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McDonald's Malaysia is looking to expand its fleet of outlets to 750 nationwide by 2030. That's more than double from its current 370 restaurants across the country, or about 63 new outlets every year for the next 6 years. With between 50 to 100 jobs created from each restaurant, the fast food chain
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After almost 2 weeks discussing how to retaliate over Israel's bold strikes on its embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, Tehran could not find any option except a direct attack on Israel. To strike the Jewish state from proxies located in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen or Iraq would be not only lame, but inef
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On Friday (April 12), President Biden expressed his anticipation of an Iranian attack on Israel and rushed warships, including aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and destroyers USS Carney and USS Arleigh Burke to protect Israel and American forces in the region. With "expectation" that the at
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Anwar Ibrahim was displeased - even panicked - when Abdul Hadi Awang beats him to scoring some brownie points when the PAS Islamist party president contacted Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh to express his support for the terrorist organization. Prime Minister Anwar, unsatisfied, then used all
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Americans can make about 11 gigawatts of solar panels per year, up from 6.4 gigawatts in 2022. In comparison, one Chinese company alone - JinkoSolar - is able to produce 56 gigawatts at its solar panel factory in Shanxi province. China as a whole can make more than 400 gigawatts of new panels every
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Investors, both domestic and foreign, have every reason to think twice about doing business in a country called Malaysia as Islamic extremism and terrorism spread like wildfire. In addition to red tape and corruption, they should add another item to their checklist - logos or products must be approv
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Ultra racist UMNO Youth chief Akmal Saleh is finally arrested, albeit momentarily, by the police at the Kota Kinabalu airport this morning. Upon his arrival in Sabah, he was taken to the police station to be questioned before released. Comically, he was called back about 5 minutes later because the
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The realm of forex trading is a dynamic landscape, where traders navigate through the intricate web of currencies, constantly seeking opportunities for profit. In this article, we delve into the nuances of forex trading, exploring strategies, market dynamics, and the role of key currency pairs like
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If there's one nation you don't fool around, it's Israel. Surrounded by hostile enemies who are determined to destroy it, the country has armed itself to become one of the strongest military powers in the Middle East, partly thanks to more than US$3.8 billion of military aid a year from the US. And
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KK Super Mart saw one of its outlets in Bidor, Perak attacked with a Molotov cocktail. As expected, despite CCTV footage evidence, the police force is still unable to arrest anyone. That's because the firebombing was done by a Malay-Muslim. Amazingly, a technician of Chinese ethnicity had been arres
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July 21st, 2008 by financetwitter
Gamuda Berhad’s (KLSE: GAMUDA, stock-code 5398) was as good as dead the moment it’s Managing Director Lin Yun Ling threw in the towel and cashed-out from the company he co-founded. Of course the stock would not die the same way as junk stock PECD Berhad (KLSE: PECD, stock-code 5093) but the impa [...]
July 20th, 2008 by financetwitter
There’re many ways to skin a cat and in the case of ambitious Anwar Ibrahim, the de-facto opposition leader whose chance of becoming the next Prime Minister is now or never, his marketing plan to topple the ruling government of half a century was inviting troubles. The ruling government might be o [...]
July 17th, 2008 by financetwitter
Just before the election early this year lots of beautiful numbers were being trumpeted to the investors about how rosy the economy was, never mind how serious was the U.S. subprime crisis back then. The incredible Malaysia was immune from almost all other external factors, so went the marketing tal [...]
July 16th, 2008 by financetwitter
Local stock market sentiment was crushed over the arrest of de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, less than 15 hours after he appeared live on television in a debate with Information Minister. The turnover or transaction volume traded plunged to 315 million shares from 395 million yesterday. The [...]
July 15th, 2008 by financetwitter
After watching the debate between opposition de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and Information Minister Shabery Cheek, I finally understand why the Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and his deputy Najib refused to enter the ring but instead sent the Information Minister instead. Anwar had earlier challenge [...]
July 14th, 2008 by financetwitter
Desperate people not only do desperate things but also stupid and childish things as if they are begging to be laughed at. Malaysia has been the laughing stock for quite some time but things got more hilarious with today’s total lock-down by the police. Roadblocks were setup at numerous access poi [...]
July 13th, 2008 by financetwitter
It’s funny that the brother of deputy Prime Minister expressed his pessimism of the country’s economy so much so that he urged the government to review the windfall tax imposed on independent power producers (IPPs). Huh? The CEO of CIMB group is protecting the IPPs who are making tons of money b [...]
July 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
Strangely I couldn’t claim my RM625 rebate on the 1st July 2008 even though I’ve renewed my road-tax and insurance about two weeks before the expiry at the end of June. I was told that some processing need to be done before they can hand-over my money and it would take about four working days. S [...]
July 9th, 2008 by financetwitter
Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points as the oil prices tumbled more than nine bucks for two days of trading alone. Phew! I thought the oil prices will shoot up to $200 as what some experts predicted. But hey, this is not the end of the story yet – just like stock or option trading, co [...]
July 8th, 2008 by financetwitter
So, the rumors of troubles ahead of last Sunday’s “One Million People Protest Rally” organised by the Opposition in Petaling Jaya is just a rumor. Maybe the poor turnout as what the deputy PM Najib proclaimed helped to contain the situation but nevertheless the spectators were given free “bu [...]
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