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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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November 6th, 2019 by financetwitter
Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei once predicted the Chinese tech giant would be hit so badly by the U.S. ban that it could earn US$30 billion less revenue for the year. That amount was later reduced to US$10 billion. On Tuesday (Nov 5), some five months after Mr. Ren first made the shocking predi [...]
November 5th, 2019 by financetwitter
Jho Low must be grinning from ear to ear reading how Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Abdul Hamid Bador squirms every time news flashes over the fugitive's hideouts. Mr. Low, the No 1 fugitive of Malaysia, was initially believed to be hiding in China, before he was reported to be living extravagant [...]
November 4th, 2019 by financetwitter
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has expressed his disappointment over the failure of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Despite 7 years of negotiations since it was first formally launched in November 2012 at the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia, the proposed free trade agreement [...]
November 2nd, 2019 by financetwitter
Admiral Michael Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, once said - "The most significant threat to our national security is our debt. He commented that back in 2010, when the federal debt totalled US$13 trillion. Nine years later today, Donald Trump has taken over from Barack Obama. B [...]
November 1st, 2019 by financetwitter
The cleverest man in the 1MDB scandal was none other than Jho Low (full name: Low Taek Jho). The world's biggest heist - between 2009 and 2014 - saw at least US$4.5 billion stolen from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad). The thievery was quite amusing because it in [...]
October 30th, 2019 by financetwitter
On Sunday, President Donald Trump excitedly shared with fellow Americans details of the U.S. military operation that led to the death of terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a nearly 50-minute live press conference. In comparison, former President Barack Obama used up only 9-minute of press time [...]
October 30th, 2019 by financetwitter
Malay unity is nothing but empty rhetoric trumpeted by Malay politicians desperate for gullible Malay votes, as did "Buy Muslim-made First (BMF)" campaign triggered by UMNO's racism and extremism initiative to put Malays and non-Malays at loggerheads. Clever, moderate and right-thinking Malays do no [...]
October 27th, 2019 by financetwitter
Mahathir was a master strategist. He was also a brilliant strategist at toying peoples' emotion, especially his fellow Malay community. But it appears he is still stuck in the 1980s mentality, not being able to play other cards except racial and religious extremism. It's also true that he no longer [...]
October 26th, 2019 by financetwitter
Indonesia has revealed the final report on the crash of a Lion Air 737 Max jet in October 2018 that killed all 189 people on board. It crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. About five months after the crash, another 737 Max jet crashed just 6 minutes after ta [...]
October 24th, 2019 by financetwitter
When an unknown private company - Kod Efisien Sdn Bhd - was awarded a jaw-dropping contract for security labelling of locally produced cigarettes and beers, it raised eyebrows. The deal could generate revenue of more than RM140 million annually for the concession-holder, essentially making the compa [...]
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