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Rich Asian family-owned firms create more wealth

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By SHAZNI ONG / Pic By TMR
Family-Owned companies in Malaysia are performing better, creating more wealth compared to those non-family owned firms, ...

Credit Suisse urged to improve money-laundering controls

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By BLOOMBERG
ZURICH • Credit Suisse Group AG was given until the end of next year to strengthen its internal processes to combat money laundering as ...

Domestic telco space heats up

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The spotlight is on TM that might see its dominance in the fixed-line broadband space under threat
By NG MIN SHEN / Pic By TMR File THE ...

Walking a tightrope — cost, rising living expenses and election promises

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The new minimum wage will have trivial impacts towards business activities against the total cost structure
By SHAZNI ONG / Pic By ...

Hong Kong passes New York as home to the most ultra-rich people

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The former British colony saw its number of ultra-wealthy increase 31% last year to about 10,000
by Alfred Liu / BLOOMBERG New York has lost its crown ...

JPMorgan sees liquidity wildcard in future

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They reckon investors should pencil the next crisis in for 2020
by BLOOMBERG TOKYO • How bad will the next crisis be? JPMorgan Chase & Co has an ...

Dr Mahathir’s attacks on foreign projects spook Malaysia investors

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As warning against a ‘new version of colonialism’, however, Dr Mahathir has also said he’s open to investment that benefits local companies, workers
by ...

How a family turn a barren hillside into an RM18b property empire

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The Kadoories’ propensity to hang on to nurture assets allows them to amass a trove of trophy landmarks in HK
by Venus Feng & Frederik Balfour ...

When 2 films ‘save’ the entire industry

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To date, both Munafik 2 and Hantu Mak Limah have crossed the RM30m mark (and still counting)
by SHAHEERA AZNAM SHAH & RAHIMI YUNUS IT FINALLY ...

How Jack Ma became the role model for China’s start-up generation

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As Ma makes plans to leave Alibaba, his legacy will be an enduring one
By BLOOMBERG / Pic By TMR Hong Kong • Long before he became China’s most ...

Facebook is bingeing on Bay Area real estate

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by Noah Buhayar & Sarah Frier
Since Facebook Inc arrived in Menlo Park, California, seven years ago, the town has been overrun by construction ...

Harry Potter and the BoE’s productivity policymaker

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LONDON • Britain’s famous boy wizard may have the magic to revive the UK economy, according to the Bank of England’s (BoE) newest policymaker Jonathan ...