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Defiant Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim thought he was clever and invincible when he deliberately met with Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh during his 3-day visit in Qatar. He wanted to send a message to Washington that even if Malaysian banking system was helping the terrorist org
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Regardless whether you belonged to Baby Boomers (born from 1946 to 1964), Generation X (born from 1965 to 1980) or Millennials (born from 1981 to 1996), you can't run away from something called credit card debt. Consumers love using credit cards, but at the same time hate paying off outstanding debt
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Here's how to win a soccer game - score more goals than your rival, or watch your enemy score own goals (ignore penalty shoot-out). The result is out and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Pang Sock Tao has won the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election with a 3,869 vote majority. DAP, a component of Pakatan
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If DarSa Fried Chicken (DFC) is trying to replace Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it should close shop now before it goes bust. Chances are it will fail miserably. Even before the local restaurant could make profits, it has already violated all business ethics. It is not price competitive, does not re
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In a desperate effort to buy votes, especially from fellow Malay Muslims of whom 80% did not vote for Anwar Ibrahim in the last November 2022 General Election, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced a record hike in civil servants’ salary of more than 13%. He bragged on Labour Day that the RM10 bi
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to have chicken out from Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. Now, Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Amirudin Shari is the poster boy after Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hinted that Anwar would not be present during the campaign for the largest constituenc
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Antony Blinken's visit - his second to China is less than a year - is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or canno
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About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action P
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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options - either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after
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June 3rd, 2017 by financetwitter
All hell breaks loose when President Donald Trump announced the United States is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, one of former President Barack Obama's remaining legacies. Almost immediately, Obama slams Trump, arguing that it is America's loss, not other nations, for pulling out of th [...]
June 2nd, 2017 by financetwitter
Venezuela is right now in utter bankruptcy. Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's vision of socialism - sharing of wealth - didn't work. It's rather strange that a country that controls the world’s largest oil reserve couldn't feed its own people so much so that the Venezuela people have turn [...]
June 1st, 2017 by financetwitter
China’s Cybersecurity Law comes into effect on June 1 - that's today. If you hadn't a clue about this new law, you're not alone. Tons of business and finance people didn't know too, either wasn't being informed or simply don't care. In fact, experts are as confused as the Chinese authorities who h [...]
June 1st, 2017 by financetwitter
Celebrity Victoria Beckham is said to own as many as 100 of such branded bags, which is believed to be worth £1.5 million (US$1.9 million; RM8.3 million). She was perhaps the first celebrity to own the mega-expensive Hermès Birkin Himalayan crocodile handbag, before Kim Kardashian follows the [...]
May 31st, 2017 by financetwitter
United States has deployed not one, not two, but three aircraft carriers toward the Korean peninsula. While it is rare for the U.S. military to deploy two carriers in the same region at the same time, it is almost unheard of to have three aircraft carriers in close proximity to each other. What does [...]
May 30th, 2017 by financetwitter
Golfer Tiger Woods has hit another jackpot for the wrong reason. He was arrested while driving his 2015 Mercedes in Florida early on Monday, apparently on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) on Memorial Day. Police released a mugshot of Woods, looking unshaven and unkempt, following his a [...]
May 29th, 2017 by financetwitter
Donald Trump has successfully intimidated Middle East into submission. Despite calling for a “total shutdown” of Muslims to the U.S, using the 3 magic words (radical Islamic terrorist) and even signing executive orders banning citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi [...]
May 26th, 2017 by financetwitter
This may sound weird, or even funny, but it appears that Trump and Arab Muslims share more common interests than the U.S. president does with European friends. As a start, both Donald Trump and King Salman agreed that Iran is their common enemy in the Middle East. Iran was their punching bag when Tr [...]
May 26th, 2017 by financetwitter
Chinese automaker Geely will be taking a 49.9% stake in Malaysia's iconic, home-grown, but long-struggling carmaker Proton. Both Proton and Geely's parent - DRB-Hicom and Zhejiang Geely Holding - are expected to sign the deal by the end of July. Behind the junk Proton is, of course, the crown jewel [...]
May 24th, 2017 by financetwitter
Unlike his call in February blasted Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a refugee agreement and boasted about his victory before abruptly ended the phone call, President Donald Trump placed a super-friendly call to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The call, made on April 29, was [...]
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