Fastfact 20 Jun 2012

SME Bank sees NPLs dropping to 15% by year-end (The Star Online)
SME Bank out to cut NPL ratio (Business Times)
SME Bank expects NPLs to reduce to 15% by year-end (The Sun Daily)
Institusi kewangan perlu bekerjasama (Utusan Malaysia)
Bayar pinjaman SME Bank di BSN (Harian Metro)



Asia, not North America, now has most millionaires (The Malaysian Insider)




Mukhriz: Entrepreneurs given funds will be monitored (The Star Online)
SMEs need incentives to grow bigger (The Star Online)
Govt allocates RM100m for ECER bumi companies under Teraju fund (The Edge Malaysia)
Usahawan dipelawa sertai Ekspo Halal di Maghribi (Utusan Malaysia)




Ahmad Zaki Resources eyes Jalan Sultan Ismail projects (The Star Online)
Eversendai plans to acquire firms (Business Times)
Bullish outlook for Mudajaya (The Malay Mail)
UDA belum diarah putuskan status BB Plaza (Berita Harian)
UDA Holdings keluar notis tamat operasi penyewa di Bukit Bintang Plaza (Sinar Online)




May car sales in Thailand hit new high (Business Times)
Nasim rolls out 4 new variants of Peugeot 508 (Business Times)
Shell launches new engine oils, contest (Business Times)
BMW Malaysia pamer BMW 1 Series M Coupe baru (Sinar Online)




OSK: AirAsia set to paint Asean skies red (Business Times)
AirAsia dreams big (The Malay Mail)
New Growth Era For AirAsia, Say Research Houses (Bernama)
MAS Focusing On Aircraft Replacement To Enhance Revenue And Reduce Operational Costs - Najib (Bernama)
Ryanair plans new cash bid for Aer Lingus (The Malay Mail)




Catalyst for Glomac expected to boost sales to more than RM500mil (The Star Online)
Ivory plans to unveil RM1.6bil worth of residential, commercial units in Penang (The Star Online)
Two-digit credit card growth target for AEON (The Star Online)
Second Aeon mall in Perak (The Malay Mail)
Aeon keluar kad platinum (Harian Metro)




Mustapa explains Lynas tax perk (Business Times)x
Perks For Lynas To Generate Spin-offs For Local Industries (Bernama)
Ronser Bio-Tech to set up RM2mil plant (The Star Online)
Ronser Bio-Tech bina kilang RM2j tingkat teknologi MBS (Berita Harian)
Global biotech industry faces tight funding (The Star Online)
BiotechCorp set to launch social media webcast in Boston (The Star Online)
Biotech Corp, California group in tie-up (Business Times)
Kerajaan negeri digalak tumpu industri bioteknologi (Berita Harian)




Felda Global: Strategic venture talks with Louis Dreyfus ongoing (Business Times)
FGVH: Perbincangan dengan Louis Dreyfus masih dijalankan (Sinar Online)



Google and Apple under scrutiny for flying "military-grade spy planes" (The Star Online)
Kumpulan Perangsang enters telecom business (Business Times)
Tune Talk eyes 1m users (Business Times)
Tune Talk, Paypal tawar perkhidmatan Auto Top-Up (Berita Harian)
Hon Hai seeks higher Sharp stake (The Malay Mail)
Taiwan iPad maker tilts at Samsung (The Japan Times)
Samsung to raise software focus (The Malay Mail)
Analysts: Microsoft tablet computer a big bet on future (The Malay Mail)
Ovum: Window 8 tablets - no software surprises (The Edge Malaysia)
Microsoft perkenal ‘tablet’ Surface Windows 8 (Sinar Online)
SKMM - Perluas WiFi desa (Harian Metro)
Astro guna teknologi Irdeto (Harian Metro)
Dell kuasai 33% (Harian Metro)
Kerjasama TM, Berjaya Hills (Harian Metro)



Local banks praised for good service (The Star Online)
M'sian banks lead the way in meeting customer expectations, says study (The Edge Malaysia)



ABN favours Malaysia, Thailand in S-E Asia (The Star Online)
Saudi-based IDB prices RM2.5bil sukuk (The Star Online)
Moody's: Rise in S. Korean household debt alarming (Business Times)
Greece 'on verge of' coalition deal (Aljazeera)
Expect reworked Greek bailout in summer: EU official (The Sun Daily)
Emerging economies help IMF raise US$456b (Business Times)




Awang Adek Hussin - Contohi cara Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) kutip hutang (Utusan Malaysia)
Syarikat-syarikat tempatan perlu Capai piawaian antarabangsa (Utusan Malaysia)
Mexico is new member of TPP (The Star Online)
Mexico sertai Rundingan Perkongsian Trans-Pasifik (Utusan Malaysia)
Cagamas MBS bonds AAA rating affirmed (The Star Online)
Prudential, Manulife, AIA among bidders for CIMB-Aviva firm (Business Times)
Zurich Insurance komited teroka pasaran (Harian Metro)
Race to win bigger slice of regional insurance market heating up (The Star Online)
Pacific & Orient Bhd’s unit gets SC nod on sub notes (The Star Online)
TA Global completes purchase of Phuket hotel (The Star Online)
Genting raises stake in Echo to almost 10pc (Business Times)
MyCC receives seven complaints )(The Sun Daily
MyCC terima tujuh aduan antipersaingan (Berita Harian)




Moody's: Singapore economy strong, resilient to global shocks (The Edge Malaysia)
Brunei And Singapore Telco Operators Looking At Reducing Mobile Roaming Rates (Bernama)
Bisnes Dunia: China cadang beri subsidi kereta jimat tenaga (Berita Harian)
Hong Kong's inequality widens, official figures show (The Sun Daily)
Tesco scraps Japan dream (The Malay Mail)
Japan - Quake policies pass 14 million (The Japan Times)
Japan - Three foreign funds eye investing in struggling chipmaker Renesas (The Japan Times)
Danone warns of profit hit from Spain (The Malaysian Insider)
U.S. expands Toyota door fire probe to 1.4 million cars (The Japan Times)

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