Six of the 12 companies are headquartered in the United States. The others are European, British, Australian and Brazilian multinationals.

Malaysia's signing of a major deal with British chip giant Arm this month was the latest step towards achieving the country's goal of producing its own top-end chips in the next five to seven years.

The last quarter of 2024 saw the economy expand by 5.4 percent, bringing the full calendar year's GDP growth to 5.0 percent, compared to a contraction of 2.3 percent in 2023.

As part of the initiative, the CPA arranged an 11-day training on the use of the IORIS platform

China’s BYD has unveiled a megawatt charging system that it says can charge an EV as quickly as filling up a fuel tank, and said it will build a network across China, igniting a new super charging race.

Says Veon Group CEO Kaan Terzioğlu in an interview with The Daily Star

In February, retail sales crept up by 0.2 percent from January to $722.7 billion, according to Commerce Department data.

The Beijing-based firm manufactures a diverse array of tech gadgets ranging from smartphones and laptops to rice cookers and air purifiers.

It is second duty cut in 10 days

"We are navigating troubled waters," said the OECD's chief economist Alvaro Santos Pereira

The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting this week, treading carefully amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies, which include spending cuts and sweeping tariffs.

“Entrepreneurship is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made.”

Reading the latest US inflation report is like flicking through old vacation photos: it looks nice, but the experience was only temporary.

The plan was issued to all regions and departments to "vigorously boost consumption, expand domestic demand in all directions, improve consumption capacity by increasing income and reducing burdens," a report from the Council said.

Trump earlier this month signed an executive order establishing the reserve, which White House crypto chief David Sacks has likened to "a digital Fort Knox", comparing it to the stockpiling of gold bars at the US military base

The head of the online platform, which has come in for scrutiny over its environmental footprint and allegations of human rights violations, also insisted that the company does not use forced labour.

Analysts widely expect the central bank to hold the benchmark lending rate steady at 4.25 percent to 4.50 percent, after similarly doing so in January

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn reported on Friday a lower-than-expected net profit for 2024 as consumer electronic gadgets underperformed, although demand for its artificial intelligence servers remained robust.

Vietnamese and US companies have signed more than $4 billion in deals, a petrochemical giant said Friday, as anxiety mounts in Hanoi over potential tariffs under US President Donald Trump’s administration.

As things stand it doesn’t look like Musk will imminently axe Ukraine’s Starlink access, which is part funded by Poland.