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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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July 31st, 2018 by financetwitter
Mahathir's fetish for national car projects is commendable, even applaudable, if today is 1983. Unfortunately, it's been 35 years since "PROTON" was established in a mind-boggling venture - automobile design, manufacturing, distribution and sales. Subsequently, a second national car project - Perod [...]
July 30th, 2018 by financetwitter
From KK Super Mart in Malaysia to South Africa bus ticketing service, one cannot help but notice "Alipay" logo, a sign of how far and fast the Chinese - either tourists or workers - have invaded the globe. The Alipay payment method is now accepted in 70 countries across Asia, Australia, New Zealand, [...]
July 30th, 2018 by financetwitter
Malaysia Government’s strategic investment fund - Khazanah Nasional Berhad - has announced that all 9 members of its board have resigned. Simply known as KNB by most of its contractors, the mass resignation raised eyebrows due to their undated resignation letters, suggesting that the board of dire [...]
July 29th, 2018 by financetwitter
United States registered a sterling GDP growth of 4.1% in the second quarter, arguable its best since 2014. The number matched expectations from economists. Four years ago, Obama saw 4.9% rise in gross domestic product in the third quarter of 2014. Besides the good news, the U.S. Commerce Departmen [...]
July 27th, 2018 by financetwitter
The mandatory punishment for murder, drug trafficking, treason, and waging war against Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) is death. And ex-prime minister Najib Razak could have committed treason and depending on how you argue the case, he could have even tried waging war against the King. The leaked CI [...]
July 26th, 2018 by financetwitter
Khairy Jamaluddin has acknowledged turning down offers by UMNO President Zahid Hamidi to take up top positions in the party. Earlier, Zahid revealed Khairy had twice turned down his offers for him to be the Barisan Nasional (BN) Secretary-General and UMNO Information Chief. Zahid also claimed that K [...]
July 26th, 2018 by financetwitter
Investors didn't see this coming. They called it unprecedented. They were caught with their pants down, so much so that they actually said Facebook didn't need to give such a weak guidance. Do they expect Facebook to lie? Yes, Facebook warned investors of weakening revenue for the second half of the [...]
July 25th, 2018 by financetwitter
After the world was entertained with antics displayed by Trump-Kim and Trump-Rouhani, the war of words has shifted to new players. This time, two powerful nations - Turkey and Israel - have started the lethal war in the Middle East. Zionist, Hitler, racist, fascist and dictator were some of the word [...]
July 25th, 2018 by financetwitter
The credit should go to the Hindraf uprising in 2007. The ethnic-Indian started the ball-rolling to the eventual collapse of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government, after ruling for 61 years since independence in 1957. The ethnic-Chinese were dumbfounded by the sudden Indians rebellion. They sud [...]
July 25th, 2018 by financetwitter
Generally, the people of Hong Kong - Hong Kongers - have a perception that their former lord, United Kingdom or Britain, is the good guy while China the bad guy. They prefer to be ruled by the British Empire than the Chinese Communist Party. Given a second chance, the Hong Kongers would gladly be a [...]
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