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Unemployment rate plunged to 2.9% in November 2025, reaching its lowest level in 11 years. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim quickly claimed the credit in January 2026, attributing the milestone to his Madani Government’s so-called economic reforms. Today, with Johor state election at high gear, Deput
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Ever wonder why Najib Razak’s lawyer - Muhammad Shafee Abdullah – has suddenly gone silent over a royal pardon and house arrest? Shafee, who had whined, cried, and bitched till foaming at the mouth about the government’s obstruction of a purported "addendum order" by the previous King allowin
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While Malaysia's multi-coalition Unity Government remains intact at the federal level, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), a governing partner, is waging selective wars in its strongholds that are threatening to expose the fragility and weakness of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s admin
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You don’t actually have to win your match to reach the knockout stage at the FIFA World Cup. At a time when Asian soccer giant South Korea failed to make it, a tiny island with the same population as Maldives but few people knew existed stunningly made it through – without winning a single matc
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UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) may have miscalculated when Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi arrogantly declared war on Pakatan Harapan (PH). Not only he announced that BN will “go solo”, will contest all 56 seats in the next Johor state election, and will leave no space for cooperation or n
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On May 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – under Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 - designated three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses and their associated front companies as part of Economic Fury and Treasury’s ongoing efforts to disrup
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One of the easiest gimmicks to scam voters to win elections is to create problems and then pretend to solve them, and voila, people would burst into tears in appreciation and gratitude. Taking away something before giving it back has been one of the oldest tricks used by many parents to handle misb
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What goes around comes around - meaning your actions, whether good or bad, will eventually have consequences that return to you. When politicians from Bersatu, Barisan Nasional, PAS, and a splinter faction of PKR met at the Sheraton Hotel on February 23, 2020, all eyes were on Muhyiddin Yassin and
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Among the 40 DAP Members of Parliament, Hannah Yeoh arguably is the most rewarded lawmaker. Not only Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd, owned by her husband, was awarded the Selangor's Demand-Responsive Transit (DRT) controversial billion-ringgit project, but she also received a promotion as the F
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President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the U.S. and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday (June 14), despite Iran casting doubt on the timing. On Saturday, Pakistan, a key mediator, also said the deal was "likely expected" to be finalized within 24 hours and they were "pr
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February 20th, 2020 by financetwitter
A lot of people are trying their luck with different investments in this day and age. They are starting to realize that living from paycheck to paycheck isn’t really a valid option if you want any form of financial security in the future. So, they use whatever money they have and try to generate a [...]
February 20th, 2020 by financetwitter
Unlike the economy of Abu Dhabi, the big brother and richest emirate in the seven-emirate United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dubai’s economy is not directly dependent on oil. Dubai depends heavily on luxury real estate, tourism, logistics, and financial services for revenues. However, Dubai’s economy s [...]
February 18th, 2020 by financetwitter
Singapore's economy almost came to a standstill in the second quarter of 2019, thanks largely to the US-China trade war. Its economy grew by merely 0.7% last year, down from 3.1% registered in 2018. In essence, it had been the slowest economic growth since the 2009 (when its economy expanded 0.1%) [...]
February 15th, 2020 by financetwitter
The big secret is out. Apparently 138 MPs (Member of Parliament) have signed statutory declarations (SD) for Mahathir Mohamad to serve a 5-year full term as Prime Minister of Malaysia. And since the news came from "The Star", an English-language newspaper established in 1971, it must be true. There [...]
February 14th, 2020 by financetwitter
During the Oscar last Sunday, Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder, was in the epicentre of some naughty jokes. Comedians Steve Martin and Chris Rock mocked Bezos' jaw-dropping wealth - "He’s got cash. When he writes a check, the bank bounces. Jeff Bezos is so rich, he got divorced and he’s still the ri [...]
February 13th, 2020 by financetwitter
Opposition parties, especially UMNO Malay nationalist party and PAS Islamist party, appear to be still in hallucination. First, they said the new Pakatan Harapan coalition government will be a one-term government. Then, they said Pakatan will not last 1 year. Then, they said the coalition will colla [...]
February 12th, 2020 by financetwitter
As the death toll caused by the infectious Coronavirus continues to rise, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning that "trolls and conspiracy theories" are jeopardizing the response to the new virus. WHO said misinformation and fake news around the new strain, 2019-nCoV, causes “c [...]
February 10th, 2020 by financetwitter
Malaysian leader Mahathir appears to be a very angry man, or at least he pretends to be one. And when he's angry, he tends to ask people to resign. In 2008, he asked his own handpicked successor, (former) PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to step down from office. Mr. Badawi, who spent most of this time sl [...]
February 8th, 2020 by financetwitter
Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-largest economy, was on cloud nine last year. Its currency - Thai Baht - was the champion not only among ASEAN countries, but also in Asia. In fact, the currency has been the best performing since 2018 (not only 2019). The currency appreciated a whopping 8% against [...]
February 6th, 2020 by financetwitter
When her husband, former Prime Minister Najib Razak, was walking the corridors of power from 2009 to 2018, she had never once experienced any major health problem. Rosmah Mansor, self-proclaimed FLOM (First Lady of Malaysia), did not even suffer any minor injury or pain, let alone hospitalised for l [...]
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