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World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) has received the MICE and Business Events Venue Award at the World Islamic Touri...
27/08/2026

World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) has received the MICE and Business Events Venue Award at the World Islamic Tourism & Trade Awards (WITA) 2026, reinforcing its position as a key platform for conferences, exhibitions and corporate gatherings in Malaysia.



WTCKL wins the MICE and Business Events Venue Award at WITA 2026, reinforcing Kuala Lumpur’s role in conferences, trade and business growth across Asia-Pacific.

Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) displayed steady resilience during Thursday trading, hold...
27/08/2026

Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) displayed steady resilience during Thursday trading, holding firmly above the critical 1,735-point psychological threshold at 1,737.45, as robust corporate second-quarter financial scorecards, solid banking sector earnings expansions, and sustained foreign institutional buying anchored broader market sentiment.



The FBM KLCI held steady above 1735 points on Bursa Malaysia, anchored by solid second-quarter banking earnings and sustained institutional buying support.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed deep hope and optimism that prevailing transboundary haze conditio...
27/08/2026

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed deep hope and optimism that prevailing transboundary haze conditions affecting several states across Peninsular Malaysia and the Klang Valley will clear in the coming days, ensuring clear skies, pristine air quality, and unhindered public participation for the upcoming 69th National Day parade celebrations in Putrajaya on August 31.



Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim expresses hope transboundary haze will clear ahead of 69th National Day parade, ensuring public safety and grand celebrations.

Leading economic strategists, public policy analysts, and industry executives convening at the Youth Economic Forum 2026...
27/08/2026

Leading economic strategists, public policy analysts, and industry executives convening at the Youth Economic Forum 2026 (YEF 2026) in Kuala Lumpur have urged Malaysian policymakers and corporate leaders to look beyond headline gross domestic product (GDP) growth figures and aggressively implement structural workforce reforms to resolve persistent graduate underemployment, wage stagnation, and tertiary skill mismatches.



At Youth Economic Forum 2026, economists urge Malaysian policymakers to look beyond headline GDP growth and resolve youth underemployment and wage stagnation.

Global enterprise cloud software and CRM leader Salesforce Inc. has raised its full-year financial revenue and operating...
27/08/2026

Global enterprise cloud software and CRM leader Salesforce Inc. has raised its full-year financial revenue and operating margin guidance following stellar quarterly earnings, propelled by surging corporate demand for its autonomous 'Agentforce' agentic platform and an expanded strategic partnership integrating Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 frontier models directly into enterprise business workflows.



Salesforce raises its annual revenue outlook and expands enterprise agentic AI workflows with Anthropic, powering next-generation autonomous business tools.

Marine engineering researchers and clean energy developers in China have successfully launched and grid-connected the wo...
27/08/2026

Marine engineering researchers and clean energy developers in China have successfully launched and grid-connected the world’s first 100-kilowatt (kW) offshore bamboo-composite floating photovoltaic (FPV) solar farm off the coast of Shandong Province, establishing a groundbreaking technological milestone in sustainable maritime renewable energy architecture.



China deploys the world's first 100kW offshore bamboo-composite floating solar farm off Shandong coast, pioneering eco-friendly marine renewable power rails.

The Malaysian Ringgit extended its positive momentum against the US dollar during early Thursday trade on Bursa Malaysia...
27/08/2026

The Malaysian Ringgit extended its positive momentum against the US dollar during early Thursday trade on Bursa Malaysia and onshore foreign exchange markets, opening firmer at 4.4120/4.4180 against the greenback compared to Wednesday’s close of 4.4250, propelled by broad-based Asian currency strength, persistent foreign institutional portfolio inflows, and robust domestic macroeconomic fundamentals.



The Malaysian Ringgit opened firmer at 4.41 against the US dollar, buoyed by robust Asian foreign portfolio inflows, strong trade data, and steady BNM policy.

Silicon Valley semiconductor powerhouse Nvidia Corporation is in advanced negotiations to acquire Hugging Face, the worl...
27/08/2026

Silicon Valley semiconductor powerhouse Nvidia Corporation is in advanced negotiations to acquire Hugging Face, the world’s preeminent open-source artificial intelligence collaboration platform and model repository, in a landmark transaction valued at approximately US$13 billion, according to industry sources familiar with the high-level corporate deliberations.



Nvidia explores a landmark US$13 billion acquisition of open-source AI platform Hugging Face to integrate premier model repositories with accelerated compute.

A wave of premier Chinese robotics innovators, humanoid machinery developers, and embodied artificial intelligence engin...
27/08/2026

A wave of premier Chinese robotics innovators, humanoid machinery developers, and embodied artificial intelligence engineering enterprises is accelerating listing filings on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), seeking to raise billions of dollars in growth capital to scale commercial manufacturing and capture soaring global demand for autonomous industrial and service automation.



China robotics pioneers accelerate Hong Kong IPO filings to raise billions in growth capital for next-generation humanoid and embodied AI commercialization.

Semiconductor design powerhouse Nvidia Corporation surged 4.2% in extended Wall Street trading on Thursday morning Asian...
27/08/2026

Semiconductor design powerhouse Nvidia Corporation surged 4.2% in extended Wall Street trading on Thursday morning Asian hours, following the release of its blockbuster second-quarter financial scorecards that soundly beat Wall Street consensus estimates on revenue, gross margins, and forward guidance, driven by accelerating global hyperscaler infrastructure investments across generative artificial intelligence and autonomous computing clusters.



Nvidia surges 4.2% following blockbuster second-quarter earnings, as massive hyperscaler demand for next-generation Blackwell AI computing silicon accelerates.

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