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Malaysian news

§         Sime Darby: Sime to intervene in the E&O minority’s suit against SC

§         CIMB: Talks on BOC stake to conclude by Q1

§         Malaysia Airports: KLIA passenger traffic to grow 5-6% this year

§         TM: Keen to put in bid for DTTB

§         AirAsia: Thai AirAsia to submit IPO plan

§         AirAsia: AirAsia X to axe Europe, India routes

§         SapuraCrest: Unit inks vessel deal

§         Proton:  Show proof of funding next week

§         QSR: No MCCM invite for QSR stake

§         Bina Puri: Confirms Pakistan highway deal

§         Takaso: Eyes income boost with new deal

§         Plantation: Felda Global ideally should have only one strategic partner

§         Economy: Malaysia eyes India rubber auto parts mart

Global news

§         US: Fed officials split on easing as they prepare rate forecasts

§         US: Retail sales increase less than forecast

§         US: Business inventories rise 0.3% in November

§         US: Philly Fed revises December factory activity lower

§         US: Jobless claims climb more than forecast last week

§         US: Budget deficit widened 10% to US$86bn in December

§         Europe: Spain sells twice goal at bond auction as funding costs fall

§         Europe: ECB holds rate steady as crisis respite gives room to pause cuts

§         Europe: Industrial output declines for a third month

§         UK: King resists adding to BOE stimulus as UK shows resilience

§         China: Inflation cools to 15-month low

§         Global: Oil drops as EU Iran oil embargo said likely delayed six months

§         Global: Geithner prods China, Japan on Iran oil imports

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