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KUALA TERENGGANU: Some 14,000 civil servants in Terengganu including all its agencies will receive a special financial assistance of RM500 each to celebrate Hari Raya Aidilftiri. […]

KUANTAN: Bubur lambuk or savoury rice porridge continues to be a popular food item here during Ramadan. […]

KUANTAN: Legendary pop duo Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply will be performing at the Sukpa Indoor Stadium here on Nov 18. […]

MUAR: Members of the Muar Malay Contractors Association and the town council staff distributed the Jalur Gemilang to motorists around here to usher the Merdeka Day celebrations. […]

KEMAMAN: Kemaman has the potential to be developed into a prime shopping destination in Terengganu, said Tourism Malaysia’s state deputy director Zaini Sulaiman. […]

SOON Shang Yeh, 18, was stunned when he received an e-mail informing him he had won a government scholarship via 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). […]

TAWAU: The association of wives of Sabah Barisan Nasional elected representatives (Bakisa) president Datin Seri Faridah Tussin called on non-governmental organisations to organise more activities involving orphanages. […]

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s appetite for traditional Chinese medicine leapt during the global recession even as other countries’ demand was dampened during this period. […]

TANGKAK: The Johor government wants all old folk homes managed by caring non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to register their centres with the Welfare Department. […]

MALACCA: Some 265 Merdeka babies (Anak Merdeka) who were born on Aug 31 were feted to a birthday bash by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam and his wife Datin Seri Asmah Abd Rahman here. […]

SINGAPORE: Nine Malaysian companies made it to the Forbes Asia’s Best under a Billion list this year compared with eight companies last year, according to Forbes Asia. […]

BERLIN: Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad. […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Genting Bhd chairman and chief executive Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay has disposed of 269,000 and 260,000 shares in Genting Bhd and Genting Malaysia Bhd respectively. […]

PETALING JAYA: With four months to go before 2010 ends, a number of brokerages have unveiled their 2011 year-end targets for FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM KLCI). […]

SAN FRANCISCO: The showdown over 3Par Inc. that ended Thursday was a puzzling spectacle. It pitted two of the world's biggest technology companies against each other for control of a company that was obscure outside of technology circles and flat-out u... […]

PETALING JAYA: The sale of hypermarket Carrefour's Malaysian outlets may be closely watched by the soon-to-be-formed Malaysian Competition Commission, according to lawyers familiar with the new Competition Act. […]

The local bourse may see some bargain-hunting activity today that will support the benchmark index despite continuing profit-taking actitivity. […]

IN my last article I wondered whether we are setting impossibly high standards for independent non-executive directors. The same applies to independent non-executive chairmen who have three distinct roles to play. […]

NEW ORLEANS: An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed. […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara has kept the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 2.75% after its monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. […]