KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s newly re-elected Barisan Nasional (BN) government faces what the Financial Times today called the serious economic problem of weakening exports.
After elections, Najib has serious economic concerns on his plate The Malaysian Insider
- MACC panel wants ministers, MBs, banned from government projects The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 – The MACC’s Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel (CCPP) proposed today that all government administrators and their family members at both federal and state levels be
- Adam's father gets to meet him at Jinjang lockup Malaysiakini
Adam Adli Abdul Halim has been subjected to interrogation for two days in a row and was not even given a pillow or a blanket to sleep, said lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, who visited student activist
- After elections, Najib has serious economic concerns on his plate The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s newly re-elected Barisan Nasional (BN) government faces what the Financial Times today called the serious economic problem of weakening exports.
- Iraq violence kills eight AFP News
Five bombings and clashes between soldiers and gunmen killed eight people in Iraq on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a spate of violence that has cost more than 370 lives so far this month.
- Obama to meet with China's Xi in California June 7-8 Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho
- Dozens dead as massive tornado strikes US city AFP News
A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving up to 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials said.
- Many children among 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma Reuters
By Alice Mannette and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping
- Syria army says it destroyed Israel vehicle in Golan AFP News
Syria's army has destroyed an Israeli military vehicle that it said had crossed the sensitive ceasefire line in the Golan Heights, the military declared on Tuesday in a televised statement.
- North Korea releases Chinese sailors: Xinhua AFP News
North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat Tuesday, Chinese state media said, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage fuelled strains between the neighbours.
Apple avoided paying taxes on tens of billions of dollars in profits through a complex network of subsidiaries, many with "no declared tax jurisdiction," a US Senate panel has concluded.
- Vodafone keeps Verizon payout after European weakness Reuters
By Kate Holton and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure on Tuesday, forcing it to keep a dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to compensate
- Sprint receives SoftBank waiver to consider Dish offer Reuters
By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish Network Corp, as pressure
- Death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian mine collapse AFP News
The death toll from a mine tunnel collapse in eastern Indonesia has risen to 21, the US operator said Tuesday, as rescuers searched for another seven workers now also presumed dead.
- IT firm iGate sacks CEO after sexual harassment probe Reuters
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Outsourcing company iGate Corp said it had sacked its Chief Executive Phaneesh Murthy for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate after investigating one of India's
- Lease to Broadway's biggest theater sold AP
NEW YORK (AP) — Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 million.
Apple avoided paying taxes on tens of billions of dollars in profits through a complex network of subsidiaries, many with "no declared tax jurisdiction," a US Senate panel has concluded.
- Vodafone keeps Verizon payout after European weakness Reuters
By Kate Holton and Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone posted the largest ever fall in its main revenue measure on Tuesday, forcing it to keep a dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to compensate
- Microsoft readies new Xbox as entertainment hub AFP News
Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets.
- Apple testing 1.5-inch smartwatch screens: report AFP Relax
Apple is examining the potential of smaller, OLED displays for the upcoming ‘iWatch.'
- Yahoo! vows not to ruin Tumblr after $1.1 bn takeover AFP News
Marissa Mayer has made her boldest move to date as chief of Yahoo! with the billion-dollar purchase of Tumblr, a popular blogging platform she vowed not to ruin after protests from youthful users.
- Tumblr fans get sassy on Yahoo! takeover news AFP News
Tumblr lovers were quick to express ire in trademark sassy posts after news that Yahoo! is buying the blogging platform in a $1.1 billion deal.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — The call to boycott Chinese businesses is a double-edged weapon, former Malaysian Institute of Economic Research executive director Datuk Dr Ariff Abdul Kareem said today, explaining that the campaign would also end up hurting Malay consumers through deprivation of their daily needs.
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