy at...

News

RM44.5 Million Allocated To Mitigate Flood Problems In PJ And Damansara

Editor - July 24, 2026

The RM44.5 million allocation announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for the implementation of 30 flood mitigation projects in Petaling Jaya and...

Global

Cambodia Says It Raided 737 Online Scam Centres In One Year

Editor - July 24, 2026

Cambodia raided 737 online scam centers nationwide between June 2025 and June 2026, according to a government press release issued Friday. It revealed that authorities...

Global

China Tightens Tax Rules On Offshore Trusts, Targets Overseas Asset Income

Editor - July 24, 2026

China has introduced detailed implementation rules governing the taxation of offshore trusts, requiring Chinese tax residents to declare and pay individual income tax (IIT)...

News

Prime Minister Orders Ministries To Resolve Foreign Worker Shortage Issue Within One Month

Editor - July 24, 2026

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given the relevant Ministries but namely MOHR, one month to resolve outstanding issues involving the recruitment and...

Global

Bangladeshi President Resigns Citing Ill Health

Editor - July 24, 2026

Bangladesh's president, a close ally of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned from the largely ceremonial role on Friday (Jul 24), citing ill health,...

News

Bursa Reprimands Meridian Berhad And Director For Delaying Annual Report Submission

Editor - July 24, 2026

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad has publicly reprimanded Main Market-listed Meridian Berhad and its Executive Director, Tang Boon Koon, for breaches of the Main Market...

News

AEON RM18 Million Impairment From Legal Dispute Unlikely To Impact Future Earnings, Says CIMB

Editor - July 24, 2026

Aeon Co. (M) Bhd's confirmed RM18.7 million liability in its long-running legal dispute with Betanaz Properties Sdn Bhd is unlikely to have a material...

Global

China Expands Export Ban To Include 14 European Entities

Editor - July 24, 2026

China has added 14 European Union entities to its export control list, marking another escalation in trade and technology tensions between Beijing and Brussels...