Fastfact 26 March 2012

A transformational journey (Business Times)
Orchan's Chocolate Box PR a cost-effective option (Business Times)
Furniture makers must be design-driven to compete (The Sun Daily)
SMEs Urged To Venture Into Franchise Business (Bernama)
MIHAS 2012 Starts April 4 (Bernama)
1Malaysia 2012 SME Product Fair Eyes RM150,000 Sales (Bernama)
‘Kedai sehenti’ (Harian Metro)




Communications content, infrastructure sector to surge (Business Times)
MBAM: IBS Needs Economies Of Scale To Attract Investments (Bernama)
UOA banks on strategic projects (The Star Online)
26 EPP berdaya maju (Harian Metro)




Furniture industry sees slower sales (The Sun Daily)
Suzuki mulls export hub in Malaysia (Business Times)
Perodua still open to tie-up with Proton (The Star Online)
Perodua ready to collaborate with Proton but no merger, says MD (The Malay Mail)
PERODUA masih buka rundingan kerjasama dengan DRB-Hicom (Berita Harian)
Jualan kenderaan naik 9% bulan lalu (Utusan Malaysia)




EPMB buy positive for long term (The Star Online)
EP Manufacturing's highway buy may pay later (The Star Online)
MAS tambah kekerapan(Harian Metro)




Reining in household debt (The Star Online)
Glomac posts higher profit on property sales (The Star Online)
Tropicana Ivory’s RM10bil Penang World City to feature diverse cultural components (The Star Online)
Survey: Upbeat property sentiment in Malaysia (Business Times)




Malaysia, Indonesia Refute EPA Report On Palm Oil-based Biofuels (Bernama)




Funtasy Island for Malaysia? (The Sun Daily) Tourism




More to oil palm than just palm oil (Business Times)
Teknologi kenal pasti sarang burung walet bermasalah (Berita Harian)




SmarTAG takes container security to a higher level (Business Times)
Plenty more to do to develop green shipping (Business Times)
Rotterdam woos palm oil firms (Business Times)




RM600m cheque-clearing subsidy(Business Times)
MAA says new rules already impact sales of new vehicles(The Star Online)
Tighter screening of loans(The Star Online)
Principles and targets of lending guidelines(The Star Online)
Banks’ estimates on loan growth differ from consensus(The Star Online)
Auto players adopt a ‘wait-and-see’ approach about impact of new lending guidelines(The Star Online)




Malaysia economy still going strong - Nor Mohamed (The Sun Daily)
Pembinaan BLT making third sukuk issue(The Star Online)
Kekangan modal di kalangan syarikat tempatan (Utusan Malaysia)
Inflation eases to 2.2% in February(The Star Online)
S&P downgrades MISC credit rating(The Star Online)
Takaful Malaysia spending RM5m to go 'paperless'(Business Times)
Radio Komersial Malaysia CRM sasar perolehan iklan RM400j(Utusan Malaysia)




Malaysia to stop buying Iranian oil starting April (Business Times)
Iran to increase cash handouts (Aljazeera)
Shell scrambles to pay huge bill for Iran oil (The Malaysian Insider)
S. Korea-Malaysia ties move beyond bilateral to global cooperation)(The Star Online)
Singapore inflation eases(The Star Online)
The bubble is not new (Financial turmoil in Europe and the United States)(The Star Online)
Treasury Pulse(The Star Online)
AIJ loses US$1.3b in bad options bets(The Star Online)
China, Indonesia sign deals worth potential US$17bil(The Star Online)
Credit Suisse boss’ 2011 pay halved(The Star Online)
Global economic mood improves (Business Times)
Trichet says global economy still in crisis (The Malaysian Insider)
Investment banks must choose to invest or quit key areas: report (Reuters)

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