Finance and Economy
A day after the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has released images that showed the face of the man believed to have killed him outside the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, where he was supposed to attend the company’s annual investor conference. Investigators believe the shooter may have traveled to […]
... written on Dec 07 2024Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, breached the US$100,000 for the first time just before 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday (Dec 5), before steadily climbed as high as US$103,852 – a new all-time high. Essentially, bitcoin’s total market capitalization now stands at US$2.03 trillion, more than every U.S. stock except for Apple, Alphabet, Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon, thanks to […]
... written on Dec 05 2024Fresh from being elected as the 47th U.S. President, Donald Trump has moved at lightning speed in forming his team. His new Cabinet features younger faces and fresh ideas, with heavy representation from the business world. Crucially, the Trump 2.0 shows less influence of the GOP establishment than his first Cabinet. And despite accusation that […]
... written on Nov 29 2024Despite his age of 99, Mahathir Mohamad appears to be able to throw a few punches at the Anwar government every now and then. Known as a master strategist, the oldest living former Malaysian prime minister has once again provoked the nation of 34 million where the complex relationship between race and religion has always […]
... written on Nov 27 2024There are a lot of money-making ways in today’s times, but starting your own business can be a bit complex. Your success is often going to hinge on a sustainable model, and this is where you can effectively scale when the time is right. One thing that you can do is to create a sales […]
... written on Nov 26 2024Long before Donald Trump seeks re-election to redeem his humiliating defeat to Joe Biden in the 2020 Presidential Election, Beijing knew the strategic competition between both nations will be a long war. Even if China has zero interest to compete with the U.S., the Americans simply cannot take the risk as they have been the […]
... written on Nov 23 2024In denial that his government is fast losing the perception war, Anwar Ibrahim still hopes he can continue to be the prime minister after the next 16th General Election. He should be grateful that his current term has outlived his three predecessors – Mahathir Mohamad (22 months), Muhyiddin Yassin (17 months), and Ismail Sabri (15 […]
... written on Nov 21 2024With the US transitioning into a new leadership as the Biden administration wraps up, concerns over how the policies of the new president-elect, Donald Trump, would affect the Southeast Asian market abound. The Southeast Asia region is one of the world’s fastest-developing regions, with international trade, security, and foreign direct investment heavily dependent on good […]
... written on Nov 20 2024After successfully sabotaging fellow Kamala Harris’ chance to become the first female, first black, and first Asian-American president (she is of Indian-Jamaican heritage) by calling 74 million American voters who supported Trump “garbage”, outgoing Biden has now begun sabotaging the new 47th POTUS with an authorization for Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia. With […]
... written on Nov 19 2024Flashback to an article published by the Wall Street Journal in January 2012. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he isn’t worried about state prosecutors’ move to appeal a court decision acquitting him of sodomy earlier this month, and said he remains confident it won’t derail his campaign to lead a new government to power […]
... written on Nov 17 2024
