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Wall Streets Hottest Chip Stocks Are Cracking, Friday Rout...

Editor - June 6, 2026

Chip stocks are turning a rough session on Friday into a rout, with the semiconductor complex suffering its worst drop since April 2025, erasing more than $1 trillion in market value...

Markets

Kospi Plunges 5.5% as Tech Rout Triggers Trading Halt

Business Today Editorial - June 6, 2026

South Korean equities plunged more than 5% on June 5 as investors locked in profits from a recent tech-driven rally and reacted to heightened uncertainty over US-Iran peace negotiations,...

Markets

Hong Kong Stocks Slide As Hang Seng Falls Below...

Business Today Editorial - June 6, 2026

Hong Kong stocks closed lower on June 5, with the Hang Seng Index retreating 1.15%, or 290.14 points, to 24,961.95 as investors locked in profits and remained cautious over...

Markets

Singapore Stocks Slip As STI Ends Below 5,050

Business Today Editorial - June 6, 2026

Singapore shares closed lower on June 5, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) easing 0.3%, or 15.4 points, to finish at 5,049.96 amid cautious regional sentiment and profit-taking...

Markets

Wall Street Snaps Nine-Week Rally As Tech Rout Batters...

Business Today Editorial - June 6, 2026

Wall Street ended sharply lower on June 5, snapping a nine-week winning streak as a stronger-than-expected US jobs report and rising geopolitical tensions triggered a broad sell-off in technology...

Property

News

Radium Development Chief Financial Officer Resigns After 3 Years

Editor - June 6, 2026

Radium Development Bhd has announced the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Lee Wei Jin, who is leaving the company to pursue personal interests. The property developer said Lee's...

News

Oriental Interest Launches Myra Embun Residential Starting From RM250,000

Editor - June 6, 2026

Oriental Interest, the developer of Myra, has unveiled Myra Embun, a new mixed development in Jenderam designed to serve the growing Putrajaya fringe. Set on 5.08 acres of freehold land,...

News

Encorp Secures Felda Housing Development Deal

Business Today Editorial - June 5, 2026

Encorp Bhd is set to undertake a major staff housing development for the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deliver...

News

Radium Development Chief Financial Officer Resigns After 3 Years

Editor - June 6, 2026

Radium Development Bhd has announced the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Lee Wei Jin, who is leaving the company to pursue personal...

News

Infraharta Faces Delay In Recovery Efforts As Sheng Tai Unit Seeks Judicial Review

Editor - June 6, 2026

Infraharta Holdings Bhd's efforts to recover outstanding payments from Sheng Tai Impression Sdn Bhd (STISB) have been temporarily halted after the latter filed for...

News

EITA Resources Wins RM40 Million Supply Contract For Johor Data Centre

Editor - June 6, 2026

EITA Resources Bhd has secured a RM40.93 million contract to supply and deliver busduct systems for a data centre project in Johor, strengthening the...

Commentaries

Rethinking Malaysia’s Dirty War On e-Waste

Editor - June 6, 2026

By Professor Dato Dr Ahmad Ibrahim There are key environmental concerns for the world. Climate change and global warming top the list. Driven by greenhouse...

News

MOHR To Ensure TVET RM50 Million Fund Well Utilised

Business Today Editorial - June 6, 2026

The Human Resources Ministry (MOHR) has pledged to ensure that the additional RM50 million allocations for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) 2.0...

News

Hot Weather Detected In Three Areas

Business Today Editorial - June 6, 2026

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has detected hot weather conditions in three areas across the country, with one location in Peninsular Malaysia and two...

Global

Singapore Orders Social Media Platforms To Block Content Likely From China, Targetting Indian Community

Editor - June 6, 2026

Three social media platforms have been ordered to block access to 14 posts which “target the Indian community and undermine Singapore’s model of multiculturalism”,...

News

Ahmad Zahid Urges Dialogue To Resolve Negeri Sembilan Rulership Dispute

Business Today Editorial - June 6, 2026

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has called for the ongoing dispute over the Negeri Sembilan rulership to be resolved through...