KUALA LUMPUR: Shares in PUC Bhd jumped over 15% in early trade Wednesday on news that Genting

PETALING JAYA: PUC Bhd emerged as the second most traded stock on Bursa Malaysia yesterday and its

of its entire stake in PUC Bhd and ceased to be a substantial shareholder of the group.... Bursa

Companies( PUCs) and Private Ltd Companies( PvLCs) also contributed Rs2. 60bn and Rs3. 36bn

There’s one aspect of California’s program to spur the installation of rooftop solar panels that everyone can agree on: It has been spectacularly successful.... Arnold Schwarzenegger set a target of 1 million solar installations, the program has handily exceeded that goal.... That has made California — where an estimated 15% of electric generation comes from rooftop systems — the national leader in the technology. California’s distributed solar policy hurts the poor....

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI turned slightly into the red at midday as investors displayed caution ahead of Bank Negara's monetary policy decision tomorrow.... Among the blue-chips, financial heavyweights put in a mixed performance with Maybank rising four sne to RM8.31 and CIMB gaining four sen to RM4.95.... Public Bank was unchanged at RM4.10 while Hong Leong Bank slid eight sen to RM18.92....

At least two people were killed and 59 injured — two of them critically — in an explosion targeting an Ashura procession in Bahawalnagar on Thursday, Punjab Home Minister Raja Basharat said. Speaking to Dawn. com, the home minister said that a man hurled a grenade at a procession passing by Jamia Masjid in Muhajir Colony in Bahawalnagar at around 10am, adding that the attacker had been taken into custody. Basharat said besides the two people killed in the explosion, two of the injured were in cr

KUALA LUMPUR: The domestic market extended its sideways pattern on the price chart on Wednesday as it hugged the 200-day simple moving average amid an absence of fresh catalysts and ahead of Thursday's Bank Negara interest rate decision.... However, there is wide consensus among economists that the central bank will maintain the current low rate to continue support for the economy amid the current Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions.... Over the coming term, the market is also expected to be su

KUALA LUMPUR: Investors continued to sell down Bursa Malaysia equities following the plunge on Wall Street overnight. The rout in major US indices came as a surprise, say analysts, which had expected a continued rebound or light profit-taking following the rally triggered by the US Federal Reserve's comments that it was unlikely to raise rates more than 50 basis points at a time.... However, the heavy selling underlined the weak market sentiment, compounded by underwhelming earnings from e-comm

" Because there are so few Black people at this renowned university, many view Black folks as servers, not as fellow classmates," Luther said, recalling awkward run-ins on campus.In one case, a woman mistook Luther for an elevator operator.... But some people aren't even given a computer," he said, noting the array of challenges for disadvantaged students forced to study from home.... CONNECTING WITH ANCESTRYDespite threats, Afro-Brazilian culture continues to thrive in Brazil as it has for ce