Fastfact 15 May 2012

Malakoff secures US$90m loan to buy stake in Bahrain firm (Exim Bank) (Business Times)
Malakoff dapat biaya RM276.79j (Exim Bank) (Berita Harian)
Malakoff meterai kemudahan pembiayaan US$90 juta (Sinar Online)
Exim Bank set to lend RM1.5bil (The Star Online)
Exim Bank hopes to disburse RM1.5b (Business Times)
Exim Bank expects to disburse RM1.5b loans this year (The Sun Daily)




SME Factors' RM200m credit scheme (The Star Online)
SME Factors Allocates RM200 Million To Develop SMEs (Bernama)
Potensi pelaburan francais RM80.7j (Harian Metro)




Expansion target for City-Link (The Malay Mail)




SCORE woos 17 projects worth RM24.63b - Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (The Malay Mail)
None of six pre-qualified companies has put in tender for MRT job (The Star Online)
Kaji tren laju (Harian Metro)
Mitrajaya wins RM111.8m Putrajaya job (Business Times)
Minetech wins RM16.7m construction job (Business Times)
Fiamma registers Q2 pre-tax profit of RM8.4m (Business Times)
UDA mahu pembangunan tanah penjara pudu beri pulang komersial(Sinar Online)




Ramai tidak faham Kenderaan Cekap Tenaga EEV (Harian Metro)
Announcements on 'green' cars expected soon - Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir(Business Times)
Reka bentuk automotif tempatan - Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir (Utusan Malaysia)
Nex scoots into Suzuki's line-up (Business Times)
Brahim sugar refinery plant up by 2014 (Business Times)
No acquisition plans for now, says TA Enterprise (Business Times)
Nasim To Unveil New Peugeot 408 Next Week (Bernama)




MSC Malaysia raked in RM31.7b in 2011 (Business Times)
MSC Malaysia catat pendapatan RM31.7 bilion (Utusan Malaysia)
Malaysia May 1-15 palm exports up 0.7pc (Business Times)




New MAS cabin baggage rules (Business Times)
MAS laksana peraturan baru bagasi kabin (Utusan Malaysia)
MASKargo mula penerbangan sulung A330 di laluan Asia )(Berita Harian
Malaysia: We're serious on express rail link to Singapore (Business Times)




Tune Hotels offers 1 sen rooms (Business Times)
Tune Hotels keempat di Filipina (Sinar Online)




Malaysia draws foreign property buyers (Business Times)
Hua Yang launches Flexis@One South (Business Times)
SP Setia arm buys land for RM186m (Business Times)
Permaju: No disposal of land in Sabah (Business Times)




GreenTech gets extension on loan quota (Business Times)




BHIC registers Q1 loss of RM13.2m (Business Times)
Agility sees trucking, warehouse operations driving growth (The Star Online)
PetronasGas allocates RM1b for LNG terminal (Business Times)
Petronas Gas belanja RM1billion untuk terminal LNG(Sinar Online)




Help for palm oil industry (The Star Online)
Crude palm oil futures stage mild rebound (The Star Online)
United Plantations earnings down on production costs (The Star Online)
RHB downgrades plantation sector (Business Times)
'Louis Dreyfus to own 2.5pc of Felda Global' (Business Times)
'Felda Global can do better than Indonesia's Bumitama' (Business Times)
Felda faces dip in profits due to old palm trees (The Malaysian Insider)
Government Okays RM12.54 Million For Cocoa Replanting Country-Wide (Bernama)





Emas Kiara subsidiary buys land for RM5.3mil (The Star Online)
Malaysian firms secure potential businesses worth RM22b (Business Times)
Peluang perniagaan minyak RM22.3b di AS (Utusan Malaysia)




Asia in better position to cope with global volatility (Business Times)
Asia pertimbang terbit bon bersama(Harian Metro)
Pekema rayu longgar syarat pinjaman kereta (Utusan Malaysia)
Pekema rayu BNM longgarkan syarat (Sinar Online)




Meningkatkan keutungan pengurusan kekayaan Islam dibincang (Sinar Online)
Perkeso: Majikan IKS gagal daftar pekerja (Sinar Online)
Moody’s positive on CIMB’s latest buy (The Star Online)
CIMB Research maintains Neutral call on Latexx (The Star Online)
RBS going back to ‘basics’ after CIMB deal (The Malaysian Insider)
Banks home in on fee-based income (The Star Online)
Maybank IB upgrades Media Prima (Business Times)
MITI: Foreign labour can be reduced by 10% to 20% (The Star Online)
Tips for job selection (The Star Online)
Taiwan firm mulls US$12bil oil project in M’sia (The Star Online)
Analyst: HSBB outpaces other broadband networks in region (The Star Online)
Perwaja posts Q1 pre-tax profit of RM16.2m (Business Times)
National printer buys offset press from Heidelberg (Business Times)




Institusi kewangan Asia masih kukuh (Utusan Malaysia)
Asian Fashion Industry Retail Sales To Reach S$10.5 Trillion In 2015 (Bernama)
Marubeni to build US$1b Philippine rail project (The Malay Mail)
Australia's Hastings gets $1.25bil offer trumping APA (The Star Online)
Australia’s ANZ to invest US$300m in China expansion (The Malaysian Insider)
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) eyes benchmark Islamic bond (The Star Online)
Asia pertimbang terbit bon bersama (Harian Metro)
India’s inflation picks up (The Star Online)
Analysis: As funds flee, India's pain is Southeast Asia's gain (The Star Online)
As funds flee, India’s pain is Southeast Asia’s gain (The Malaysian Insider)
Macquarie, United Overseas Bank (UOB) place bids for ING Asia arm (The Star Online)
China January-April FDI inflow at $37.9b, outlook dark (The Star Online)
China Vanke buys HK's US$139m stake (Business Times)
China may raise investment quota for foreigners (The Star Online)
Sony, Panasonic in talks to make OLED TVs (The Star Online)
Cost-cutting moves pay off for Japan Airlines (JAL) (The Star Online)
Euro chief lashes out at Greek exit 'propaganda' (The Sun Daily)
European shares boosted off lows, concerns remain (The Star Online)
Eurozone heads for recession (The Star Online)
Eurozone avoids return to recession (Aljazeera)
Insight: In Europe, carmakers talk plant closures (Reuters)
Merkel, Hollande battle to heal rifts at first meeting (The Star Online)
Key regional markets fall on concerns Greece may leave EU (The Star Online)
Moody's downgrades 26 Italian banks (Aljazeera)
German prelim first-quarter GDP unexpectedly strong (The Star Online)
BRUSSELS - Factory output in eurozone lower in March (Business Times)
Continental German automotive - AG buys Continental Sime Tyre (Business Times)
Continental AG beli Sime Tyre (Berita Harian)
Britain may back down on bank rules (The Star Online)
US presses on state firms (The Star Online)
New Jersey man boasts magnetic attachment to iPod (The Star Online)
JPM's Dimon to face calls to split top roles (Reuters)
Obama says JPMorgan loss shows need for Wall Street (The Star Online)
HP loses $190 million tax case against IRS (The Star Online)
April retail sales edge up, building materials tumble (Reuters)
April consumer prices flat as gasoline drops (Reuters)
S&P 500 down for 4th day of five, Groupon up late (The Sun Daily)

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