KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Airlines’ profit expectations remain positive amid improvement in recent performances, according to the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) quarterly survey of airlines’ Chief Financial Officers and Heads of Cargo in October. It said the recent past financial performance had started to improve again compared to a year
UNITED KINGDOM, Oct 23 – Facebook paid no tax in the UK this year, which is probably a little bit less tax than you paid. It’s the second year in a row in which the social network has failed to pay any tax in the UK, and it’s because the company
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Brushing aside a proposal that an Independent Police Integrity Commission (Ipic) be set up to check abuse of power and graft among the boys in blue, top cop Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said that the public are the best monitor of police misconduct. He said
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – The Malaysian Meteorological Department issued a warning of thunderstorm in the waters off Miri, Sarawak, and Reef South, to continue until Thursday morning. A statement issued by the department stated that the thunderstorms could cause strong winds of up to 50 kmph and choppy seas with waves
BEIJING, Oct 23 – Even if you don’t understand a word of Mandarin, it was easy to spot the “um’s” and “sorry’s” littered in Facebook chief executive Mark Zukerberg’s speech. But during a question and answer session at Tsinghua University in Beijing, he kept at it — for 30 very long minutes. For the
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Public Bank Bhd will fully redeem its RM200 million 4.6 per cent subordinated notes together with accrued interest on Nov 6, 2014. In a filing to Bursa Malaysia Thursday the bank said it had on Nov 6, 2009 issued the RM200 million subordinated notes due 2019 callable
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – The days of subsidised petrol are coming to an end, for certain sections of society. The government’s ongoing petrol subsidy rationalisation programme is currently under study and the implementation will involve the MyKad, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan told reporters today. Those belonging to the ‘high-income
SINGAPORE, Oct 22 – Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to build a high speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by 2020, in a move that both heads of government called a “game-changer”. Announcing the breakthrough agreement at a press conference today following bilateral talks, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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iFixit and MacminiVault have both completed their teardowns of the new Mac mini, with Macminicolo planning theirs soon. We already knew the main bad news: soldered RAM means you can’t upgrade the memory later, so you have to decide how much you want and pay Apple’s pricing for it. Both iFixit and MacminiVault described replacing the RAM as
Apple has launched a new web service called Maps Connect that allows small business owners to manage their listings on Apple Maps along with a tool for setting up indoor positioning in select areas. Companies can enter their own listings and verify via a phone call or email address. The iBeacon-powered indoor mapping tool allows
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – Traditional Indian sweetmeats, known as Laddu, which is among various delicacies served at the Deepavali celebration at the HGH Convention Centre, Sentul here, seemed to be the favourite among guests. The guests, despite coming from various racial and religious background, as well as with different taste buds, like
BANGKOK, Oct 22 – Manufacturers are concerned over Thailand’s flagging economy, weaken domestic consumption and rising competition. The Thai Industries Sentiment Index (TISI) in September retreated for the second consecutive month following weaken sales and order volumes, production output and business performance. In addition, liquidity problem has affected the ability of the private
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 – President Barack Obama is loading new missions on the U.S. military with fast-expanding mandates and no certain end dates as he grapples with the threats posed by ISIS and Ebola. Evolving operations in the Middle East and west Africa are causing some supporters to ask whether the
CANADA, Oct 23 – First a soldier guarding a hallowed war memorial was gunned down in Canada’s capital. Then shots erupted in the halls of the country’s Parliament minutes later. The two shootings in Ottawa Wednesday left lawmakers barricaded inside offices and parts of the city on lockdown for hours as police searched
CANADA, Oct 23 – Canada’s prime minister has insisted his country will not be intimidated, after a gunman rampaged through parliament before being shot dead. Stephen Harper described the attacker as a terrorist and promised to “redouble” anti-terror efforts. The gunman, named as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, shot and killed a soldier at
KUCHING, Oct 22 – Sarawak grew from strength to strength and transformed from one of the poorest to become one of the most prosperous states in the country under the leadership of Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The Prime Minister said he truly believed that the
SHAH ALAM, Oct 22 – Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) today said it has never receive any report on the misconduct of Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali. PKNS Public Relations Manager Ishak Hashim in a statement here said the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) also had the right to conduct investigations and
GEORGETOWN, Oct 22 – Penang’s development, with new high-rise project sprouting around the island and flash floods in George Town earlier this month, has become political fodder against the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government. But local government, traffic management and flood mitigation committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said overdevelopment was not
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – Maybank’s Indonesian banking unit, PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk (BII) has reported a 6.7 per cent increase in operating profit to Rp2.05 trillion for the nine month period ended Sept 30, 2014 from Rp1.92 trillion in the corresponding period last year. Net profit after tax and
