Fastfact 31 August 2012

AIR Worldwide sees insured Isaac losses up to US$2bil(The Star Online)
Happy Birthday Malaysia(The Star Online)
Chelsea owner Abramovich faces US$6bil court ruling(The Star Online)
Are you paying more for electricity using new meters?(The Star Online)
"Sunshade" to fight climate change costed at US$5bil a year(The Star Online)




MRT feasibility studies to be ready next year(The Star Online)
George Kent selects Thales for Ampang LRT upgrade(The Star Online)




Honda Malaysia hits record sales in July (Business Times)




Govt takes over highway(The Star Online)
Airbus bags US$4b China deal (Business Times)




Selangor Dredging aims to unveil RM1.2bil worth of properties(The Star Online)
Hua Yang plans RM815m property launches(The Star Online)




Biotechcorp teams up with Sedia to uplift bioeconomy(The Star Online)



Tanjong Bin in talks on RM2bil investments(The Star Online)



Uncertainty over Hon Hai deal frustrates Sharp investors(The Star Online)
Amazon teams with Nokia, snubs Google for maps(The Star Online)
Samsung wins over iPhone maker Apple in Japan patent case(The Star Online)
Samsung launches London 2012 Paralympics blogger initiative(Mygadgets)
Axiata: Headline KPIs within reach (Business Times)



RHBCap may settlefor 40pc stake in Mestika (Business Times)
RHBCap aims to consolidate with focus on building scale when acquisitions are completed(The Star Online)



Islamic banking lifts MBSB profit(The Star Online)



Japan Aug manufacturing PMI at lowest level in 16 months(The Star Online)
Japan July industrial output falls, warning signs grow(The Star Online)
Japan to meet fiscal 2015 deficit targets, longer-term goals in doubt(The Star Online)
Top central banks should consider more stimulus: BOE's Posen(The Star Online)
ADB worries about rice supply crunch like one that led to 2008 food crisis(The Star Online)
Tiny Singapore risks economic gloom without big baby boom(The Star Online)
China’s 2011 outbound investment growth slows(The Star Online)
German joblessness up as euro crisis bites(The Star Online)
Euro zone inflation jumps, weighs on rate cut bets(The Star Online)
Citigroup settles lawsuit, says US$590mil payout covered by existing reserves(The Star Online)




RM12.9bil foreign currency inflow into M'sia in next 12 months(The Star Online)



Domestic demand to drive GDP; interest rate likely to remain unchanged(The Star Online)




Producer price index up in July(The Star Online)
Sime plans US$1.5bil Islamic bond(The Star Online)
Malaysia and Philippines the top choices (Business Times)
US companies keen to expand investments in Malaysia (Business Times)
Zurich interested in takaful (Business Times)




China's Wen says not to curb rare earth exports(The Star Online)
Australia approves China farm purchase,sparks investment concern(The Star Online)
China firms plan US$8.6b investments in Indonesia (Business Times)
Carrefour CEO's action plans (Business Times)
U.S. to allow Shell to begin prep work for drilling in Arctic(The Star Online)

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