Editor’s note: Article has been updated with KWAP’s ‘no comment’.
Just a heads up, the next few newsletters will be minimal on design as my trusty graphics designer is away.
Normal programming — that is the cool graphics — will resume next week. For now, you’ll just have me and my bad eye for design minimalism.
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Malaysian snack maker Mamee-Double Decker is set to receive about RM1 billion from a government-linked investment company (GLIC), sources tell me.