Tuesday, March 6, 2012

News Bits | 6 March 2012

Reports
§         Newz Bits [download report]

Malaysian news
§         Sime Darby: Jimah on Sime’s mind
§         CIMB: Forges partnership with Colombo’s JKSB
§         TNB: Hoping Petronas will finalise charges by June
§         MAHB: KLIA2 on course for completion in April next year
§         JAKS Resources: Gets RM252m construction job
§         Ivory Properties: To launch RM1.4bn worth of projects
§         Envair Holdings:  RM1.5bn oil project boost for Envair?
§         Construction: Prasarana to disburse RM2.5bn LRT extension job
§         Construction: MRT Corp plans next two lines
§         Oil & Gas: Petronas proposes gas price mechanism
§         Economy: Score gets RM2bn investments

Global news
§         US: Service industries expand by most in year
§         US: Orders to factories fall for first time in three months
§         US: Fed's Fisher says QE3 risky
§         Europe: Venizelos says debt swap is best, only offer for investors
§         Europe: Services output declines more than estimated
§         Europe: Retail sales unexpectedly increase, led by France
§         Europe: Investor confidence increases for a third month
§         China: Government cuts GDP target
§         Taiwan: Inflation rises at slowest pace in 18 months on food