Fastfact 20 May 2012

SMIDEX 2012 expected to record 20pc rise in sales (Business Times)
350 PKS sertai Smidex 2012 (Sinar Online)
85 KR1M di seluruh negara pada akhir 2012 (Utusan Malaysia)
Potensi perniagaan lebih luas (Utusan Malaysia)




List whittled down to six for Bandar Malaysia (Business Times)




TRC Synergy unit lands RM459m job (Business Times)
Grand-Flo secures RM82m ICT equipment job (The Sun Daily)




April motor vehicle sales down 6% (The Sun Daily)
Jualan kenderaan bermotor susut kepada 47,736 unit (Utusan Malaysia)
NJRP will invest RM30mil to expand industrial roller plant in Rawang (The Star Online)




Eksport produk halal ke Afrika Utara, Eropah (Utusan Malaysia)
Syarikat Malaysia perlu rebut peluang ekonomi di Brazil (Utusan Malaysia)




MAS unions: ‘Hear us out’ (The Star Online)
MAS, AirAsia end warrants exchange pact (Business Times)
Schenker Logistics clinches top MASkargo award (Business Times)
Thai Airways mulls new budget airline (Business Times)
Fall in oil prices is good news for AirAsia, says its chief (The Sun Daily)
Pesawat A380: MAS tawar ganjaran (Sinar Online)




Tourists visiting Malaysia spend less (Business Times)
Shangri-La expects better performance this year (Business Times)
Dr. Mahathir puas hati pembangunan Langkawi (Utusan Malaysia)
Sota sasar 100,000 pengguna berdaftar (Sinar Online)




Home prices fall in 60% of big Chinese cities (The Star Online)
BLand of the rising sun (The Star Online)
Conditions that can derail growth in the property sector (The Star Online)
Foresight in resolving social and community problems crucial for the local authorities (The Star Online)




Economies Should Deploy Smart Grid Tech, Say Experts (Bernama)




Saab: Venture with DRB-HICOM on track (Business Times)




Thailand bids to bolster rubber prices (The Star Online)
Palm futures expected to trade easier (Business Times)
'Louis Dreyfus synergises best with FGVH' (Business Times)
Weighing solutions to labour woes (Business Times)
ConocoPhilips invests US$1.5 bil in M'sian oil production (The Sun Daily)
Chatime to expand to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei in Q3 (The Sun Daily)
Chatime bakal ke Sabah, Sarawak dan Brunei (Sinar Online)
Fama rancang tambah 7,000 hektar ladang kontrak tahun depan (Sinar Online)



Samsung's mobile chief says has options to settle war with Apple (The Star Online)
Samsung Galaxy S3: Close to 10 million pre-ordered (The Malaysian Insider)
Learning Made Fun With New Smartphone Application (Bernama)
TdC profit rises in Q1 on strong wholesale business (The Star Online)



Investment in production sector jumps to RM15b in Q1 (Business Times)



Enhancing value at RHB Bank (The Star Online) Commercial Bank News (The Star Online)
Tackling the crowded market head on (The Star Online)
RHB to bank on strong relationships with the public and private sectors (The Star Online)




Enhancing productivity (The Star Online)
Malaysia dan negara OIC perlu hasilkan Farmakopia halal (Sinar Online)
Malaysia Remains US' Leading Asean Trade Partner (Bernama)
Malaysia A Good Place To Do Business, Says Ex-US Senator Kit Bond (Bernama)
Tunisia Keen To Invest In Malaysia, Says Husni (Bernama)
Lipper: M'sian funds post 1st monthly loss since Nov2011 (The Edge Malaysia)
MEC upbeat as domestic market strengthens (Business Times)
Gas Malaysia: RM140m for improving pipeline network (Business Times)
Boustead subsidiary UAC to be privatised? (The Star Online)
QSR and KFCH sign agreements on business disposals to MESB (The Star Online)
Allianz expects gross written premiums to grow 15% (The Star Online)
Danker first M’sian to be awarded CIPR fellowship (The Star Online)
Focus on advertising effectiveness (The Star Online)
Petronas ropes in Japanese, Thai firms for Rapid project (The Sun Daily)




Myanmar central bank wants to weaken currency (Business Times)
US sets tariffs on China solar imports (The Star Online)
Big insurers to bid for ING Asia unit (The Star Online)
Carlyle in talks to sell stake in Taiwan bank (Business Times)
India’s State Bank Q4 profit jumps 200 times (The Star Online)
Japan bright and breezy (The Star Online)
S. Korea think tank cuts 2012 growth outlook (The Malay Mail)
ANZ chief: Europe credit markets frozen (The Star Online)
Greece, Spain on the brink as markets gyrate (Business Times)
'Between catastrophe and Armageddon': the cost of a 'Grexit' (The Sun Daily)
G8 leaders to focus on Europe's woes (The Sun Daily)
Spain to name banking sector auditors (Aljazeera)
Germany denies proposing Greek euro vote (Aljazeera)
A summer of discontent (The Star Online)
Far East buyers beware in London property rush (The Star Online)
Obama warns of euro zone threat, welcomes growth focus (The Star Online)
Obama says eurozone crisis threatens world (Aljazeera)
World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil (The Malaysian Insider)
Birth of new Greek drachma would be pained, rushed (The Star Online)
Stopping banks from gambling (The Star Online)
Strong Wal-Mart profit trumps bribery probe concerns (The Star Online)
Agilent to buy Dako for US$2.2b (Business Times)

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