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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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March 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
They were welcomed, fed, rewarded and pampered. But clearly the government of Angela Merkel has missed out the most important thing - cell phone signal. For poor phone reception, eight Muslim refugees - aged between 18 and 28 - went bonkers at the asylum home in Rees-Haldern, near the German-Dutch b [...]
March 7th, 2017 by financetwitter
Najib son of Razak thought he could win a game of Russian roulette with Kim Jong-un. The Prime Minister of Malaysia thought the North Korean dictator was easy meat. Intellectually, British-educated Mr. Najib thought he was superior to Switzerland-educated Mr. Kim. In fact, pink lips Najib Razak beli [...]
March 7th, 2017 by financetwitter
President Trump has signed a new executive order on Monday to replace the controversial executive order dated Jan, 27, 2017, titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," which temporarily halts the entry of foreign nationals from 7 Muslim-majority countries - I [...]
March 6th, 2017 by financetwitter
Will crude oil prices rise above US$60 a barrel this year? It's not too much to ask considering the black gold once traded around US$120 a barrel in 2014. Before we could even think of US$60 price tag, the Brent has to breach US$58 first. So far, it hasn't been able to do so. Analysts generally pred [...]
March 5th, 2017 by financetwitter
An otherwise peaceful Saturday was shattered with a series of explosive tweets from President Donald Trump accusing former-President Obama with tapping his phones in Trump Tower prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Trump quickly called it "McCarthyism" and accused the "sick Obama" of having [...]
March 4th, 2017 by financetwitter
China is absolutely furious with the deployment of U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG1), led by Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea. Even if U.S. agrees to a one-on-one fight, Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and its squadron have little chance of defeating the U.S [...]
March 3rd, 2017 by financetwitter
Terror group ISIS has chosen to ignore the popular saying that as a sleeping dragon, China should not be awakened. The West has realized the consequences of not letting the dragon sleeps, as they witness the rise of China's economy and military. If China's 5,000 years of history is any indicator, th [...]
March 2nd, 2017 by financetwitter
There're a lot of dishonest business owners out there. We're not talking about a small family-owned restaurant. We're talking about multi-billion dollar revenue fast food chain such as Subway Restaurants. Business has been bad that while Subway opened 911 new locations in the U.S. in 2015, it closed [...]
March 1st, 2017 by financetwitter
There were 1.6 billion Muslims in the world as of 2010 - roughly 23% of the global population - according to Pew Research Centre's estimation. That's about 600-million short of 2.2 billion Christians - made up 31% of the planet population. However, Islam is the fastest-growing religion and it's a ma [...]
February 28th, 2017 by financetwitter
Malaysia is the first stop in a rare month-long tour of Asia by Saudi King Salman. The visit includes Indonesia, Brunei, Japan, China, Maldives and Jordan. The visit by King Salman is particularly important to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak who is preparing to call for a snap national general [...]
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