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  • BMW Malaysia eyes 10 vehicle sales increase this year

    Reset KUALA LUMPUR (May 22): BMW Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd (BMW Malaysia) aims to increase vehicle sales by 10 per cent this year from the 7,000 units in 2012.Chief Executive Officer Gerhard Pils said that up to April 2013, BMW Malaysia had already sold 2,241 vehicles in the country, comprising the Mini, BMW and BMW Motorrads."Up to April 2013, we had registered a five per cent increase, when ...

  • KPJ Healthcare Q1 earnings down 24.7 to RM25m

    's net profit fell 24.7% to RM25.09mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM33.3mil a year ago due to losses sustained by the group's newly opened hospitals. It said on Wednesday its topline however increased 4% to RM545mil from RM525.6mil a year ago due to higher revenue from its new and existing hospitals. Earnings per share declined to 4.29 sen from 5.81 sen a year ago. ...

  • Dr Ling Only AGM can force Dr Chuas resignation

    says only the party's annual general meeting can force Dr Chua to step down. "He was elected by the AGM and only an AGM can tell him to step down," Dr Ling told reporters on Wednesday. Asked what he thought of the 15 veterans who had asked Dr Chua to resign immediately following the party's poor showing in the 13th general election, Dr Ling said "I have no idea who the ...

  • More dividends from Pacific Orient

    has declared special dividend of 15.17 sen a share and tax-exempt dividend of 3.82 sen per share for each share of 50 sen each. It said on Wednesday the ex-date was June 5 while the entitlement date was June 7. The dividends were for the financial year ending Sept ...

  • Boustead Q1 earnings down 30.9 on weaker CPO prices

    's earnings fell 30.9% to RM99.9mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM144.6mil a year ago due to lower crude palm oil (CPO) prices. It said on Wednesday its revenue rose 7.3% to RM2.53bil from RM2.35bil a year ago. Earnings per share were lower at 9.66 sen compared with 13.98 sen a year ago. It declared a dividend of 7.5 sen. Boustead said the plantation division was severely ...

Movie Review

The Magdalene Sisters

The Magdalene Sisters

In last springs quirky adventure-comedy Holes, a group of wayward boys are sent to an isolated desert camp to dig holes, ostensibly because, as the warden puts it, You take a bad boy, make him dig holes all day long in the hot sun, it makes him a good boy. Its an inherently sadistic scenario equating enforced suffering with redemption thats made palatable by the storys human comedy and upl ... ...

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  • A-G to proceed with case against Riduan Masmud over rape of girl

    said they were collecting more evidence, including the DNA report. "We have never dropped the charge against him. "I have directed my officers to gather more evidence and we will proceed with the case," he told reporters here on Wednesday. Gani said he had also asked the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to investigate the claim by the 13-year-old victim's father ...

  • Four members of Botak Gang nabbed

    IPOH: Police have arrested four members of the Botak Gang, believed to be responsible for about 20 robbery cases in Perak, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Perak police deputy chief Deput ...

  • CIMB Tenaga up as KLCI again eyes 1800

    pushed the FBM KLCI nearer the psychological important 1,800 level at midday on Wednesday while small cap oil and related (O&G) counters saw a surge in trading activity. At midday, the FBM KLCI was up 6.54 points or 0.37% to 1,793.92. Turnover was 1.56 billion shares valued at RM1.28bil. There were 395 gainers, 409 losers and 279 counters unchanged. Bloomberg reported Asian stocks held ...

  • 5 Chinese arrested in Malaysias Kulim over fortune telling fraud

    Five "fortune tellers" who have been conning their victims of money by "helping" to rid them of bad luck are themselves in a fix after police moved in on them. Authorities stormed into their hotel room in Kulim and arrested the gang from China, comprising four women and a man, at about 3.30am on Friday. State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said the ...

  • Malaysia FA Police to Investigate Match-Fixing Claims

    (Reuters) - Claims of match-fixing in a Malaysian league fixture will be investigated by the country's Football Association (FAM) and sports minister on Thursday, local media reported, with the police urged to protect players from bookmakers. The second tier Malaysian Premier League match between Kuala Lumpur and Sime Darby was under suspicion, local daily The Star reported. The ...

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