Time to legalise booking fees?
For many naive and unwary property purchasers, signing a booking pro-forma with a housing developer or with its appointed agent or lawyer and paying an upfront booking fee before the formal sale and purchase agreement (SPA) is signed has come to be viewed as a common operating procedure.
Keeping waste disposal responsible
A single construction site can generate a surprising amount of waste long before a building is completed. Broken concrete, steel cuts, timber formworks, plastic wrappings and other excess materials are standard byproducts of any development, often unavoidable.
Interfloor leakage: Who is responsible?
In strata developments, a ceiling stain is rarely just a cosmetic issue. More often than not, it signals a water leakage problem that may originate from a unit above, shared building systems or even underlying construction defects.
Stepping on the gas
Natural gas has already been in focus in the energy transition, serving as a vital "bridge fuel" to replacing fossil fuels.
Are unit trusts dependable?
The Malaysian unit trust industry has never been larger. Assets under management (AUM) crossed the RM600bil mark earlier this year – an all-time high, expanding faster than Malaysia's real economy and the capital market over the past decade.
China’s K-shaped growth
China's economic growth reaccelerated to 5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter of financial year 2026 (1Q26) from 4.5% in 4Q25, coming in above market expectations.
Sun Bus Tech goes the extra mile
From an early age, Shyan Phang has had a front-row view of the bus building industry.
A blurry Warsh era at the Fed
WITH Kevin Warsh now officially appointed as the new Federal Reserve (Fed) chair, all eyes will be on him at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting, scheduled between June 16 and June 17.
Banks still top dividend play
Investors seeking exposure to Malaysia's banking sector may still find compelling opportunities, despite growing uncertainty over the global economic outlook.
Time to rein in subsidies
Ministries are now in the crosshairs of the Finance Ministry, as they're being asked to tighten their belts to cope with the massive fuel subsidies that have wrecked havoc on government finances.
