Fastfact 03 May 2012

Minimum wage should be tied to productivity: MIDF Research (The Sun Daily)




Malaysian govt to help SMEs (Business Times)




Naza TTDI shines in Asian awards (Business Times)
Naza TTDI kekal kecemerlangan (Harian Metro)




Four banks appointed for the sale of Islamic bonds to part finance MRT (The Star Online)
Menang wins RM260m UiTM job (Business Times)




Sarawak investments up (The Star Online)
‘Green’ vehicles boost BMW (The Star Online)
BMW revs up Q1 results (Business Times)
Global chip sector on upswing (The Star Online)




Tony Fernandes: The selfish attitude of a few has to end at MAS (The Star Online)
It’s official, MAS-AirAsia share swap is off (The Star Online)
Batal tukar saham (Harian Metro)
MAS-Airasia Share Swap Halt Not A Surprise, Say Analysts (Bernama)
Ke mana arah tuju MAS? (Harian Metro)
Dropped deal won’t affect AirAsia, say analysts (The Star Online)
Malaysian aviation: A free market again? (Business Times)
What's next for Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia? (The Malay Mail)
Apa akan berlaku ke atas Malaysia Airlines dan Airasia (Sinar Online)
Asia-Pacific airline earnings down (Business Times)




SCORE to benefit Rajang Port (The Star Online)
Pemandu kontena bantah kenaikan caj depot di pelabuhan Klang (Sinar Online)




Malaysia's palm tax policy may come after US$3b IPO (The Sun Daily)




Bank Negara’s guidelines affect mainly lower income group (The Star Online)




Malaysia's Royal Award For Islamic Finance Calls For Global Nominations (Bernama)
GfK: Malaysia still SE Asia's biggest tablet computer market (Business Times)
ICT mission to Indonesia nets potential RM61m (Business Times)
Kongsi data di Internet (Utusan Malaysia)
Sediakan pakej Internet mampu milik - Rais (Utusan Malaysia)
Malaysia's consumer confidence surges in Q1 (Business Times)
Bank of Indonesia (BoI) plans will hurt CIMB, Maybank (The Star Online)
Asean+3 to discuss Chiangmai Initiative (Business Times)
Minimum wage’s benefits are plenty (The Star Online)
Economists: Inflationary impact manageable (The Star Online)
Kerajaan pantau kadar inflasi (Utusan Malaysia)
Gaji minimum harus berasaskan pertumbuhan produktiviti (Sinar Online)
Gaji minimum jejas perolehan pembuat sarung tangan getah (Sinar Online)
Pizza Hut: We'll adhere to minimum wage policy (Business Times)
Astro says it will challenge defamatory allegations against Marshall (The Star Online)
Astro nafi dakwaan Lippo Group (Sinar Online)
Five firms bid for oilfield jobs (The Star Online)
Petronas offloads equity in Australia's APA Group (Business Times)




Singapore Issues Revised Code Of Corporate Governance (Bernama)
Myanmar may launch oil, gas tender in August (Business Times)
Walter Kwok of Sun Hung Kai group denies involvement in graft probe (The Star Online)
China plants bottoming out (The Star Online)
StanChart plans China growth, to add 2000 jobs (Business Times)
China opens up car insurance mart to foreigners (Business Times)
Coke suspends production at Chinese plant (The Malaysian Insider)
India exports fall, first time in four months (Business Times)
Bank weigh European shares after weak data (The Edge Malaysia)
Jobless rate in eurozone at record 10.9pc (Business Times)
Survey says eurozone manufacturing heading towards recession (The Star Online)
Swiss bank - UBS profit halves in Q1 (The Star Online)
Greece out of S&P ‘selective default’ status (Business Times)
Dow, S&P 500 fall as private-sector hiring spurs worry (The Star Online)
US business job report disappoints (Business Times)
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