Maxis yesterday launched its most affordable and worry-free fibre broadband plans for both consumers and businesses. Maxis’ no restrictions, ‘Always On’ propositions provide a superior Internet experience supported by advanced high speed fibre networks and even better services.

Both the new consumer and business fibre plans are available in speeds of up to 100Mbps, at prices 36% - 65% lower than previous similar plans. For consumers, the 100Mbps plan comes at RM129 per month, and 30Mbps at RM89 per month. Business customers meanwhile can take up the 100Mbps plan for just RM139 per month, and 30Mbps for RM99 per month, inclusive of business grade service options of ‘Always On’ and ‘peace of mind’ benefits.

Sentiment towards the Malaysian economy has taken an unexpected negative turn following the news that the Malaysian economy expanded by a much slower pace than forecast between April – June.

Expectations for the second quarter GDP reading were above 5%, but the headline number of 4.5% is far below forecast. This reading will also likely accelerate some underlying concerns that the overall growth outlook for the Malaysian economy in 2018 will need to be readjusted lower.

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd introduced fresh policies for staff with special needs children by providing financial assistance and flexi-work arrangements to help them focus on both their children and career.

These policies allow eligible employees to work from home one day per week and receive financial assistance of up to RM1000 per child monthly, reflecting the Group’s understanding that raising specially-abled children requires both time and additional funding.

AirAsia inks MoU with Malaysia Entrepreneurs' Development Association (PUMM) to provide members of the association with more travel flexibility through AirAsia MyCorporate services.

The MoU was signed at AirAsia RedQ by Spencer Lee, AirAsia Malaysia Head of Commercial and Tan Lay Seong, Deputy President of the Malaysia Entrepreneurs’ Development Association.

PETRONAS Dagangan Bhd (PDB) posted a 38% increase in Profit Before Tax to RM424.3 million for the quarter ended 30 June 2018, as compared to the corresponding quarter last year. The increase is due to higher margin contributed by both Retail and Commercial segments as well as higher other income.

Revenue for the quarter stood at RM7,278.0 million, an increase of 10% or RM661.6 million as a result of increase in average selling price by 10%.

Axiata Business Services Sdn. Bhd., operating under the brand Xpand, and Koble Inc., a leading global business-to-business matchmaking platform, signed an exclusive licensing agreement covering the Asia region to offer small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and larger enterprises a digital business matchmaking service to meet buyers and suppliers that are a perfect match for potential commercial opportunities.

The Koble platform enables business professionals to discover, connect and facilitate business deals with buyers and suppliers around the world. Recognising a need to improve upon current business-to-business (B2B) networks that are designed solely for building personal brands, the Koble platform combines the power of social networking with the intelligence of anonymous and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered matchmaking to improve relationship management for both qualified buyers and sellers looking to grow their businesses.

Children from countries such as Lesotho, India, Myanmar and Malaysia will benefit from RM103,000 raised by about 200 OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad (OCBC Bank) staff who fasted through an entire work day recently.

The 8-Hour Corporate Famine programme was a collaborative effort between the Bank and international humanitarian organisation World Vision Malaysia. Led by its Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Ong Eng Bin, OCBC Bank staff broke fast together at the close of work in this adaptation of World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine programme.

QSR Brands Holdings Bhd, quick service restaurant operator with over 1,080 KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in Malaysia, has announced its partnership with the popular delivery service provider, foodpanda.

The partnership aligns with QSR Brands’ customer-centric strategy to create greater service accessibility for its customers to be able to enjoy offerings from KFC and Pizza Hut easier while driving profitable growth for both brands as well as foodpanda.

Petronas returns to inspire Malaysians with more stories for this National Day and Malaysia Day with the ‘Cerita Kita’ television commercial (TVC) and the ‘Ceritera Kita’ art exhibition.

“Through this campaign, we present inspiring stories that impact the values we commonly share and cherish; values that hold us together as a nation of uniquely diverse and united people; values that make us truly Malaysian”, said Petronas senior general manager of group strategic communications, Zahariah (Liza) Abd Rahman.

OPPO has launched its latest model from OPPO F series, the all new OPPO F9 to the local market.

The F9 will ship with VOOC Flash charge, gradient colours as well as a unique water drop screen design.