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ASEAN Business

Ringgit strength, robust spending set stage for Malaysia’s strongest quarterly growth in 2025

Saxo’s comments come as investors have been getting increasingly concerned about overheated valuations for some of the biggest AI winners, particularly US-based innovation leaders such as Nvidia.
Global Enterprise

Asia is the place for investors seeking AI exposure, Saxo says

Egon Zehnder's CEO Francesco Buquicchio.
ASEAN Business

‘Definitely an opportunity’ for Asia-Pacific economies as the world becomes more complex: Egon Zehnder CEO

The late Tiong Hiew King. The Sibu, Sarawak-born tycoon built an influential empire across timber, media, property, and hospitality.
ASEAN Business
OBITUARY

Malaysian timber and media tycoon Tiong Hiew King dies at 91

Pandora's flagship store in Copenhagen. The Denmark-headquartered jeweller is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange.
Singapore

Pandora crowns Singapore as its new Asia base, starting with 50 new hires

The launch of Maybank Forest City Service Centre on Nov 10. From left: Country Garden Pacific View executive director Teo Chee Yow, Kota Iskandar assemblyman Pandak Ahmad, Johor State Secretary Asman Shah Abdul Rahman, Johor chief minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi, Maybank president and group CEO Khairussaleh Ramli, and Maybank group CEO of community financial services Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar.
ASEAN Business

Maybank steps up financing push for Johor-Singapore SEZ with RM15 billion pipeline

The rupiah has hovered around 16,600 against the US dollar and weakened by more than 3 percent year-to-date, making it one of Asia’s weakest currencies.
ASEAN Business

Weak rupiah, capital outflows could complicate Indonesia’s redenomination plan: analysts

The Bayview Beach Resort Penang, fronting the Batu Ferringhi beach, will be rebranded as Ascott Batu Ferringhi Penang, marking the flagship Ascott brand’s first beachfront resort in Malaysia.
ASEAN Business

Malaysia’s Oriental Holdings to seal RM411 million Penang, Langkawi hotel deals; partners Ascott for rebranding

View of the logo of COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, taken on November 6, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
ESG

COP30: Adopting an outcome on climate adaptation is a start for financing to flow towards Asean

Micro-Mechanics CEO Kyle Borch believes the company is uniquely positioned with a footprint in both front-end and back-end semiconductor manufacturing processes.
Companies & Markets
TOPLINE

Micro-Mechanics builds the tools behind the ‘next generation’ of chips worldwide

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