Prices of air conditioners and refrigerators have shot up in the new year as consumer durables

price rise of different commodities within the range of 2-3 per cent every year....

KUALA LUMPUR: Rising input prices are expected to chip away at Fraser Neave Holdings Bhd's( FN

PETALING JAYA: Consumers and businesses must be prepared to face high prices of goods until market

Companies will need to factor in a recovery in their earnings from the COVID-19 pandemic but also heftier energy and material costs and the unknown impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant when annual labor-management wage negotiations begin in the spring of 2022.... " It's important to use all possible means to create a mood in which companies want to raise wages," Kishida said recently at a press conference.... The prime minister is calling for a pay hike of over 3 percent by companies, as

.... They were demanding relief on rising cotton yarn prices for the last 10 months and the ban on its

to limit the Delta variant of coronavirus hit demand and supply-chain constraints pushed input

PETALING JAYA: The rising raw material costs is the greatest challenge for Hup Seng Industries Bhd

expected to be hit by price rises of as much as 20%, Robert Giles, the chief executive of canned

Similarly, the price of polypropylene( PP) resin has increased by more than 10%. Plastic resins are