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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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The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surge
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When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That's how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending Hamas terrorists in an ongoing war some 7,600 kilometres away. That is what really excites him. In his own homeland,
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Roughly a week after Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which missed or intercepted, Israel has retaliated, striking the Islamic Republic with just a handful or drones and missiles. Unlike Iranian's massive attack on the Jewish state that failed to inflict meaningful
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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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March 8th, 2007 by financetwitter
After successfully controls RHB Bank group’s parent, Rashid Hussain Bhd (KLSE : RHB, stock-code 1309), Malaysia’s state pension fund Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said it would stays as a long-term investor and would appoint professional managers to run the bank. EPF which owns about 30.9% of R [...]
March 6th, 2007 by financetwitter
Isn’t it fantastic the way stock markets plunged the way it did recently? And you can be sure of the panic painted on the face analysts, politicians, fund managers and economists. When these people started shouting “Fundamentals are intact and still strong” it can only mean one thing – there [...]
March 4th, 2007 by financetwitter
Just before the start of Chinese Lunar celebration, I wrote about how Malaysians cheered proudly the launching of Measat-3 into orbit by foreigners from the launch pad of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Astro All Asia Network Plc (KLSE: ASTRO, stock-code 5076) which monopolize the pay-TV sector hop [...]
March 4th, 2007 by financetwitter
Everyone hates traffic, what more if you’re late for an important appointment, be it business or a date appointment. For some it’s the worst thing that can happen to their lives. Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) has comes a long way from being just a search portal. Google’s offerings have sin [...]
March 3rd, 2007 by financetwitter
As expected, Genting made a wise decision (as if it has other choice) by pulling out from the proposed partnership with Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho. Genting International said it would sell its 25 percent share of a Macau joint venture to Star Cruise Ltd (SIN: S21) for HK$58.5 million ($7.5 mil [...]
March 2nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Federal authorities had exposed one of the most far-reaching insider trading schemes on Wall Street in decades, involving four investment banks and a web of hedge funds, day traders, lawyers and even a few supervisors, who upon discovering evidence of insider trading, blackmailed the traders to keep [...]
March 2nd, 2007 by financetwitter
The main difference between the longevity of Eastern and Western managed companies is in the succession plan. Most easterners passed on their business legacy to their immediate family members (normally sons) because they believe their decades-built empire should be kept within their own family membe [...]
March 1st, 2007 by financetwitter
A firm, Kingdom Langkawi, linked to Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has agreed to buy the hotel and boutique unit of Malaysian Airline System Berhad (KLSE: MAS, stock-code 3786) for $124 million. An indirect subsidiary of Kingdom Hotel Investments, a firm affiliated to Alwaleed, will pay 435 million [...]
February 28th, 2007 by financetwitter
Investors continue to dump Asian shares and emerging market bonds on Wednesday as a global sell-off gathered steam after Wall Street stocks shed more than 3 percent overnight. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index opening 3.58 percent lower. Japan's Nikkei average was off by 3.56 percent, Australia's benchmar [...]
February 27th, 2007 by financetwitter
Singapore authority is seriously MAD at Genting Berhad (KLSE: GENTING, stock-code 3182) and is set to teach the junior Lim a painful lesson he’ll never forget for the rest of his life. If today’s statement is any indicator to goes by, Genting’s two affiliates Star Cruise Ltd (SIN : S21) and Ge [...]
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