KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- The Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) has urged contractors to register and legalise their foreign construction workers under the amnesty period before a strict enforcement exercise which is scheduled to ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is confident that Malaysia will be able to meet its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth target of between 5.5 and 6.0 per cent this year based on a domestic demand which ha...

KUALA LUMPUR: Industrial output numbers in June were better than market expectations, helped by a rebound in manufacturing activities. The Industrial Production Index (IPI), which measures changes in manufacturing, electricity and mining ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- CyberSecurity Malaysia, an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), has come up with a set of guidelines entitled "Information Security Guidelines for Small and Medium Enterprises (S...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia needs to start turning innovative ideas into products fast for the world market, says the president of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), Tan Sri Mustafa Mansur.It is timely for Malaysia to h...

 The Industrial Production Index (IPI) in June 2011 increased one per cent as compared with the same month last year. Month-on-month, the June 2011 IPI increased 3.5 per cent, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in its IPI report f...

BALIKPAPAN (East Kalimantan): Asean economic ministers, who will meet in Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia, this week are expected to assess the progress made thus far by member states in their readiness towards the establishment of the Asean Economic Co...

WHILE the roles of women have evolved tremendously over the last 30 years, there are still entrenched mind sets and behaviours, not just in companies, but among women themselves, which pose roadblocks to their further advancement. And this old-fas...

It allows small businesses a chance to win an award and be recognised THE Star Outstanding Business Awards (SOBA), which is in the running for the second year, is a platform for up-and-coming as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to gro...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) is charting a new course to diversify into financing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to ride on government contracts under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).Established as a building...

THE concept of global supply chain among Malaysian companies is not new as we have implemented it for more than 50 years. What is new, however, is the growing expectation on how these companies address the objectives of hi...

INVESTMENT: Mustapa (right) reacting during the press conference. Also seen is his deputy Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan. — Photo by Jefferty Mostapa   KUCHING: A Korean company is most likely to invest US$300 million to set up a meta...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- Business loans are expected to pick up the slack caused by the anticipated slowdown in property loans in the longer term, supported by the implementation of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). ECM Libra Inve...

IF one were to assess the success of a nation in terms of its wealth and economic growth, innovation would surely play a significant role. Countries that have embarked on research and development (R&D) in a big way are now enjoying the frui...

KUALA LUMPUR: The government wants Malaysia to progress from a planned economy to a market economy as it can't sustain the increasing cost of financing sports in the country, said Minister of Sports Datuk Sri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.The minister sai...

KUALA LUMPUR: Participants were given valuable insights by industry experts on how local fledgling companies can excel and become industry leaders at the fourth and final forum of the The Star Outstanding Business Awards 2011 (SOBA) held at the Royal...

ALOR SETAR, July 27 (Bernama) -- Japanese investors will continue to invest in Malaysia as they remain confident of the country's economic stability, says International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir."The general con...

KUALA LUMPUR: The bumiputra portion of the RM3bil Working Capital Guarantee Scheme (WCGS) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been extended 12 more months until the end of 2012 to ensure that the scheme would be fully utilised. Minister in t...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bumiputeras who want to become successful entrepreneurs have only got themselves to blame if they fail. That was the gist of the "Terajui Minda Anda" (steer your minds) video presented by Teraju yesterday. ...

 KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (BERNAMA)-- The government has allocated RM8 million for a soft-loan scheme aimed at encouraging the lower income group to engage small and micro franchises as franchisees. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin s...