FEATURED ARTICLES **
-
Everybody from teachers to retirees joined South Korea’s stock market frenzy, betting prices would rise forever. Samsung Elecronics share price was up by 320% in June 2026 – a staggering jump from October 2025. In the same period of nine months, SK Hynix jumped by 710%. KOSPI Composite Index sk
Read Full Story
-
Wall Street's massive data edge is evaporating. The elite technology that once required a multi-million-dollar quantitative setup, dedicated server rooms, and teams of PhD mathematicians is now sitting on consumer laptops. This isn't about magical market forecasting or finding a flawless crystal ba
Read Full Story
-
Comparing Premier League teams is not always as simple as checking their position in the table.
Two clubs can sit next to each other in the standings while having very different strengths, weaknesses, and styles of play. One may rely on a strong defence and narrow victories, while another may sc
Read Full Story
-
From accusing Democratic Action Party (DAP) of seeking to eliminate the Malays and Islam to defending the United Malays National Organization’s (UMNO) corruption and Ponzi scheme in the Tabung Haji’s scandal, Abdul Hadi Awang has again weaponized race and religion as political tools. The goal r
Read Full Story
-
Depending on who you ask, Pinduoduo could be a dangerous threat to traditional retail and small businesses, or a godsend app to consumers struggling with high cost of living. The massive e-commerce platform known for ultra-low prices through group-buying has taken the world by storm. It offers incr
Read Full Story
-
The U.S.-Iran conflict has evolved into a “game of chicken” in the Strait of Hormuz, with each side betting that the other will blink first and make concessions. For Tehran, threatening maritime traffic in the strait provides the only leverage over the global economy and a means of pressur
Read Full Story
-
Perak DAP has unanimously decided to remain in the unity government led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. That’s not surprising considering that the chief of the Perak Democratic Action Party (DAP) is Nga Kor Ming, who is also the powerful Minister of Housing and Local Government. To resign wou
Read Full Story
-
Troubling security information reached the upper tier of Trump’s team on July 7, the first day of the NATO summit. Hosted by Turkey for the second time in history, the 36th NATO summit in Ankara (July 7 – 8) came at a critical moment. As President Donald Trump’s motorcade rushed through Turke
Read Full Story
-
In May 2015, Mahathir Mohamad warned Tabung Haji to cancel its land purchase from 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad). He disagreed that the Malaysia’s Pilgrims’ Fund was being used to bail out 1MDB – purchasing a small 1.56 acre of Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) land for RM188.5 million, when an
Read Full Story
-
A week ago, Donald Trump said he was calling off the biggest military attack since World War II because a deal to end the Iran War was imminent. When there was no deal, as the world had already anticipated, he changed his story. Now, he’s signalling the U.S. is in no rush to resolve the conflict,
Read Full Story
June 1st, 2017 by financetwitter
China’s Cybersecurity Law comes into effect on June 1 - that's today. If you hadn't a clue about this new law, you're not alone. Tons of business and finance people didn't know too, either wasn't being informed or simply don't care. In fact, experts are as confused as the Chinese authorities who h [...]
June 1st, 2017 by financetwitter
Celebrity Victoria Beckham is said to own as many as 100 of such branded bags, which is believed to be worth £1.5 million (US$1.9 million; RM8.3 million). She was perhaps the first celebrity to own the mega-expensive Hermès Birkin Himalayan crocodile handbag, before Kim Kardashian follows the [...]
May 31st, 2017 by financetwitter
United States has deployed not one, not two, but three aircraft carriers toward the Korean peninsula. While it is rare for the U.S. military to deploy two carriers in the same region at the same time, it is almost unheard of to have three aircraft carriers in close proximity to each other. What does [...]
May 30th, 2017 by financetwitter
Golfer Tiger Woods has hit another jackpot for the wrong reason. He was arrested while driving his 2015 Mercedes in Florida early on Monday, apparently on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) on Memorial Day. Police released a mugshot of Woods, looking unshaven and unkempt, following his a [...]
May 29th, 2017 by financetwitter
Donald Trump has successfully intimidated Middle East into submission. Despite calling for a “total shutdown” of Muslims to the U.S, using the 3 magic words (radical Islamic terrorist) and even signing executive orders banning citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi [...]
May 26th, 2017 by financetwitter
This may sound weird, or even funny, but it appears that Trump and Arab Muslims share more common interests than the U.S. president does with European friends. As a start, both Donald Trump and King Salman agreed that Iran is their common enemy in the Middle East. Iran was their punching bag when Tr [...]
May 26th, 2017 by financetwitter
Chinese automaker Geely will be taking a 49.9% stake in Malaysia's iconic, home-grown, but long-struggling carmaker Proton. Both Proton and Geely's parent - DRB-Hicom and Zhejiang Geely Holding - are expected to sign the deal by the end of July. Behind the junk Proton is, of course, the crown jewel [...]
May 24th, 2017 by financetwitter
Unlike his call in February blasted Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over a refugee agreement and boasted about his victory before abruptly ended the phone call, President Donald Trump placed a super-friendly call to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The call, made on April 29, was [...]
May 23rd, 2017 by financetwitter
Do you know that May 22 is also known as "Bitcoin Pizza Day"? It was the date where Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer, successfully traded his 10,000 units of digital currency bitcoin (BTC) for 2 Papa John's pizzas. He posted on a bitcoin forum page - “I just want to report that I successfully traded 1 [...]
May 22nd, 2017 by financetwitter
Facing the inevitable, Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways has finally executed the last thing every employee wants - retrenchment. Close to 600 jobs, its biggest in 20 years, are to be cut thanks to a combination of complacency, arrogance and mismanagement. Under the excuse of "challenging business [...]
Browse pages for more Articles...
Page 237 of 478First«...10...236237238...240...»Last
