GEORGE TOWN: A majority of the factories run by members of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers( FMM) will close in the first two days of the scheduled water disruption in Penang next week. The federation’s Penang chairman Datuk Seri Lee Teong Li said factories that utilise a large amount of water in their operations-such as those producing food, chemicals, metal fabrications, polishing and plating-are unable to open." From our survey, most of the water storage at our( members’) factories i

Artificial intelligence can do a lot these days—and will be able to do a lot more in the future.... But killing a$ 1.2 trillion industry will be a stretch. That is how much the world’s businesses are expected to spend on enterprise software this year, according to projections from market research firm Gartner.... According to Meity, the allocated funds have been nearly fully utilized." ISM’s net outlay may have been a fifth of America’s, but taking state and indirect incentives into account, t

by James DobbinsThe world is more dangerous than it was a few years ago, and the mounting chaos in the Middle East has fed wider, more exaggerated anxieties.... Russia is misbehaving, but nothing on the scale of the former Soviet Union.... States are being challenged by terrorists and insurgent groups in the Middle East, as they once were in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Balkans....

KAMPALA, March 26( Xinhua)--Uganda's tourism authorities have said the country expects to increase annual tourism revenue to about 1.9 billion U.S. dollars and increase inbound tourism revenue per visitor from 1, 052 dollars to 1, 500 dollars. This was revealed by Ugandan Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities Tom Butime, who launched the" Dissemination of Tourism Industry Performance 2023" report here on Tuesday. The minister said Uganda's tourism revenue for the year ending 2023 increas

country's economy, and its fiscal stability, hinges greatly on mainland China. This week Laos

has affected 49 contract farming participants. Its director, Aiada Abdul Rashid, expressed concern

KUALA LUMPUR: Unisem( M) Bhd expects about 2% of its total annual output volume to be affected as

Brexit will undoubtedly damage economically both the UK and the EU. Eventually it will affect

WhatsApp Facebook Twitter Email Messenger KUWAIT CITY, Oct 23: According to official data, a total of 97 small and medium enterprises funded by the National Fund have stumbled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... This is a specialized committee of the National Fund that is tasked with studying the cases of defaults stipulated in the executive regulations.... The data showed that the stumbling small and medium enterprises are multiple and diverse....

SEGAMAT: More than 300 schools in the country have been affected by floods, including some that