News by theedgemalaysia.com

The Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA) is calling on the government to defer and review the imposition of services tax on utilities billed to commercial tenants through shopping mall management.

Kumpulan Jetson Bhd (KL:JETSON) on Friday announced that an independent forensic review it had commissioned into disputed payments and an employee share option scheme (ESOS) executed in and around June 2025 has found anomalies.

Eco-Shop Marketing Bhd (KL:ECOSHOP) is facing a lawsuit from a property owner over alleged breach of a tenancy agreement and unauthorised demolition of premises in George Town, Penang.

The four United Malayan Land Bhd (UMLand) subsidiaries who earlier this month filed a judicial review — to challenge the seizure of 192 Johor Bahru land lots linked to a dispute involving Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary’s companies over a 2021 demerger exercise — have withdrawn their application.

Malaysia’s data centre sector continues to outperform international peers, with developments in Johor setting the pace across numerous regional benchmarks, according to the Knight Frank Data Centre Atlas 2026 report.

Malayan Banking Bhd (KL:MAYBANK), the country's largest bank by assets, on Thursday officially launched its new headquarters located at the world's second-tallest building now called Menara Merdeka Maybank.

About 40,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Architecture, Interior Design and Building Exhibition (Archidex) with RM1.4 billion in transactions expected to be generated, said C.I.S Network Sdn Bhd president Datuk Vincent Lim at the exhibition’s launching ceremony held at Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre on Thursday.

Sunway Healthcare Holdings Bhd (KL:SUNMED) is acquiring four parcels of freehold land measuring 9.918 acres in Sunway City Iskandar Puteri for RM45.37 million as it moves ahead with its Johor expansion.

South Korea-based semiconductor testing specialist K-Test Co Ltd has broken ground on a US$50 million (RM205 million) manufacturing facility in Perak, marking the group's first plant in Southeast Asia as it expands its global footprint to meet growing customer demand.

German life sciences company Eppendorf SE will invest €40 million, or about RM186 million, to set up its first manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia in Penang.