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Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan coalition has suffered setbacks in a succession of state elections.

Anwar cuts a deal with opposition to clear a 2027 budget hurdle

2026-10-30T07:43:19.000Z
Workers at a small factory that produces parts for internal combustion engine vehicles in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Sep 23, 2026.

Thailand’s September factory output rises 2.05% y/y, lower than forecast

2026-10-30T06:25:52.000Z
Scoot’s operating ⁠loss balloons to S$32 million for the quarter ended Jun 30, from S$17 million a year earlier, as passenger unit cost rose 21.7%.

State-backed South-east Asia budget carriers handle elevated fuel prices better

2026-10-30T05:11:54.000Z
DTEC Mineral and Metal Technology ultimately aims to build two facilities in Malaysia, which will expand the country’s role in the rare earth industry.

US-owned startup plans US$600 million Malaysia rare earth refinery

2026-10-30T05:00:12.000Z
Nvidia checked to ensure that Megaspeed did not illegally send its AI processors to China, said CEO Jensen Huang on Oct 29.

Nvidia CEO says ties to Singapore firm under spying probe were ‘normal’

2026-10-30T04:15:46.000Z
Winnie Jiang (far right), an associate professor of organisational behaviour at Insead’s Singapore campus, will serve as the lab’s academic director.

Insead gets US$3 million Google backing for new lab to study AI’s impact on work and life

2026-10-30T04:00:00.000Z
The planned energy import arrangement is the subject of an MOU signed by (seated, from left) Souksavart Sosouphanh, managing director of Electricite de Laos; Somlath Mek Akath, managing director of Phongsupthavy Group; and Michael Wong, chief operating officer of Tuas Power.

Tuas Power to explore importing up to 500 MW a year of hydropower from Laos

2026-10-30T03:00:00.000Z
Experts say the “affordable luxury” trend is most visible in premium bubble tea, speciality coffee, beauty products, apparel and experiential dining.

Can ‘affordable luxury’ survive – and thrive – in Vietnam?

2026-10-30T02:41:05.000Z
Malaysia’s largest retail pharmacy chain has launched an IPO prospectus.

Malaysia’s Big Caring eyes Singapore expansion with YMS buyout ahead of IPO

2026-10-29T11:56:52.000Z
Standard Chartered’s Teresa Tah says SMEs expanding across the border needed support beyond financing, including in local market knowledge and links to business-service partners.

Singapore SMEs’ investments into Malaysia handled by StanChart quadrupled in past year

2026-10-29T10:42:56.000Z

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