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Dr. Maszlee Malik was never meant to become the Education Minister of the new government that brought down the previous corrupted Barisan Nasional government. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad wanted the portfolio for himself. Mahathir was actually the first Education Minister - not Maszlee - of the n
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The result is out for the Global University Employability Ranking 2018. Going to college or university doesn't guarantee you for the job or career you desire. Hence, many students around the world could not find a job upon graduation. It is definitely a sad moment, not to mention a humiliating situa
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After Malaysia's 14th general election on May 9, 2018, the joke at coffee shops has been that the easiest way to spot and catch a corrupt politician from the previous Barisan Nasional government is to look at how fat they are. Their level of obesity is the measurement of how much the corrupt officia
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Attending the 33rd ASEAN Summit, Mahathir Mohamad, the world's oldest prime minister has been having fun condemning everyone he does not like - including Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and US President Donald Trump. But the biggest culprit the 93-year-old Prime Minister of Malaysia has criticised was
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For as long as one can remember, the previous Barisan Nasional government didn't care if smart people decided to pack their bags. There were at least 10,000 Malaysians of various ethnic background migrated to Australia in 2016. In June 2014, there were already a staggering 154,000 Malaysia-born in A
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested on Sunday a general election may be called next year. Calling a general election by 2019, more than a year before his government's mandate ends in January 2021, means something is brewing for the premier who makes S$2.2 million (US$1.6 million; £1
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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced yesterday (Nov 10) that his government would not offer government posts to Mustapa Mohamed, former International Trade and Industry Minister under previous Najib regime and one of UMNO warlords who had jumped ship from the corrupted and racist Malay nati
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WTI Crude prices dropped for a ninth consecutive session on Thursday, essentially falling into a bear market, and it could get worse. In fact, the U.S. oil prices have plunged over the last 5 weeks since early October. And if the U.S. oil benchmark continues to drop like a rock in a "ferocious" bear
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On paper, it appeared Musa Aman could easily reclaim his old job as Sabah Chief Minister. Mr. Musa, who has been charged of pocketing US$63.3 million (RM264 million) as bribes in exchange for logging concession contracts to 16 companies and was slapped with 35 charges, has claimed that his dismissal
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You know Donald Trump is in trouble when the boastful president suddenly said he wished he had taken a softer tone in his first two years as POTUS (President of the United States), just before the Democrats snatch the House of Representative from the Republicans. But it's too late to have regrets as
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August 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Wee Ka Siong, MCA deputy president, has blamed Prime Minister Mahathir for his failure to renegotiate a lower price for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and two gas pipelines projects, worth RM81 billion and RM9.41 billion respectively. Mr. Wee was both upset and disappointed with Mahathir's decisio [...]
August 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Depending on whom you ask, Mahathir's visit to China - his first since becoming Malaysia's prime minister for the second time, and the world's oldest premier - can either be a huge success or a failure. The primary mission of PM's five-day visit to the Middle Kingdom was to renegotiate mega deals si [...]
August 21st, 2018 by financetwitter
Whether you should get involved in forex trading or stock trading depends on whether you fancy yourself Warren Buffet or George Soros. The famed value investor, Buffet, has earned a 30-year annualized return of 20 percent buying and holding value stocks for his holding company Berkshire Hathaway. Wh [...]
August 20th, 2018 by financetwitter
When a Malaysian Chinese has a brilliant idea tomorrow, the nearest place he or she will go is, sadly, Singapore. That's because if the idea becomes a huge success and generates tens of millions of dollars in profit, the owners will be forced to give away 30% to Malaysian Malays or Bumiputra (son of [...]
August 19th, 2018 by financetwitter
Enzo Ferrari was not initially interested in the idea of producing road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari in 1929. The Scuderia Ferrari, however, was founded as an Alfa Romeo racing team. It would take another 10 years before Ferrari becoming independent in 1939. Hence, before Ferrari, the bran [...]
August 17th, 2018 by financetwitter
Today (August 17) marks the 100th day of New Malaysia - the administration of 93-year-old Mahathir Mohamad after the collapse of old Barisan Nasional government. Ever since Independence in 1957, then-Malaya and subsequently Malaysia (1963) has only known one federal government - the Alliance - which [...]
August 16th, 2018 by financetwitter
OPEC reported on Monday that Saudi Arabia cut its oil production in July, a surprise move after Riyadh had pledged to ramp up output following the June meeting in Vienna. Additionally, President Donald Trump has been threatening all and sundry to stop buying Iranian oil, as part of U.S. sanctions [...]
August 16th, 2018 by financetwitter
Nazri Aziz, one of 191 UMNO warlords, has been a good and obedient dog until now. Make no mistake about it. Unlike other poodles from Barisan Nasional component parties - MCA, MIC, Gerakan, etc - Nazri refused crumbs from his master, Prime Minister of Malaysia. Yes, Nazri was UMNO's most pampered do [...]
August 15th, 2018 by financetwitter
When come to food, Malaysia is one of the countries where tourists should seriously consider. The country that produces the best fruit, durian, in the world - "Musang King" - is also the country that has a mind-boggling diversity of food. One of the reasons is due to Malaysia being a multi-racial, [...]
August 14th, 2018 by financetwitter
Turkish currency is trading just below 7 Lira to the U.S. dollar. If that level is breached, all hell will break loose. On Friday, the currency plunged as much as 20%. It's still too early to tell if Lira has stabilised for good. As the Turkish havoc ripples through global financial markets, this co [...]
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