Colombia avenged their Copa America final defeat with a 2-1 victory over Argentina while Brazil crashed to a 1-0 defeat against Paraguay in South American qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. Skipper James Rodriguez buried a nerveless 60th-minute…
Raw material costs are expected to normalise while natural gas prices are poised to trend downward in the second half of 2024 (2H24), giving room for the glove sector to sustain operating margin. Public Investment Bank Bhd (PublicInvest Research) stated…
Axiata Group Bhd says the weakening of the US dollar against the ringgit and a lower interest rate are expected to significantly improve the company’s balance sheet and profitability. Axiata group chief executive officer and managing director Vivek Sood said…
Pep Guardiola praised Manchester City’s attitude to defy a disrupted pre-season and get their Premier League title defence off to a winning start by beating Chelsea 2-0 on Sunday. Goals from Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic inflicted defeat on Enzo…
Environmental campaigners in New York have kept up a campaign of direct action against one of the city’s foremost banking empires, Citi, accusing the group of fueling the climate crisis. Enraged by Citi’s bankrolling of polluting businesses, activists have unleashed…
The earnings of Malaysia Smelting Corporation Bhd (MSC) are expected to be stronger on a quarterly basis in the second quarter of financial year 2024 (2QFY24), though its smelting business remains impacted, said Affin Hwang Investment Bank (Affin Hwang). The…
France set up a potentially explosive quarter-final showdown with Argentina in the men’s Olympic football tournament after beating New Zealand 3-0 in their final group game on Tuesday. Argentina had sealed their last-eight spot earlier in the day and France…
The Sarawak government’s plan to increase its stake in Affin Bank Bhd to around 30 per cent from the current 4.8 per cent could be a ‘double win’, realising high or reasonable returns from its investment. Reorienting the bank’s lending…
Mixed doubles duo Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei hope to reap the rewards of their past month’s sparring sessions with the national men’s doubles at the Paris Olympics. The world No. 9 have struggled to impress in recent months, despite…
The Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) has launched the public consultation on the electric vehicle battery management (EVBM) guidelines to promote industry self-regulation in the rapidly growing electric vehicle (EV) industry. MPC said the EVBM guidelines aim to ensure the safe,…
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