KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- Panasonic Malaysia Sdn Bhd is eyeing a 10 per cent sales growth for its financial year 2011.

NILAI, March 16 (Bernama) -- Coca-Cola Company plans to invest RM1 billion in Malaysia over the next five years to further boost its growth in the South East Asian market.

PUTRAJAYA, March 16 (Bernama) -- Local grinding for the cocoa industry in Malaysia has shown rapid growth, from 139,000 metric tonnes in 2000 to 279,000 metric tonnes last year.

DUBAI, March 16 (Bernama) -- Culinary delights from across Asia took centre stage at the Asian Food Fair 2010 in Abu Dhabi over the weekend.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- A paper on the investigation conducted by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the disappearance of the two F5-E fighter jet engines is to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat this month, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- Up to 95.4 per cent of the 39.4 million prescriptions for outpatients at government hospitals and clinics last year were dispensed in less than 30 minutes, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- International students in Malaysia must fulfil certain conditions before their passes can be renewed, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is still competent in luring more foreign investments this year despite stiff competition, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 -- Islamic finance should be transparent as possible as it ensures predictability and confidence in the processes.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin described the government's introduction of a New Economic Model (NEM) to transform Malaysia into a developed and high-income nation, as a far-sighted initiative.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- CIMB Islamic Bank has won the "Best Islamic Bank in Asia" award from Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- The proposed amendments to the Internal Security Act (ISA) will be scrutinised by the cabinet on Friday before it can be tabled and debated in the current parliament sitting, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said on Monday.

PUTRAJAYA, March 15 (Bernama) -- The nominations for the National Academic Awards 2009, which recognises successful academicians in their respective fields, are now open from today until May 17.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysians, currently among the biggest users of Yahoo!, Friendster, Facebook and blogs in Asia, can look forward to more high definition applications with the roll-out of high-speed broadband (HSBB) in the Klang Valley beginning this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) have sealed a five-year contract for information technology (IT) infrastructure services.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy (MACA) will be receiving an allocation of almost RM1 million from the United Nations (UN) to develop two anti-corruption training programmes this year and next year, said its director Datuk Samarajoo Manikam.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- Yang di- Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin congratulated national shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei for winning the prestigious All England badminton championship on Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- The Telugu community in Malaysia will celebrate their New Year (Ugadi) on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- The giving of subsidies will be restructured and reduced in stages, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin opened the third session of the 12th Parliament here on Monday.