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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 19th, 2017 by financetwitter
WhatsApp is one of the few foreign messaging apps available in mainland China. Although not as popular as the locally-made app WeChat, the American-made app is favoured by some for its end-to-end encryption. But it appears not even Mark Zuckerberg's fluency in Mandarin could help WhatsApp in China, [...]
July 18th, 2017 by financetwitter
Najib son of Razak tries to put on a brave face. Initially, he tried but couldn't. It would take hours for the PR team at Putrajaya to "train" the Malaysian prime minister - psychologically and mentally - not to look nervous and panic. They found that the best way is for Mr. Najib to smile - a lot - [...]
July 17th, 2017 by financetwitter
President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign is legendary. The Chinese Communist Party has long been associated with corruption. In fact, corruption has become a culture in the Chinese government. Naturally, Xi's crackdown on corruption has been met with huge resistance that he was accused of usi [...]
July 17th, 2017 by financetwitter
United Kingdom is supposed to be United States' best friend, and vice versa. Even when the U.S. went astray on a 2003 Iraq invasion, the U.K. obediently followed. Tony Blair didn't persuade Bush not to go to war but instead supported the invasion even when the former British prime minister knew it w [...]
July 15th, 2017 by financetwitter
In certain countries, women would go to night club to let their hair loose, especially on Friday night after a stressful week. In Iran, however, women could only let their hair loose in cars. But even doing that could land the hot and beautiful Iranian chicks in trouble. Since the 1979 Iranian Revol [...]
July 14th, 2017 by financetwitter
What does it take to land at job at Facebook? In case you hadn't the clue, this year (2017) is the best year to get a job at Facebook, simply because you stand a better chance than previous year. How come? That's because co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed last year that Facebook's top prio [...]
July 13th, 2017 by financetwitter
Ever wonder why Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways could offer unbelievable low price tickets every now and then? That's because those three Middle Eastern airlines have been receiving more than US$50 billion in subsidies over the past decade from their respective kingdom - U.A.E. ( [...]
July 13th, 2017 by financetwitter
Pepsi wasn't the only food and beverage corporation that knows how to make smartphone, sort of. Marketing has reached a new level where conventional advertising on mainstream news media and alternative social media isn't sufficient to catch eyeballs. Special edition products have to be introduced - [...]
July 12th, 2017 by financetwitter
Saudi Arabia sent Kuwait to present a 13-point list of demand to Qatar in order to end the diplomatic crisis last month. Saudi also gave Qatar 10 days to comply with the demands, all of which were insanely ridiculous. Qatar gave his big brother a middle finger instead, as it would be as good as surr [...]
July 11th, 2017 by financetwitter
He had been condemned by Mahathir Mohamad, then-Prime Minister of Malaysia, as a notorious currency speculator. He lost about US$1 billion in the financial market betting against Donald Trump. The 86-year-old investor also lost millions - probably billions - betting against Brexit. Perhaps the billi [...]
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