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‘I still wash dishes’: How Calvin Chan turned Oriental Kopi into a RM2.5 billion kopitiam empire

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) uncovered 13,827 premises that were suspected of being illegal cryptocurrency mining hubs.
ASEAN Business

Illegal crypto mining drained US$1.1 billion of Malaysian power: ministry

October’s exports had been expected to grow 8.5 per cent, according to economists polled by Reuters.
ASEAN Business

Malaysia’s October exports rise 15.7% yoy, above forecast

Palm oil companies are earmarking some of the vast tracts of land they own for industrial parks studded with data centres and solar panels.
ASEAN Business

AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres

Weather patterns have not impacted harvesting and total production for the year will likely be around 19.5 million metric tons.
Energy & Commodities

Malaysia palm oil output to meet forecast despite monsoon season, says SD Guthrie

Airlangga Hartarto, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, speaking at the "Islands of Growth" business forum in Singapore on Nov 18, 2025.
ASEAN Business

South-east Asia is ‘top of the map’ for economic opportunities: Indonesian minister

Johor’s RM91.1 billion tally far surpassed Selangor and Kuala Lumpur in the first nine months of 2025, cementing its position as Malaysia’s most dynamic investment corridor.
ASEAN Business

Johor leads Malaysia’s RM285 billion investment surge in 9M 2025

The Proton e.MAS 5, pictured above at the 47th Asean Summit, has been dubbed Malaysia’s “first affordable EV for the rakyat”.
ASEAN Business

Affordable EVs have landed in Malaysia, but the country still trails Asean peers

Malaysia’s economy expanded by 5.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, marking the country’s strongest quarterly performance this year.
ASEAN Business

Malaysia posts 5.2% GDP growth in Q3, on track for upper-end target

The Malaysian ringgit is the best performing currency in Asia this year.
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