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Malaysia

Virtual Currency for Facebook

FacebookAiming to make it simpler for millions of people to acquire essential goods and play games on the social networking site while increasing revenue for developers, Facebook is associating with a Malaysian Company to vend credits at trade outlets across Asia for the first time.

Khazanah Extends the Date for Partial Holding in Parkway

Malaysia making it easy for India

Najib-RazakAs per the instructions instructed by the Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday, to the Malaysian immigration authorities to make it easy to issue the visas in order to make the procedures smoother for the Indians to visit Malaysia.

Khazanah Nasional Extended Takeover Deadline

Malaysian sovereign group, Khazanah today extended its fractional offer for Parkway Holdings Ltd. by no less than 18 days, escalating its clash with India's Fortis Healthcare over control of the hospital chain.

Carrefour Denies Selling its Malaysia, Singapore, or Thailand Stores

CarrefourAs a reply to the world-wide speculations rumoring that Carrefour is “offloading” its assets in South Asia for around US$1 billion, the French giant, Carrefour,  said that it is not selling neither of its outlets in Malaysia, Singapore, or in Thailand. This reply came on the heels of the launching of Carrefour’s four hypermarkets in Malaysia, with plans to open another four by the end of this year in Malaysia as well.

Malaysia's Broadband Access Costliest In Asia Pacific Region

broadbandAccording to a recent study conducted by the Asia-Pacific Carriers' Coalition (APCC), the telecom operators in Malaysia made the maximum payment for their Ethernet broadband lines in the Asia-Pacific region.

The study collected data from seven international carriers. It also focused on three forms of access platforms namely Ethernet, DSL and leased lines.

US$308m to be Hiked by CapitaMalls Malaysia Trust

CapitaMalls-Malaysia-TrustMalaysia has developed a planned list of its first pure play shopping mall real estate investment trust, by the assistance of which, the retail investors of the country can now possess their desired piece in the shopping malls.