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20/12/2025

Berjaya Air’s 2026 flight restart is a tourism strategy, not an airline gamble — small scale, low risk, wider payoff.

Berjaya Air's planned 2026 regional scheduled flights are a notable re-entry into regular commercial flying.

20/12/2025

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20/12/2025

Negri Sembilan’s plan to turn Nilai into a US$20bil AI manufacturing hub has sparked excitement and scepticism, as big promises await clearer details.

An eye-popping announcement was made this week by Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.

20/12/2025

The government’s exit from DNB shifts Malaysia’s 5G project from policy shelter to commercial reality, forcing telcos to absorb losses, sharpen ex*****on and prove the network can stand on its own.

The government's decision to exit Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) marks a defining shift for Malaysia's telecommunications sector, pushing the single wholesale network (SWN) for 5G from a policy-led project into one that must now withstand commercial and investor scrutiny.

20/12/2025

Talk of Grab buying Village Grocer shows why Malaysia needs merger control laws, without them big deals can reduce choice and push prices up before anyone can stop it.

There is talk in the grapevine that Grab Holdings Ltd is looking to buy TFP Retail Sdn Bhd (The Food Purveyor) from private equity firm Navis Capital Partners.

20/12/2025

Malaysia heads into 2026 from a position of strength, but softer global growth and US policy uncertainty are likely to test momentum.

When US President Donald Trump took office early this year, it certainly brought chaos and uncertainty to global politics, international trade and investors alike.

20/12/2025

Malaysia’s fast-ageing population is making the care economy a national priority, with urgent reform needed to support families, productivity and dignified ageing.

In 2023, Japanese researchers revealed a chilling pattern: over a decade, an older person was killed every eight days by a relative overwhelmed by caregiver fatigue – an outcome of exhaustion, despair, and a society unprepared for ageing.

20/12/2025

The crypto market shakeout is exposing the risks of leverage and hype, while shifting investor interest toward actively managed and hedged strategies as the sector matures.

The recent crypto market bust has left some investors more cautious, after hitting some of the hottest and most-hyped corners of the industry the hardest. It may also provide a boon to emerging strategies that seek to more actively manage risks.

20/12/2025

Digital banks are flooding into Germany, drawn by cheap entry costs and vast deposits, even as meaningful market share gains remain a slow burn.

When JPMorgan Chase & Co finally opens its digital bank in Germany next year, it won't be alone: The country is becoming a honeypot for big foreign lenders launching online-only brands.

20/12/2025

Despite fears during a bull market, overall stock-market leverage remains modest, with the bigger risk lying not in the system but in individual investors taking on too much debt.

Every time there's a raging bull market in stocks, as there is now, people start worrying about too much leverage in the market, and for good reason.

20/12/2025

HSBC sees 2026 investing as a shift from chasing hot trades to building diversified exposure around innovation-led growth, with AI, Asia and selective income at the core.

The next investment cycle looks less about chasing the hottest trade and more about positioning for how the world actually works in 2026. Growth does not vanish, but it becomes more selective, more uneven, and more dependent on how innovation, policy and society intersect.

20/12/2025

The obsession with quarterly earnings “beats” is increasingly financial theatre, as fuzzy consensus estimates and short-term price swings say little about a company’s true long-term value.

Investors have long been preoccupied with the question of whether companies are beating their supposed "street estimates" each quarter, but perhaps the entire concept of "beats" should be up for debate.