[external] Oil firms forming Venezuela Carabobo consortiums - Reuters - Sat 4:32 pm
CARACAS, July 3 (Reuters) - Nineteen companies that have shown interest in the tender for Venezuela's Carabobo heavy crude blocks are jostling to form consortiums to present bids for the three areas on offer, industry sources said.

Malaysia's exports plunge 29.7 pct in May - AFP - Sat 10:36 am
Malaysia's exports slumped 29.7 percent in May from a year earlier, hitting their lowest level since 2001 with demand evaporating, according to official data released Friday.

[external] SE Asia Stocks-Rate cut boosts Indonesia, but others fall - Reuters - Sat 2:14 am
BANGKOK, July 3 (Reuters) - Major Southeast Asian stock markets fell to their lowest level in a week on Friday after losses on Wall Street following grim U.S. unemployment data, but Indonesia managed to end higher after an interest rate cut.

[external] CIMB Islamic to seal 19 sukuk pipeline in 2009 - Reuters - Sat 2:11 am
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - CIMB Islamic, The world's leading arranger of Islamic bonds, is poised to complete its 19-strong sukuk pipeline by year's end, its Chief Executive, Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, said on Thursday.

[external] Mercuria leases VLCC, mulls Asia bunker fuel sales - Reuters - Sat 2:00 am
SINGAPORE, July 3 (Reuters) - Swiss trader Mercuria Energy Trading is considering selling bunker fuel in Singapore and has leased a supertanker to blend and store fuel oil in southern Malaysian waters, industry and trading sources said on Friday.

[external] ***SNAPSHOT- ASIA KEY OFFICIAL INTEREST RATES*** - Reuters - Sat 1:28 am

[external] Malaysia-Market factors to watch July 3 - Reuters - Fri 3:25 pm
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in Malaysia as well as news stories and press reports which may influence financial markets.

[external] STOCKS NEWS ASIA-Stocks to fall after poor U.S. jobs data - Reuters - Fri 3:12 pm

[external] Malaysia economic indicators - July 3 - Reuters - Fri 3:00 pm

Earlier Headlines

All times are Singapore Time (GMT+8)

· [external] Malaysia c.bank sees solid, long-term dollar role - Reuters - Fri 7:24 am
· [external] SE Asia Stocks-Thailand at one-week low, Singapore falls - Reuters - Fri 2:19 am
· [external] DIARY - Asian Market Holidays to December 2009 - Reuters - Fri 2:01 am
· [external] TEXT-Malaysia's RAM upgrades Bank Pembangunan to AAA - Reuters - Fri 12:21 am
· Malaysian foreign investment plummets in 2009 - AFP - Thu 11:44 pm
· [external] Javelin launches first U.S.-listed Islamic ETF - Reuters - Thu 8:32 pm
· [external] Noble seeks 2-yr supertanker lease to store fuel oil - Reuters - Thu 7:10 pm
· [external] Malaysia-Market factors to watch July 2 - Reuters - Thu 3:20 pm
· [external] STOCKS NEWS ASIA-Stocks to rise on stronger data - Reuters - Thu 3:14 pm
· [external] Malaysia economic indicators - July 2 - Reuters - Thu 3:11 pm

· [external] Crabtree & Evelyn unit in US files for bankruptcy - Reuters - Thu 11:58 am
· [external] TEXT-MARC puts Malaysia's PKFZ bonds on ratings watch - Reuters - Thu 4:48 am
· [external] Malaysia's Selangor state still in water buyout talks - Reuters - Thu 2:15 am
· [external] Malaysia economic indicators - July 1 - Reuters - Wed 4:40 pm
· [external] Malaysia-Market factors to watch July 1 - Reuters - Wed 3:34 pm
· [external] STOCKS NEWS ASIA-Stocks to ease on weak data - Reuters - Wed 3:24 pm
· [external] CORRECTED - Iraq receives one bid for Akkas gas field - Reuters - Wed 9:50 am
· [external] Iraq closes oil and gas field auction - official - Reuters - Wed 7:38 am
· [external] CORRECTED - Iraq asks oil firms to resubmits bids for fields - Reuters - Wed 5:58 am
· [external] Iraq asks oil firms to resubmits bids for fields - Reuters - Wed 5:44 am

· [external] No bidders for Iraq's Zubair oilfield - official - Reuters - Wed 5:01 am
· [external] Iraq receives five bids for W. Qurna oilfield - Reuters - Wed 3:54 am
· [external] Iraq receives one bid for Akkas gas field - Reuters - Wed 3:33 am
· [external] BP-led consortium takes on Iraq's Rumaila oilfield - Reuters - Wed 3:11 am
· [external] Asia Rubber-China sniffs around, Bridgestone buys SIR20 - Reuters - Tue 11:21 pm
· [external] Iraq delays decision on Rumaila oilfield - Reuters - Tue 11:20 pm
· Malaysia liberalises economy as recession looms - AFP - Tue 10:37 pm
· [external] Malaysia places out 1 bln rgt Islamic bond-cbank - Reuters - Tue 10:23 pm
· [external] HIGHLIGHTS-Malaysian PM's economic reforms - Reuters - Tue 9:28 pm
· [external] Malaysia PM sets big reforms to boost investment - Reuters - Tue 9:03 pm