Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today.

1. The KL High Court rules that some 600 employees under Utusan Melayu’s VSS are trustees, and not creditors.

2. Globetronics Technology's 3QFY22 net profit falls 21.4%, mainly on lower volume loadings from some of its customers.

3. MainStreet Advisers tells Mulpha International shareholders to reject a takeover bid as it is "not fair and not reasonable".

4. Bursa Securities turns down Top Builders Capital’s request to extend the issuance of its annual report by another one month.

5. The EPF says it voted in favour of S P Setia’s proposed resolution to undertake a cash call to raise RM1.04 billion.