SME News
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2023-02-02
Digitisation, sustainability shaping travel sector
The hospitality industry is gradually returning to its pre-Covid sales and performance after the two-year-long pandemic and post-pandemic hurdles. While some domestic hospitality players in this segment still need to be financially balanced and ar...
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2023-02-02
MTDC and Gobi Partners invest US$1.1mil in Malaysia's leading ECF platform, pitchIN
The Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) a wholly-owned company of Khazanah Nasional Bhd has joined Gobi Partners as co-investor in a US$1.16 million (RM5 million) investment in Pitch Platforms Sdn Bhd (pitchIN) to assist it to expand ...
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2023-02-01
Consumer staples seen to gain amid price pressures
PETALING JAYA: Consumer downtrading will continue to be a central theme for the consumer sector in Malaysia this year amid the rising cost of living. This will benefit consumer staples stocks such as those in the food and beverage industries, whil...
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2023-02-01
Give people time to earn extra money, economist urges govt
PETALING JAYA: An economist has urged the government to “push hard” for the introduction of flexible work arrangements (FWA) to raise income levels in light of the rising cost of living. Geoffrey Williams of the Malaysia University of ...
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2023-02-01
Labuan Corp outlines strategy to attract foreign investors
LABUAN: Labuan Corp has outlined short and long-term plans to attract foreign investors to the international business and financial centre of Labuan. Its CEO Rithuan Ismail said among the plans that the agency is taking is to establish closer...