PUTRAJAYA, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- A total of 99,030 job opportunities are expected to be created through 2,746 approved investment projects in the first half of 2026 (1H 2026), opening up more opportunities for Malaysians to fill high-skilled jobs and enjoy better incomes.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Hong Leong Bank Bhd’s (HLB) customers can now make QR payments at more than 120 million UnionPay and Weixin Pay merchant touchpoints across China through the HLB Connect application, following a strategic partnership with UnionPay International (UPI).
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Rental commerce platform, Rently has secured a US$12 million growth credit facility from January Capital, a technology investment firm, to support its expansion across Asia-Pacific and the Gulf region. (US$1 = RM4.08)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- MedTech Innovator (MTI) announced Ardens Lifescience has won the 2026 MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific Grand Prize, taking home US$175,000 for a system that treats peripheral lung cancer by destroying tumours with radiofrequency energy delivered through the airways. (US$1 = RM4.08)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- H2O.ai, the trusted Sovereign AI Platform, has released TimeH2O-v1, a time-series foundation model for forecasting that ranks first of 32 models on the fev-bench leaderboard by win rate.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Lira Clinical, a global leader in corrective and brightening skincare, has launched REGEN, a skincare line made with an ingredient derived from laboratory-grown salmon cells, developed with San Francisco-based cultivated seafood company Wildtype.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Eco-Shop Marketing Bhd’s net profit for the first quarter of financial year 2027 ended Aug 31, 2026 (1Q FY2027) rose by 7.6 per cent to RM63.19 million from RM58.75 million posted in 1Q FY2026.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- YYForce Inc (YYForce), a technology-enabled provider of workforce solutions, integrated facility management and robotics services, has welcomed Tesla Inc’s announcement that production of its Optimus humanoid robot has begun in Fremont, California.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- EarthDaily has received a US$3 million task order from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide its constellation data and technical support for NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for evaluating how commercial imagery could be used in US federal land imaging programmes. (US$1 = RM4.08)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) must help more Malaysians achieve retirement adequacy by adapting to changing employment patterns while continuing to deliver sustainable returns, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Tec-Do, an artificial intelligence (AI) marketing company, has launched Navos Pro, an AI agent designed to support cross-border e-commerce, international trade, marketing and business analysis, at its Technology Growth Conference 2026 (TGC 2026) in Guangzhou.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Striding AI has unveiled its physical artificial intelligence (AI) solution for retail, comprising two robots and a robot management platform, at the 22nd Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention & Exhibition on Oct 8.
