Fastfact 19 April 2012

Exim Bank forms strategic partnership with Al Rajhi (The Star Online)
Exim Bank sees more Saudi business via Al Rajhi partnership (Business Times)
Exim Bank sasar RM180j dari Arab Saudi (Utusan Malaysia)




RM365m MIDF loans for SMEs (Business Times)




SMEs to benefit from RM1b offset projects in Phase 1 of MRT (The Sun Daily)
MRT: Tawar peluang niaga (Utusan Malaysia)
6,000 tauke PKS kini ada laman web (Harian Metro)




New development at KLCC soon (The Sun Daily)
Satu lagi ikon dibina di KLCC (Utusan Malaysia)
Jenama semula: KLCC Holdings sasar pelancong meningkat (Utusan Malaysia)




Perodua sales 11% down (The Star Online)
Jualan Perodua merosot 11% (Utusan Malaysia)
Perodua sales hit by new guidelines (Business Times)
Cameron urges Malaysian owners to keep Lotus cars in UK (The Malaysian Insider)
Vehicle for OSV owners (The Star Online)
Undang-undang jangka hayat kenderaan perlu digubal (Utusan Malaysia)
Three-A Resources’ new plant in China to start ops soon (The Star Online)
CSR's locomotive production in Perak to start in 2 years (Business Times)
Pelaburan hiliran cecah RM25 bilion (CSR) – in Perak (Utusan Malaysia)
Amdac sasar pasaran Asia Barat (Utusan Malaysia)




Proposal with minimal Govt funding favoured for high-speed rail bids (The Star Online)
Study on new Johor-Singapore rail, road links (Business Times)
SPAD kaji projek rel berkelajuan tinggi (Berita Harian)
Overcoming public transport toughest hurdle (The Star Online)
MAS Launches Full Investigation Into Technical Incident (Bernama)




Concerns over floor price hike for residential properties (The Star Online)
Tradewinds to buy RM510mil property (The Star Online)
Indonesians still buying properties here (The Sun Daily)
Affordable Cyberjaya housing (The Malay Mail)
Proven Holdings bangun bandar university (Berita Harian)




Pakistan looking at direct dealing with Bernas (The Sun Daily)
Perladangan sumber tenaga baharu (Utusan Malaysia)
Projek Vale di Perak 15 peratus siap (Sinar Online)




IMF revises upwards 2012 growth outlook for Malaysia (Business Times)
Malaysia to host world marketing summit (Business Times)
Malaysia tuan rumah WMS 2013 (Sinar Online)
Malaysia Can Double Trade With Kazakhstan In Few Years – Mustapa (Bernama)
Kazakhstan Emulating Malaysia's Growth Path, Says Minister (Bernama)
Daya Materials hopes to venture into O&G upstream (The Star Online)
In-depth steel study to check out problems in M'sian steel sector (The Star Online)
Sharp growth in China jewellery market seen (The Star Online)
Pasaran barangan kemas di China berkembang (Utusan Malaysia)
First Solar to scale back operations in Malaysia (The Star Online)
Tesco sales up 12% in Malaysia (The Star Online)
Jualan Tesco catat pertumbuhan 12 peratus (Harian Metro)
Tesco unveils £1bil plan (The Star Online)
OCBC profit 6% higher (The Star Online)
Public Bank earnings rise (The Star Online)
Public Bank raih RM941 juta (Berita Harian)
Takaful Malaysia expects to finalise STI revamp by June (Business Times)
Takaful Malaysia agresif perluas keupayaan (Sinar Online)
MAA said to be considering selling fund management business (The Star Online)
Gloria Jean's jadikan Malaysia 'Universiti Kopi' Asia Tenggara (Utusan Malaysia)




S’pore tightens rules for developers (The Star Online)
Thai rice exports drop, surge in Vietnamese shipment (The Star Online)
Beijing sees first house price fall since curbs (The Star Online)
HSBC launching London’s first offshore yuan bond (The Star Online)
Bank of Japan (BoJ) deputy governor signals further easing as rate review nears (The Star Online)
NZ April consumer confidence picks up (The Star Online)
Bailout for Spain? (The Star Online)
Italy delays balanced budget goal by a year (The Star Online)
US signals comfort with IMF bid for more funds (The Malaysian Insider)
IMF chief says has around $316 b in funding pledges (The Edge Malaysian)
Google chief defends Android in court (The Malay Mail)

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