Companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Google continue to compete fiercely in the area of cloud services for consumers, developers and enterprises, and today Microsoft made its latest moves to lay out its bid to lead the race, while also launching a new mission to position itself as the cloud provider you
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 – Hillary Clinton said Saturday she raised a record US$154 million in September in her race for the White House against Donald Trump. In August, Clinton raised US$143 million and Trump US$90 million. It is common for campaign donations to increase as the election approaches. This year the voting
Alphabet (née Google) has been given yet another extension to file its respond to charges in Europe that it has misused the dominance of its Android mobile platform to lock out competition by promoting its own services over and above others. Reuters reported the extension today, which gives the company until the
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2 – Facebook on Monday launched a new online “Marketplace” allowing members of the huge social network to buy and sell with each other. The new feature puts Facebook squarely in competition with local online selling platforms led by Craigslist, and offers an alternative to marketplaces like eBay. Facebook
SEPANG, Oct 2 – Five talking points from the Malaysian Grand Prix: ‘Shoey’ fits for Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo has been knocking on the door for his fourth Formula One win, and Lewis Hamilton’s engine blow-up 15 laps from the end finally gave him the opportunity he needed. It’s been a long time
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 – Donald Trump’s campaign remained defiant Monday as the Republican presidential candidate dodged questions that he may have paid no income tax for nearly 20 years. Without admitting fault, Trump’s top allies praised their candidate’s business acumen following a bombshell report in The New York Times focusing the real estate mogul’s
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Oct 2 – A slow five-minute walk for about 300m along Jalan Alma Jaya, Bukit Mertajam, is being greeted with a pile of garbage and flies on the roadside. The dumping site has all sorts of garbage, including construction wastes, plastic, Styrofoam and full of flies, mosquitoes and insects. Taman
BIRMINGHAM, Oct 2 – Britain’s economy faces “turbulence” as it negotiates its EU exit and consumer and business confidence could go up and down like a “rollercoaster”, finance minister Philip Hammond warned on Monday. The chancellor of the Exchequer said they must expect some turbulence as they go through this negotiating process. It told this
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 2 – The Penang Chinese New Year Celebration 2016 Secretariat Person in-charged refutes the statement issued by MCA Task Force Chief, Tan Hing Teik who accused the Penang State Government has yet to settle the allocation balance pledged for Penang Chinese Clan Council. The Penang Chinese New Year
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak is committed to continue propelling Malaysia to a higher level of competitiveness, guided by the New Economic Model (NEM) announced in 2010. He said he committed to make Malaysia more competitive and he have been clear on this stand with his domestic policies.
A dramatic privacy about-face by messaging app WhatsApp this summer, in which it revealed an update to its T&Cs would for the first time allow the sharing of its user data with parent company Facebook, is getting the pair into hot water in Europe. This week Facebook was ordered to stop harvesting data on WhatsApp users in Germany by the Hamburg
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 – In a break from tradition, USA Today took a stance Friday in the upcoming presidential election, warning readers to “resist the siren song of a dangerous demagogue” and reject Republican Donald Trump. The national newspaper, one of the most widely circulated in the United States, had never in its 34-year
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 1 – Those who are registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) but have not paid their 2015 tax arrears have until Oct 31 this year to settle them to avoid a fine of up to RM20,000. Royal Malaysia Customs Department (JKDM) Director-General Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad said GST-registered
HOBOKEN, Sept 30 – A speeding commuter train that plowed into a New Jersey station during morning rush hour Thursday, killing one person and injuring 114, has caused major destruction at the transport hub and gateway to Manhattan. The train entered the Hoboken station “at a high rate of speed” and “crashed
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 – The ringgit closed lower against the US dollar today in line with falling oil prices amid market scepticism over the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) agreement to cut oil output. At 6pm, the ringgit was quoted at 4.1320/1390 against the greenback from 4.1220/1270 yesterday. A
BANGKOK, Sept 30 – Thai health authorities said Friday that microcephaly in two babies was caused by the Zika virus, in what is believed to be Southeast Asia’s first confirmed case of a link between the sickness and the birth defect. Health Ministry official Wicharn Pawan said two of the three infants
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 30 – The Penang High Court judge Hadhariah Syed Ismail has set December 6 for the case management of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng two corruption charges after incomplete documents prevented the start today, said his lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo. He said the Attorney-General (AG) was sending them
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 – Bursa Malaysia, which was spooked by a bomb scare today, saw lower trading almost across the board on selling pressure, a dealer said. At 5pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) declined 17.09 points to end at 1,652.55, versus Thursday’s 1,669.64. After opening 2.41 points
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 – The new retail price for petrol RON95 and RON97 for October will increased by 10 sen per litre, while diesel will increased by 5 sen which will effective at midnight tonight. The new price after Goods and Services Tax (GST), the retail price of RON95, RON97, and diesel for the month of October 2016 is as follows: RON95
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 29 – Malaysia remains single-minded in its pursuit to prosecute those who are responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 through appropriate effective prosecution mechanism, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said the interim report released by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for MH17,
