As earnings season comes into full force, Petronas Dagangan sees its fourth quarter net profit spike by 184 due to better margins, while both Hong Leong Financial and Hong Leong Bank see 2Q net profit improve by 68.2 and 60 respectively. In contrast Pharmaniaga slips into the red, while PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak calls the North Korean ambassador’s comments “diplomatically rude”. Nadia S Hassan has more.