Fastfact 25 May 2012

Exim Bank Malaysia Said to Start $500 Million Bond Sale (Bloomberg)
Exim Bank to begin selling RM1.6b bonds (The Star Online)
Exim Bank kembali untung (Sinar Online)



Should we pay for hard copy and itemised telephone bills? (The Star Online)
More Malaysians are returning home as Talent Corp’s efforts bear fruit (The Star Online)




RM100,000 boost for SME export development (Business Times)
Had kelayakan MDG RM100,000 mulai Julai (Berita Harian)
Geran Pembangunan Pasaran (Utusan Malaysia)
Siling Geran Pembangunan PKS kini RM100,000 (Utusan Malaysia)
Market Development Grants Double To RM52 Million This Year, Says Mustapa (Bernama)
Kekal unjuran pertumbuhan dagangan hingga 6 peratus (Berita Harian)
High costs drive Korean SMEs to Malaysia (Business Times)
Cisco upbeat on revenue from SMEs (Business Times)
Miti allocates RM3m to train your entrepreneurs (Business Times)
RM200m fund for creative industry (Business Times)
Dana RM200j sokong industri kandungan kreatif (Berita Harian)
SME Corp: Address Perception To Enable Women Entrepreneurs To Succeed (Bernama)
Persepsi buruk sukarkan wanita berniaga (Utusan Malaysia)
Persidangan PKS jangka 1,000 peserta (Sinar Online)




Mah Sing may gain up to 25% margins from Southville (The Star Online)
Permaju board to meet on Sepangar project (Business Times)
Norzakiah Akitek to develop Pulau Indah East (The Malay Mail)




Bina Puri to diversify, eyes Indonesian power plant and mining (The Star Online)
Kejuruteraan Samudra bags US$6m deal (Business Times)
SapuraKencana secures RM1.3b contract extension (The Malaysian Insider)x
Handal wins contract from Petrofac (The Sun Daily)




Steel, cement and glove producers impacted by energy cost hikes (The Star Online)
Expos showcase futuristic lab tech (Business Times)
Scomi: 4-car trains on track (Business Times)
BMW fined for barring sales to Swiss buyers (Business Times)




AirAsia in for stronger earnings (The Star Online)
Record revenue for AirAsia (The Malay Mail)
Bashir re-elected to head ACI Asia-Pac (The Star Online)
Air France to embark on short-haul network revamp (Business Times)




Manfaatkan hubungan Malaysia-Kazakhstan (Utusan Malaysia)




CCM Duopharma eyes opportunities in generic drugs (The Star Online)
ABT posts higher net loss of RM20m (The Star Online)
Sugar from 360,000 tonnes of biomass (The Star Online)




S'wak not ready for minimum wage: Ta Ann CEO (The Sun Daily)
CPO Gives Sabah Income A Boost, Says Musa Aman (Bernama)
Texchem plans seafood processing plant in Johor (The Star Online)
Rubber output threatened by shortage of area and labour (The Star Online)
Slew of incentives for settlers (Business Times)
Felda: From humble settlement to global entity (Business Times)
PALMEX Helps Planters, SMI Players Gain Technical Know-how From Overseas (Bernama)
Modernisation to boost growth (Business Times)
Thai rubber exporters buy on foreign bourses to boost prices (Business Times)



MD: Samsung Galaxy S III sales will outpace S II (The Star Online)
ChinaCache, TM in strategic partnership (The Star Online)
Maxis unveils personal cloud service (The Star Online)
Sony switches off LCD deal with Sharp (Business Times)x
Morgan Stanley adjusting some Facebook trades (The Malaysian Insider)
Facebook market makers’ losses total at least US$100m (The Malaysian Insider)
Broker: Nasdaq caused US$35m loss in Facebook IPO (The Malay Mail)
Short interest in Facebook shares rises (The Malaysian Insider)
Yahoo! moves to reclaim Internet search crown (The Malay Mail)
iPad 1Malaysia kini di pasaran (Sinar Online)
Rakuten lancar pusat beli-belah online di KL (Sinar Online)
Kadar Internet terendah untuk kediaman (Sinar Online)



Bursa fines dealer’s representative (The Star Online)
Genting unit debt programme okayed (The Star Online)



Maybank Q1 net profit up on all-round strength (The Star Online)
Maybank Kim Eng’s HK office gets corporate finance licence (The Star Online)
Dragon9 raih pelaburan RM250 juta (Sinar Online)
CIMB Q1 profit up 10% on revenue growth (The Star Online)
Maybank, CIMB post double-digit growth in Q1 (The Sun Daily)
Corporate governance for a premium (The Star Online)
RHBCap, OSK get SC nod for merger (Business Times)
Mahkamah arah ahli perniagaan bayar RM28.59 juta kepada HLFB (Sinar Online)
Bangladesh mahu tingkat penghantaran pulang wang (Sinar Online)



Indonesia ruling may hurt Malaysian banks' earnings (Business Times)
Indian rupee hits new record low (Business Times)
Oman halts HSBC unit merger (Business Times)
US BAnk Industry posts highest earnings since 2007 (The Edge Malaysia)




Moody's Analytics: M'sian economy to expand 4% in 2012 (The Edge Malaysia)
SC lists 825 syariah-compliant securities (The Sun Daily)
Timbang insentif cukai pelabur 'angel' (Utusan Malaysia)
Honeywell shiftis gas membrane system plant in US to M'sia (The Star Online)
PPB to expand in Indonesia, flour milling arm to invest RM90mil (The Star Online)
AEON to expand to east M’sia (The Star Online)
AEON on expansion trail (Business Times)
AEON to expand to Sabah, Sarawak in 3-5 years (The Sun Daily)
TNB: Only half of pacts with IPPs will be extended (Business Times)
60 peratus IPP akan dilanjutkan perjanjian (Utusan Malaysia)
Genting gets nod for RM2 billion bond deal (The Malay Mail)
EPF comfortable with portfolio investment exposures overseas (The Sun Daily)
Tambah pelaburan luar negara (Berita Harian)




Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore To Welcome First Ship Saturday (Bernama)
20 Singapore Firms, Trade Bodies To Attend China Trade In Services Fair (Bernama)
Eropah perlu ambil pengajaran dari Asia (Utusan Malaysia)
UK recession deepens as eurozone woes mount (Business Times)
Mothercare CEO sets out plan to restore UK profits (Business Times)
Britain's recession worse than expected (The Sun Daily)
Aviva widens Asia exit list (Business Times)
Spain plans $11bn rescue of troubled bank (Aljazeera)
Doubts over Greece weigh on euro (Aljazeera)
German economy succumbs to euro gloom (The Malaysian Insider)
Global economy: Euro zone slump deepens, China falters (The Malaysian Insider)

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