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One of the most gratifying things in the world is to work for yourself. Owning your own business, while it can be stressful, is meaningful because the effort you put in helps you personally, rather than building something for someone else.
The key is that you must choose something that
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The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Qatar appears to have entered a point of no return. For more than a year, a Saudi-led bloc has staged a boycott of Qatar, accusing the tiny but gas-rich Persian Gulf state of sponsoring terrorism and committing other menaces. However, Qatar has proven to be a to
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Make America Great Again, or simply MAGA, was Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign slogan. It was a great success. Defying all odds, Trump emerged as the 45th President of the United States of America. About 15,000-km away, Najib Razak, whose obsession with American presidents is an open secret
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Donald Trump's favourite game of forcing China into obedience is slapping tariffs on Chinese goods. Like it or not, the U.S. president will most likely win the game simply because Beijing enjoys US$375 billion trade surplus with the U.S. Trump has repeatedly highlighted China's US$375 billion surplu
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On May 15, just five days after the inauguration of Mahathir Mohamad as the world's oldest prime minister, Daim Zainuddin fired a warning shot. He said it would be foolish for Anwar Ibrahim to be made prime minister immediately upon returning to parliament. The warning shot was aimed at Anwar, and n
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Last Friday, President Trump declared that the U.S. would slap 25% tariffs on up to US$50 billion worth of Chinese goods. The justification was that the Chinese must be punished for its theft of IP (intellectual property) and other unfair trade practices. Trump warned that his government could impo
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The founder of online retail giant Alibaba is in town. He specifically flew to Malaysia to officially open the company’s first office in Southeast Asia at Bangsar South today. He was also granted an audience with newly inaugurated Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the world's oldest premier at the
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Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng says that another major scandal involving the finance ministry will be revealed soon. Prime Minister Mahathir told The New York Times that his government had already accumulated “enough evidence” to have Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, put on trial. Najib urges p
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When it was revealed that Singapore taxpayers' money - as much as S$20 million - was burned on the U.S-North Korea summit, not many were impressed. About half of the expenses went to security costs. However, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said - "It is a cost we are willing to pay. It's ou
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Mahathir has announced that the highly controversial and super expensive HSR (high-speed rail) project is being "postponed", not "cancelled". Whether that was a U-turn from a 93-year-old man or was a clever strategy remains to be seen. Assuming it is just a postponement, will Singapore insist of hav
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March 22nd, 2009 by financetwitter
Mahathirism is set to come back and it will be back with vengeance. The old former dictator has enough of the so-called retirement. There’s much work to be done to ensure his dynasty continues to prosper and take over the throne after Najib Razak completed his premiership as to the R.A.H.M.A.N pol [...]
March 19th, 2009 by financetwitter
Sun Microsystems used to be the darling stock during the dot-com boom. The company was the “dot” that connects everybody in the internet, so goes the saying. And IBM used to make jokes about this marketing statement – Sun was just a little dot, so why bother? But IBM can afford to be arrogant [...]
March 17th, 2009 by financetwitter
Nobody likes to hear that their hard-earned money “invested” in EPF is earning pathetic dividend. I mentioned the word invested because your money was “forced” out from your pocket before you can even smell the aroma of the money and both of you (money and you) were cruelly separated on the [...]
March 15th, 2009 by financetwitter
People are confuse and can’t think straight. The game is pretty simple, just like the “Big or Small” game on the gambling table in Genting Highland Casino you either place your bet on “Big” or Small”. Nope, there’re no “Odd”, “Even”, “Specific Triples” or other combinations [...]
March 11th, 2009 by financetwitter
Apple iPhone is finally here. It’s a must-have gadget especially if you’re looking for the coolest device to brag around. And it’s a perfect gift for your love one. Who could resist this gadget that is loaded with the most innovative technology and tons of applications? Heck, even the sleepy o [...]
March 10th, 2009 by financetwitter
Najib Razak who will become Malaysia’s sixth Prime Minister in less than a month has revealed the much talked about mini-budget today. Make no mistake about it because going by the quantum of the budget it’s more like a major-budget instead of a mini-budget – a whopping RM60 billion to be spen [...]
March 9th, 2009 by financetwitter
Economists at the World Bank predicted that the global economy will shrink for the first time since World War II with trades at its lowest in 80 years. You may not like it but it seems this Great Recession that we’re riding on is going to be the longest since World War II, making the 1981-82 and 1 [...]
March 6th, 2009 by financetwitter
Who would have thought that the mighty Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C, stock) could become a penny stock one day? It was unthinkable as the American brand was once the most powerful bank on the planet earth and to flash your Citibank Credit Card was a privilege that Mr. Bean would not get tired of. Citigro [...]
March 4th, 2009 by financetwitter
Like it or not we may be entering the Great Recession without us realizing it and only time will tell if we’re indeed walking into the history. So how does it feels or just how comprehensive is this so-called Great Recession? In reality unless you’re in the manufacturing or other vulnerable sect [...]
March 3rd, 2009 by financetwitter
Two scariest (or rather amazing) things are to be remembered as we entered the month of Mar 2009. First – the Dow Jones Industrial Average has finally breached the 7,000-level when it closed at 6,763.29; a loss of almost 300 points. The Dow hadn’t traded below 7,000 since Oct. 28 1997 – 11 yea [...]
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