The Star Malaysia - StarBiz - 2020-08-06

• Focus on firms with Turkish ops
• Pan Borneo Highway Sabah
• Indonesian economy shrinks for first time since Asian crisis
• KLCCP Stapled Q2 net profit down 22%
• Takeover offer for Watta launched
• WCT to focus on maintainin­g healthy financial, cash flow position
• Karex share price rallies on glove mania
• Not so fast on that Transatlan­tic switch
• Weak US dollar no boon for emerging markets this time
• Hartalega outlook expected to remain bright
• BPO market in Malaysia set to surpass Us$1.4bil
• Mah Sing likely to see earnings upside from plastics
• Pasdec has until Friday to submit annual report or be suspended
• Jewellers hit limit up as gold prices surge
• Favourable earnings seen for Frontken
• F&N earnings to recover gradually as demand grows
• Japan short of rescue plans for regional lenders hit by pandemic
• Japan mulls extending employment subsidy
• Honda expects sales in Asia to grow 8%
• Philippine­s July CPI rises but door open to further easing
• Singapore looks to widen range of visitors
• China plans to pursue economic self-reliance
• Fragmentat­ion of financial regulation hindering Covid response
• India’s services activity shrinks for fifth straight month
• Iron ore may overtake coking coal in the commodity world
• India has biggest disconnect between stock rally, economic gloom
• RBA ends 3-month hiatus
• Virgin Australia to cut workforce
• The little luxuries people can’t live without – even in a global pandemic
• United States equities won’t revisit March lows
• NZ has lower jobless rate
• British banks brace for losses
• Bank of England seen signaling more stimulus to come
• Kuwait’s Us$112bil fund has cash to spend after revamp
• Investors launch climate plan to get to zero emissions
• Dirty oil’s demand boost set to wane
• Cargo airline cashing in on junk bond boom
• Investors raise concerns about migrant workers’ rights

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