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Razer puts on hold opening of walk-in branches in SE Asia
KUALA LUMPUR: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused Razer Inc, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, to put on hold location searches for the opening of its walk-in branches in Southeast Asia. Lee Li Meng, chief executive officer of the company’s
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Cloudflare Web Analytics provides more accurate way to track website performance
KUALA LUMPUR: Cloudflare Inc, the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, has launched Cloudflare Web Analytics to provide accurate, clear and free analytics for all website owners. “With Cloudflare Web Analytics, website owners can help
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World Bank lowers Malaysia’s 2020 growth forecast to -4.9 pct
KUALA LUMPUR: Following a sharper than expected contraction in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), the World Bank has lowered Malaysia’s economic growth forecast this year to a contraction of 4.9 per cent, down from an early estimate of -3.1
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AirTrunk new Tokyo data centre to be among Asia’s largest
KUALA LUMPUR: AirTrunk, a hyperscale data centre specialist, will enter the biggest data centre market in Asia excluding China) with a plan to construct a new 300+ megawatt (MW) hyperscale data centre campus in Inzai, Tokyo. According to a statement,
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Mega mergers in oil and gas on the card – Analyst
KUALA LUMPUR: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oil and gas industry (o&g), coupled with green agenda activism, could trigger an era of mega-mergers and consolidation among the super majors in the industry, AmInvestment Bank Bhd analyst Alex Goh
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GM Klang launches ‘Buy Malaysian Products’ Support Campaign
KLAN: GM Klang Wholesale City today launched the #KasiSupportBaranganTempatanLah campaign to help improve the economy while the country is tackling the spread of COVID-19. Its advertising & promotions manager, Norsuhaida Othman said this campaign was among the efforts by GM Klang to encourage consumers to choose local
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Top Glove trending ahead of results announcement
KUALA LUMPUR- Top Glove Corporation Bhd’s shares were heavily-traded in early trade ahead of the release of its financial year 2020 (FY2020) results later today. It had opened 35 sen stronger at RM8.78 compared to RM8.43 at Tuesday’s close, but pared
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S. Korea to invest US$2.3 bln to develop drones for military use
SEOUL: South Korea plans to invest 2.7 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) in the next 10 years to develop drones for military use, the arms procurement agency said Tuesday. Under the plan, the country will develop various drones to carry out
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Microsoft says ByteDance refused to sell it TikTok’s US operations
MOSCOW: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, will not be selling parts of TikTok’s operations to Microsoft, reported Sputnik news agency. “ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We
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TPM, TDMY to engage with drone industry on technical, commercial readiness
KUALA LUMPUR: Technology Park Malaysia Corp Sdn Bhd (TPM) has collaborated with Terra Drone Technology Malaysia (TDMY) to engage with over 10 drone industry players on the subject of technical and commercial readiness. Acting chief executive officer Sharbani Harun said the collaboration
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