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The federal government has introduced the Productivity Mega Deduction, a proposed permanent tax measure that lets businesses write off the full cost of software, computers, vehicles, machinery and other assets in the year they are put to use.

A GP in a market town sends an urgent referral on a Monday morning and can estimate, with uncomfortable accuracy, how long the patient will wait. The estimate surprises nobody in the building. Less often discussed is how that wait looks beside other health systems, and what it will cost the Exchequer over the next…

The oil palm industry is facing manifold challenges, ranging from rising fertiliser and fuel costs due to the Iran war to weather and climate change impacts that will negatively affect crop yield. Amid these headwinds, it is essential for Malaysian planters to focus on good agricultural practices to increase yields, says Malaysian Palm Oil Council…

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As the majority of people living in rural areas depend on agriculture and livestock farming for their livelihoods, the government is implementing poverty reduction and the improvement of farmers’ livelihoods as one of its key priority tasks. As about 70 per cent of the country’s population lives in rural areas, efforts are being made to…

We spent several weeks testing current AI tools on macOS Sequoia and the latest Apple Silicon hardware. The goal was to identify which apps deliver real speed gains for people who handle research, writing, meetings, and project work every day. Tools were scored on four factors: how deeply they integrate with macOS features, whether they…

PETALING JAYA: Any possible changes to the minimum wage in Budget 2027 must also be supported by policies that improve workers’ skills, experience and productivity to be effective, according to economists and employers.

Propel has published research on how manufacturers expect MCP-connected AI to improve operations. The survey covered 400 senior manufacturing leaders across several industries.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.APD is benefiting from investments in high-return projects, new business deals, acquisitions and productivity initiatives amid headwinds from weak helium prices. Air Products, which is among the prominent players in the chemical space along with Dow Inc.DOW, Eastman Chemical Company EMN and Celanese Corporation CE, is well-positioned to gain from its…

Although Bangladesh has developed industrial production capacity, it lags behind competing and comparable economies in terms of technological sophistication and high-value addition. While almost all of the country’s exports consist of manufactured goods, a large share of them are still low-technology products.