Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) has raised its stake in Berjaya Food Bhd (BFood), whose share price has fallen by a third year to date, to 57.43% from 55.31% after buying 37.25 million shares. BCorp paid RM26.59 million in total or 71.4 sen per share for the block of shares purchased. BFood, which operates the Starbucks coffee chain in Malaysia, closed at 68.5 sen on Monday, giving it a market capitalisation of RM1.33 billion. Following the latest transaction, BCorp now holds a total of about 1.008 billion shares, or a 57.43% stake, in BFood.

Dagang NeXchange Bhd’s (DNeX) 90%-owned subsidiary Ping Petroleum Sdn Bhd has secured a contract from Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) in relation to the production of petroleum and abandonment of petroleum facilities. DNeX said the abandonment (decommissioning) work will cover petroleum facilities located in the Abu Cluster — about 250km off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. DNeX’s filing did not disclose a value on the contract it secured from the national oil and gas giant.

Malakoff Corp Bhd has proposed to acquire a 49% stake in a solid waste management company, E-Idaman Sdn Bhd, for RM133.2 million cash. Malakoff said E-Idaman's wholly-owned subsidiary, Environment Idaman Sdn Bhd, provides waste collection and disposal services for municipal waste under a 22-year concession granted by the federal government for the provision of solid waste collection and public cleansing management services for Kedah and Perlis.

Dagang NeXchange Bhd (DNeX) is partnering with Zhongheguoji Construction Group Co Ltd (CSI) to access high tech IT solutions from China as well as to expand its geographical footprint into the Middle East and North Africa region. DNeX said it has entered into a joint venture agreement with CSI for the establishment of a joint venture enterprise to source for state-of-the-art technology and solutions from China.

Dagang NeXchange Bhd's (DNeX) subsidiary, Dagang Net Technologies Sdn Bhd has accepted RM18.08 million contract for Malaysia Maritime Single Window Phase 1 (MMSW) project from the Port Klang Authority. The group said the project is expected to commence in October this year for a period of three years and six months.