Fastfact 03 April 2012

PruBSN pre-tax profit up 41% in FY11 (The Sun daily)




Tabung Haji set to sell stake in THIP to Indonesian company (Business Times)
TH kaji ambil alih anak syarikat di Indonesia (Utusan Malaysia)
MIDF Research ups target price for SP Setia to RM4.21 (The Edge Malaysia)




UM Land inks RM1.4b project (The Malay Mail)




Construction firm Leighton chief pockets A$6m in six months (The Malay Mail)




SP Setia banks on China project(Business Times)
Property market not ready for BTS, says MBAM (The Malay Mail)
Glomac eyes 90% take-up rate at new property project (The Malay Mail)




NCB confident of doing 'reasonably better' in 2012 (Business Times)
Northport hopes to maintain volume (The Sun Daily)
Penang Port takeover soon (The Malay Mail)




Bank Negara top bond issuer in Q1(Business Times)




ETP a marathon, not a sprint - Idris Jala (The Sun Daily)
Energy sector to play a bigger role (The Star Online)
More locally manufactured drugs to bring down medicine cost (The Star Online)
Jualan kereta terpakai jatuh (Utusan Malaysia)
InvestKL to ride on manufacturing services sectors (Business Times)
Targets for hypermarkets, superstores achieved one year earlier (The Star Online)
Business a key catalyst (The Star Online)
CCI sector contributes substantially to GNI (The Star Online)
Contribution from financial services sector increasing (The Star Online)
Malaysia's financial services sector chips in 11.6pc (Business Times)
Increased private sector participation (The Star Online)
A boost for electronics (The Star Online) ETP targets 50 integrated circuit producers by 2015 (Business Times)
More locally manufactured drugs to bring down medicine cost (The Star Online)
M’sia is 9th most visited country in the world (The Star Online)
12 projects set to help boost tourism sector(Business Times)
Getting more out of oil and gas sector (Business Times)
Palm oil industry hit most EPP targets (Business Times)
Sektor minyak, gas capai kemajuan besar (Berita Harian)
RM703 Million Invested In Commercial Seaweed Cultivation, Says Musa (Bernama)
Pelaburan swasta cecah RM94 bilion (Berita Harian)
Government To Issue Parameters On Islamic Finance This Year (Bernama)
SC Has Approved 12 IPO Applications, Says Pemandu (Bernama)




Dinar emas mampu atasi krisis ekonomi (Utusan Malaysia)
Petronas in US$5bil Canadian buy? (The Star Online)
Petronas lebar sayap ke Kanada? (Utusan Malaysia)
Petronas and partner to explore energy fields in Myanmar (The Star Online)
Cooking gas via Petronas Dagangan hotline (Business Times)
PDB sedia khidmat hantar gas memasak (Utusan Malaysia)
Is all fair in banking merger and acquisitions? (The Star Online)
Singapore's DBS Bank to hold talks to buy stake in Malaysia's AFG (The Star Online)
Singapore's DBS eyes Indonesia with S$9.1b bank purchase (The Malay Mail)
AFG climbs on DBS’ move to buy a 14.2% stake (The Sun daily)
CIMB extends reach in Asia Pacific with RBS buy (The Star Online)
CIMB buys RBS Asian assets for RM849m (Business Times)
CIMB beli aset Asia RBS bernilai RM849 juta (Utusan Malaysia)
DBS to pay US$7.2b for Bank Danamon (The Star Online)
Firms urged to have syariah governing units (Business Times)
Potensi jualan Bangladesh RM22j (Utusan Malaysia)




First S’pore home prices drop in three years (The Star Online)
Myanmar starts new FX regime (The Star Online)
Aussie inflation gauge at 2-year low (The Star Online)
Indonesia inflation picks up in March (The Star Online)
South Korea's inflation eases but no policy shifts seen (The Star Online)
Moody’s raises South Korea rating outlook to positive (The Star Online)
No uplift in Japan business mood (The Star Online)
Taiwan leaves no room for rate cut (The Star Online)
Priority to boost China consumption, imports (The Star Online) Teroka peluang di China pada pameran Canton (Utusan Malaysia)
Asia factories busier but no joy yet (The Star Online)
Europe ponders free or fair trade (The Star Online)
UK bank lobby boss to quit after rocky five years (The Malaysian Insider)
Poll shows UK financial firms hiring again (The Star Online)
Eurozone unemployment at near 15-year high (The Star Online)
Federal Reserve policy and inflation risk in the US (The Star Online)
US sues Royal Bank of Canada for massive fraud (The Malay Mail)
Avon rejects US$10b takeover bid from Coty (Business Times)
Goldman Sachs eyes US$3b property debt fund (Business Times)
Greek economy to slump 5pc this year, says IOBE think tank (The Malaysian Insider)
Nepal clears China plan for RM4.8b hydroelectric dam (The Malaysian Insider) Thank you.