Day: September 12, 2024

NEW DELHI, India, BUSINESSNEXT, a universe of composable enterprise solutions for banks and financial services, is featured as a Niche Player in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation Platforms report. The platform was evaluated for its comprehensive suite of enterprise solutions, with a focus on its sales automation capabilities. This positioning places BUSINESSNEXT among the top 13 vendors globally in the sales force automation platform, demonstrating its industry-focused approach and advanced solutions to delivering cutting-edge solutions. Its SFA capabilities include guided selling, predictive analytics, and an AI-driven strategy. With a strong presence in financial services and insurance

LYON (France), Malaysia intends to increase the number of entries in the next edition of the WorldSkills Competition (WSC), especially through new skill areas, said Deputy Minister of Human Resources Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad. The Malaysia Chef de Mission (CDM) for the WSC 2024 said this would help to produce more skilled and quality youth from the country. He expressed the importance of the competition as it can unearth the country’s talents and provide good job opportunities for them. “I have instructed the officers concerned to prepare a working paper to improve our participation…we increase our participation, to improve

KUALA LUMPUR, The FBM KLCI rebounded swiftly during Thursday’s opening session, recouping some losses from the previous day. However, traders anticipate the index will remain confined to a narrow 10-point range of 1,640-1,650 throughout the day. At 9.05 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) perked up 3.35 points to 1,643.15 from yesterday’s close of 1,639.80. The benchmark index opened 4.24 points better at 1,644.04. Market breadth showed improvement, with gainers outpacing losers 242 to 105. A total of 236 counters remained unchanged, 1,883 were untraded and 26 were suspended. Turnover totalled 104.94 million units valued at RM65.41 million.

GEORGE TOWN, Two entertainment premises in Jalan Sri Bahari and Jalan Kek Chuan, here, were raided by the Penang Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) yesterday for suspected copyright infringement and unauthorised use of registered works for commercial purposes. Its director S. Jegan said the raid was conducted by 20 KPDN enforcement officers along with eight representatives from the Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) following complaints from representatives of the copyright holders. He said the raided premises were licensed entertainment centres offering karaoke services. During the raid, authorities discovered music software suspected

KOTA BHARU, The Yayasan Infaq ANGKASA (YIA) aims to collect RM7.2 million annually in waqf donations to fund various initiatives for the Muslims in the country. Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (ANGKASA) president Datuk Seri Dr Abdul Fattah Abdullah said the target was based on their 7.2 million members, with each contributing just RM1. ‘ANGKASA itself will contribute RM1.5 million annually to the foundation, and we hope more individuals and corporate entities will follow suit in making waqf infaq contributions. As of August this year, we have already collected RM2 million from various donors. ‘The funds collected will be used