Fastfact 05 July 2012

MIDF kekal positif terhadap sektor minyak dan gas (Utusan Malaysia)



RON97 petrol price dips to RM2.60 (The Star Online)
Petrol RON97 turun 20 sen mulai esok (Sinar Online)
Southeast Asia seen as 'darling of investors' (Business times)




Kongres SME 2012 fokus industri F&B (Harian Metro)
Alliance Bank CEO sees room for SME business to grow (The Star Online)
Good brand key to SMEs competing globally (The Star Online)
'SMEs critical to nation-building' (Business times)
Japan goods fair to showcase SMEs (The Star Online)
Japanese SMEs keen to foray into global halal mart via KL (Business times)
Malaysia jadi platform Jepun (Utusan Malaysia)
Pelabur Jepun boleh sumbang kepada pertumbuhan Hab Halal Tanjung Manis (Sinar Online)
Jepun mampu sumbang pembangunan hab halal (Harian Metro)
Japan - JPB To Export Greenhouse Products Starting 2013 (Bernama)
Lebih banyak barangan gaya hidup Jepun di pasar Malaysia (Sinar Online)
Red Hat Pathway To Help Enterprises Realise Open Source Business Value (Bernama)
Kordial buah, sayuran asli (Harian Metro)




Cyberview in tie-up with French firm for energy services (The Star Online)
Cyberview - Bantu luas operasi (Harian Metro)




MRT Corp awards two more jobs worth RM1.55bil (The Star Online)
Final viaduct package to be awarded this quarter (Business times)
MRT Corp buka 31 pakej tender (Berita Harian)




GKN confirms Volvo Aero deal for RM3.2b(The Malaysian Insider)
M'sian firms in talks to set up joint venture concrete plant in Saudi Arabia (The Star Online)
Volkswagen aims to wrap up Porsche purchase on Aug 1 (The Star Online)




May exports up 6.7% (The Star Online)
Malaysia's May exports jump on Asian demand (Business times)
Jumlah perdagangan Malaysia RM538.6b (Utusan Malaysia)
Jumlah dagangan negara meningkat (Sinar Online)
Kerajaan Brazil semak cukai produk import ke atas motosikal (Utusan Malaysia)
Brazil kenakan cukai baru terhadap 3 barangan (Sinar Online)




AirAsia Upbeat On Its F&B Growth(Bernama)
MAS Targets 20-30 Per Cent Digital Revenue Growth(Bernama)
Airbus, Boeing trade barbs(The Malay Mail)
Moody's: Outlook for Global Airline industry stable (The Edge Malaysia)
AirAsia X, MAS to fly to Nepal (Business times)
MAS to fly to Kathmandu from Sept 1 (Business times)
Ahmad Jauhari: Work as a team to turn around MAS (The Sun Daily)
MMC to submit proposal on KTMB (Business times)
ANA - All Nippon Airways on prowl for Asian rival carriers (Business times)
US Airways: "No urgency to merge" with bankrupt American Airlines (The Star Online)
Qatar Airways & Batey Launch Twitter Race (Bernama)




Legoland picks Mindshare (The Star Online)




215 BioNexus firms to invest RM2.6b (The Sun Daily)
ADT Biotech eyes bigger share of regional market (The Star Online)
Firma Jerman (ADT) buka operasi di Malaysia (Berita Harian)



Digital Malaysia To Generate About RM31.2 Billion Worth Of Investments By 2020(Bernama)
Program Pembangunan 1Vendor (1VDP) sedia latih 475 kontraktor IT (Harian metro)
BlackBerry RM118 hanya 7 Julai (Harian metro)
Ex-France Telecom CEO investigated over suicides (The Star Online)
Apple suffers UK patent defeat to HTC (The Star Online)
Get in line: One Apple store per 216 million Chinese (The Malaysian Insider)
Olympus ordered to pay US$63mil back taxes (The Star Online)
Tricubes slumps on delisting news (Business Times)



8 new call warrants from Maybank IB (Business Times)



