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CNMC Goldmine shares fall 1.8% on extra tax, penalty in Malaysia

After falling as much as 7.3%, the stock recovers to close S$0.02 lower

The notices are not expected to have a material adverse impact on the group’s going concern or operational viability.

CNMC plans to appeal against additional tax assessment of RM29.6 million imposed on Malaysian unit

The notices were raised in relation to the disallowance of management fee expenses paid by the subsidiary to the gold-mining company

US President Trump threatened retaliatory tariffs in September after the EU slapped Google with a US$3.47 billion antitrust fine.

US threatens retaliation over ‘unreasonable’ EU tech regulations

USTR said European companies could be targeted as retaliation

The tax guidance is the latest win for large corporations and would provide additional tax benefits to companies on top of the tax incentives they won in US President Trump’s tax bill which passed Congress in July.

Trump administration plans to boost tax break for corporations

THE US Treasury Department is preparing to release a corporate tax workaround that would deliver large tax savings to companies including Salesforce and Qualcomm.

US President Donald Trump participates in a video call with service members from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, Nov 27, 2025.

Trump says he may cut income tax ‘completely’ because of tariff income

[PALM BEACH, Florida] US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.

Billionaires such as Checkout.com founder Guillaume Pousaz and Revolut chief executive officer Nik Storonsky have already exited the UK amid the scrapping its non-dom system that allowed tax breaks on overseas wealth for as long as 15 years.

Britain tries to fix its frayed relations with world’s rich

TECH billionaires, the owners of Premier League football teams and heirs to some of Europe’s oldest fortunes all recently left the UK because of higher taxes. Now, Britain’s finance minister is quietl...

Shares of UK’s biggest banks led the FTSE 100 index higher after Reeves’ announcement finally put to rest their fears that she would revive a windfall tax on bank earnings.

Bankers groan at UK tax rise even as lenders rally after Budget

New tax rates for dividends, property and savings income and a decision to tinker with the treatment of cash savings accounts added to the gloom

Billionaires have exited the UK amid the changes, which went further than measures outlined last year from the then-ruling Conservative Party.

UK expects bigger non-dom tax take despite billionaire exits

Meantime, other nations, such as Italy and Greece, have lured some of Britain’s globally mobile population

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced sweeteners such as above-inflation rises to the minimum wage and pensions, along with freezes on rail fares and prescription charges ahead of the budget.

UK to unveil tax-raising budget

[LONDON] Britain’s centre-left Labour government is set to unveil a tax-raising budget on Wednesday to curb debt and fund public services, while aiming to reassure financial markets and voters alike.

Reeves has maintained that she needs to show the markets that the UK government is fiscally prudent and needs to raise £30 billion to balance the books.
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All eyes on UK’s Reeves and her tax moves at Nov 26 Budget

If the Chancellor raises income tax rates, it would be a major U-turn of the Labour Party’s 2024 election promises