KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- Market development grants (MDG) will be increased four-fold to RM52.5 million this year, from RM12.34 million allocated last year, says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. He said the eligibility ceiling for the grant has been rais...

KUALA LUMPUR Jan 12 (Bernama) -- Investors are advised to invest more in fixed income or bonds, compared to equities in the current economic situation. Citibank Malaysia's Head of Investment Strategist and Research, Wealth Management Products, Steven Yong said a defensive strategy with a larger por...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is urging the Ministry of Human Resources to expedite amendments to the labour laws to provide equitable legislation especially in the firing and hiring of employees. FMM vice-president Raja Datuk Abdul Aziz Raja Muda...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) expects bilateral trade between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia to experience positive growth this year. In 2010, bilateral trade amounted to RM9.32 billion while for the first 10 months of 2011, it rose 47 per cent ...

 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) in November 2011 edged up by 1.8 per cent compared with the same month in 2010 due to the increase in manufacturing and electricity index.The IPI in October was revised to 2.9 per cent from 2.8 per cent year-on-year.In a statement toda...

IPOH, Dec 31 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will chair a meeting next month to review the status of projects implemented under the Economic Transformation Programme, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah. He said the meeting would also be attended by the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) wants the government to adopt holistic and effective measures to reduce dependency on foreign workers in the long term in line with the aim to become a high-income economy. In a statement today, FMM said it supported ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade) plans to increase bumiputra and women entrepreneurs’ contribution to the country’s total exports to more than 20% by 2015.Deputy chief executive officer Datuk Zakaria Kamarudin said currently, the contribution from both...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- Small and medium-sized entrepreneurs (SMEs) should seize the lucrative potentials within the burgeoning global halal market as it is the epitome of the Blue Ocean strategy, Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir says. "When a market...

JOHOR BARU: Small and medium industries (SMEs) are told not to panic in view of the ongoing eurozone debt crisis and the US economic slowdown but to instead look for alternative markets.South Johor SME Association chairman Teh Kee Sim (pic) said Asean, China and India offered good opportunities as t...