Maybank Targets RM20 Million Sales At Treatsfair 2012(Bernama)
MARC affirms AAA/MARC-1 ratings on Maybank (The Star Online)
CIMB Research: WCT, Mudajaya top construction picks (The Star Online)
CIMB issues Felda Global warrants (The Star Online)
RHB Research indicative fair value for Melewar Industrial at 43 sen (The Star Online)
AmBank issues four new call warrants (The Star Online)
AmBank to open 60 Travelex counters (The Star Online)
AmBank, Travelex in co-branding deal (Business Times)
AmBank, Travelex jalin pakatan (Berita Harian)
Abu Dhabi bank sets up unit in M’sia (The Star Online)
Alliance Bank’s 4-pronged strategy to grow wealth management biz (The Sun Daily)



StanChart making KL its global hub for Islamic banking (The Star Online)
Stanchart to make KL its Islamic banking hub (Business Times)
KL hab perbankan syariah (Berita Harian)
Standard Chartered jadikan Kuala Lumpur hab Perbankan Islam (Sinar Online)



Global Fund Managers Bullish On Equities In Q3: HSBC Survey(Bernama)
Singapore’s Temasek may shed light on bank holdings, Europe plans (The Malaysian Insider)
Japanese regulators planning stiffer penalties for insider trading (The Star Online)
India Needs Second Wave Of Reform (Bernama)
IMF urges US to remove ‘fiscal cliff’ uncertainty (The Star Online)
Former IMF-chief Rodrigo Rato faces court probe (The Malaysian Insider)
Surveys paint dark picture of European economies (Business Times)
No let up in gloom for Europe’s big economies (The Malaysian Insider)
Euro To Remain With Current Membership, Says Forum (Bernama)
Spain opens fraud case on ex-Bankia chief Rato (The Star Online)
Bank of England to restart printing presses as outlook dims (The Star Online)
London - Former head of Barclays Bank admits traders' behavior "reprehensible" (The Star Online)
UK services growth weakens to 8-month low (The Star Online)
Vatican receives money-laundering report (The Star Online)
France trims 2012 financing needs to 180 billion euros (The Star Online)
France slaps 7 billion euros in taxes on rich and big firms (The Star Online)




Bank Negara expected to keep interest rate steady at 3% (The Star Online)
Bank Negara likely to keep OPR at 3pc (Business Times)
Alliance Research expects OPR to remain at 3% for rest of 2012(The Star Online)
Bank Negara ambil tindakan wajar ke atas H&I Niaga (Sinar Online)



A milestone in development of public transport (Business Times)




Malaysia import gas asli tambahan(Utusan Malaysia)
Pakar Ekonomi: FGV, IHH mungkin jadi konstituen(Sinar Online)
Budget 2013 Focus Group Meetings To Conclude By End-July, Says Ahmad Husni(Bernama)
Dialog kumpulan fokus Bajet 2013 selesai akhir Julai(Sinar Online)
LIAM Eyes Extra 4 Per Cent Market Penetration By End-2012(Bernama)
EPF taking 20% in JV for Battersea Power Station, GDV RM39.4b (Update)(The Star Online)
M'sian domestic demand expected to slowdow in Q2 (The Star Online)
Mida scouts for investments(The Malay Mail)
Mida tarik minat pelabur teknologi baru (Harian Metro)
Former deputy chairman of Ho Hup welcomes out-of-court settlement (The Star Online)
PwC gauges interest for APH project via advert (The Star Online)
Malaysian team buys Battersea Power Station site (The Malaysian Insider)
Sime Darby may seal Battersea deal this week (Business Times)
Sime Darby, SP Setia dan KWSP ambil alih Battersea Power Station(Sinar Online)
IHH eyes China, India after flotation (Business Times)
Italian Quality Committee forum to feature Malaysia (Business Times)
Terengganu Collaborates With China Institute To Produce Experts In Steel Industry (Bernama)




India setuju eksport gandum daripada stok lebihan(Utusan Malaysia)
Collaboration From Stakeholders Vital For Air Cargo Security Enhancement(Bernama)
Europe Needs Fundamental Systemic Change To Be Productive Again, Says Czech President(Bernama)
Thai PTTGC plans $11b capex by 2020, mulls new cracker(The Star Online)
India to give free generic drugs to hundreds of millions (The Star Online)
China - China stops copper plant, frees 21 after protests (The Malaysian Insider)
China declares Three Gorges hydro project complete (The Malaysian Insider)
Sanofi to cut 1,000-2,000 jobs in France (The Star Online)
Provincial cash crunch triggers strike in Argentina (The Star Online)

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