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  • Hindu board in Malaysia files complaint over missing gold

    A Hindu endowment board that conducts the affairs of the Hindu community and temples in a Malaysian state has lodged a police complaint after three gold bars went missing from its office. The Penang Hindu Endowment Board lodged the complaint May 17 over the three gold bars that went missing Dec 26 last year from its office in Georgetown, capital of Penang state, the Malaysian Star reported ...

  • Bumi Armadas earnings up 22 to RM109.67mil order book RM12.2b

    's earnings rose 22% to RM109.67mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM89.7mil a year ago. It said on Tuesday the earnings were underpinned by increased activities in its offshore support vessel, transport and installation services and floating production. Its order book was RM12.2bil of which RM7.9bil were firm contracts and the rest were optional extensions. Its revenue rose ...

  • CIMB earnings up 37.1 to RM1.386b in Q1 2013

    's earnings rose 37.1% to RM1.386bil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM1.01bil a year ago, boosted by gain on sale of its 51% interest in ...

  • Dayang bags RM2bil contract from Shell

    on May 13. The contract is for five years with an extension option of one year. Dayang said the contract was expected to contribute positively to the earnings and net assets per share of the ...

  • MMHE Q1 earnings down 35 to RM50.59m

    earnings fell 35.3% to RM50.59mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM78.2mil a year ago. It said on Tuesday its revenue however, surged 38.5% to RM921.82mil from RM665.26mil due to higher contribution from its TLP Malikai Deepwater offshore project. Earnings per share were 3.20 sen compared with 4.90 sen. MMHE said the lower profit was because its Malikai's project's ...

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Black Hawk Down

"The American public is rarely exposed to the realities of warfare. The Pentagon does not allow reporters to accompany soldiers directly into battle, a journalistic tradition that ended after Vietnam. What results is a sanitized picture of combat. The public knows only what the military chooses to portray, or what cameras are able to see from afar. Americans have little understanding of what awai ... ...

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  • KLCI closes a shade below record high

    KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's blue chips closed higher on Tuesday at 1,787.38, which was a shade below the all-time record high of 1,788.43 recorded a week ago, with investor sentiment remaining firm. At the close, the FBM KLCI was up 10.23 points or 0.58% to 1,787.38. Turnover was 2.97 billion shares valued at RM3.01bil. Gainers beat losers 633 to 363 while 226 counters were unchanged. Key ...

  • Sarawak ministers assemblymen get three-fold pay hike

    KUCHING: The monthly remuneration of the Sarawak chief minister, deputy chief minister, ministers, assistant ministers and state assemblymen will rise by about three-fold under a bill approved Tuesday by the state legislative assembly. The Members of the Administration and Members of Dewan Undangan Negeri (Remuneration, Pensions and Gratuities) Bill 2013 also provides for an increase in the ...

  • Malaysia Diiktiraf Anggota Penting Unesco

    KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Mei (Bernama) -- Malaysia ialah anggota penting Pertubuhan Pendidikan, Saintifik dan Kebudayaan Pertubuhan Bangsa Bersatu (Unesco), kata Ketua Pengarah badan dunia itu Irina Bokova hari ini. Beliau berkata selama lebih lima dekad, Unesco bekerjasama rapat dengan Malaysia dan Malaysia merupakan pendukung kuat pertubuhan itu. "Kerjasama rapat kami dibina melalui ...

  • EPF invests additional US$1.3b overseas

    increased its overseas investments by US$1.30bil in global real estate, bonds and equities during the first quarter of 2013 (Q1 2013). It said on Tuesday this was part of its diversification strategy to expand its overseas investments. At the end of Q1, 2013, EPF total overseas exposure was 17.55% of its total investment cost. However, ...

  • AmIncome Flexi bond fund to attract RM200m investments

    Flexi bond fund. The three-year closed-ended fund, targeted at investors seeking regular income and potentially higher returns than fixed deposits but lower risk than equities, was launched on Tuesday. AmIncome Flexi 3 had already garnered RM60mil in assets since its offer period opened on May 9, 2013, AmInvest director of retail funds Ng Chze How told reporters at the launch event. The first ...

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