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Elon Musk vacuums up US$1.4b in SpaceX stock from past and present employees
NEW YORK, April 21 — Elon Musk increased his stake in SpaceX last year by purchasing US$1.4 billion (RM5.5 billion) worth of stock from current and former employees, The Information reported on Tuesday.The secondary stock purchase, made through Musk’s trust,
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Maybank to move head office to Merdeka 118 starting May 6
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) will relocate its head office from Menara Maybank in Jalan Tun Perak to Menara Merdeka 118 effective May 6, 2026. In a statement today, the bank said it will occupy 33
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Food vs fuel: Survey shows what Malaysians and Thais fear most as oil jitters rise
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — A new survey has found food and fuel prices topping consumer worries in Malaysia and Thailand as tensions in the Strait of Hormuz keep oil markets volatile. The study by Rakuten Insight, conducted earlier this
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ in talks with DP World over Gaza reconstruction
WASHINGTON, April 21 — Representatives of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” have held talks with state-owned Dubai multinational DP World about managing supply chains and infrastructure projects in Gaza, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of Gaza,
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Nvidia circuit board supplier Victory Giant rockets on RM8b Hong Kong IPO
HONG KONG, April 21 — Shares in a Chinese tech firm that supplies US chip titan Nvidia soared almost 60 per cent on its Hong Kong debut Tuesday, having raised more than US$2 billion (RM7.9 billion) in the city’s largest
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Trump says extracting Iran’s uranium will be ‘long and difficult’ after US strikes
WASHINGTON, April 21 — US President Donald Trump said late Monday the United States obtaining uranium from Iran would be “long” and “difficult” in the aftermath of last year’s US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear sites. “Operation Midnight Hammer was a
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Musk no-show at Paris hearing on Grok AI, X child pornography allegations
PARIS, April 21 — Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday did not appear at a summons for questioning in a French probe into X and its AI chatbot, Grok, over alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction, the Paris
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Tesla settles before trial in wrongful death suit over disabled speed limiter fatal crash
WASHINGTON, April 21 — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida stemming from a 2018 high-speed crash that killed a teenager riding in one of the electric vehicle maker’s sedans, court records show. A
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MMEA weighs non-lethal weapons to strengthen maritime enforcement
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is currently examining the use of non-lethal weapons, including electric guns, as part of a more flexible and controlled enforcement approach. Its deputy director-general (Logistics), Maritime Admiral Datuk Saiful
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Express bus burns out along Semporna-Kunak road, firefighters contain blaze
SEMPORNA, April 21 — An express bus was destroyed in a fire along Jalan Semporna-Kunak in Semporna on Monday night, with no casualties reported. The Fire and Rescue Department received an emergency call at 10.49pm and arrived at the scene
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