Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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Sime Darby Bhd is claiming that an indemnity agreement that was signed between unit Sime Darby Holdings Bhd and former head of the group's energy and utilities (E&U) division, Datuk Mohamad Shukri Baharom, is void. The conglomerate, which filed a civil suit last month against its former group chief executive officer, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zubir Murshid and two others (including Shukri), said in its statement of claim that it is seeking back a sum amounting to RM851,313 that was paid to Shukri under the indemnity agreement. “In consequence, the plaintiffs contend that the indemnity agreement is void, and Shukri is obliged to return the said sum of RM851,313 to Sime Holdings. According to the statement of claim, Sime Darby's board of directors had, by September 2009, become aware of the cost overruns that had taken place in four projects carried out by its E&U division, namely the Bakun Project, Qatar Petroleum Project, Maersk Oil Qatar Project and the Marine Project.

Tomei to sell KL land to Oasis. Jeweller Tomei Consolidated Bhd will dispose of six pieces of land in Kuala Lumpur to Oasis Properties Sdn Bhd for a total of RM4.6mil as part of its on-going cost optimisation and business streamlining strategy.

Integrax chairman quits. Integrax Bhd told Bursa Malaysia that its chairman Datuk Syed Tamim Ansari Syed Mohamed has resigned.  Plantations have surged in recent weeks, underpinned by the bullish crude palm oil (CPO) prices.

CPO prices hit a fresh 33-month high on Tuesday, as part of a weather-driven rally in global vegetable oil markets. Prospects of shrinking supplies come as top Asian buyers such as China need to build inventories for Lunar New Year holidays in early February, which run for about 10 days, according to Reuters.
The benchmark March 2011 CPO contract on rose 0.9% to RM3,888 per tonne, after earlier going as high as RM3,905 -- a level unseen since March 10, 2008.

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