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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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Anwar Ibrahim is the best prime minister money can buy, his hardcore supporters claimed. He is also Malaysia's most popular political leader, according to a Merdeka Center survey recently. Even if the 10th Prime Minister is a fake reformist, serial liar, hypocrite, traitor, untrustworthy, anti-Chin
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April 29th, 2025 by financetwitter
If the just concluded Ayer Kuning by-election is any indicator, the next 16th General Election could see Perikatan Nasional, comprising Bersatu (Malaysian United Indigenous Party) and PAS (Malaysian Islamic Party), to remain as the Opposition. Of course, that provided the United Malays Nationa [...]
April 26th, 2025 by financetwitter
Having manufactured a tariff crisis which has backfired in his face, Donald Trump is now scrambling to manufacture a solution - without much success. Even if the U.S. president had deliberately designed the crisis with the purpose of making money through insider trading, he does not appear to have [...]
April 24th, 2025 by financetwitter
Last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said - "The ball is in China's court: China needs to make a deal with us, we don't have to make a deal with them". But the fact that Donald Trump sent her to make the statement instead of crowing it himself shows that the president was both de [...]
April 21st, 2025 by financetwitter
Japanese Yakuza have a unique form of extortion known as sōkaiya. Instead of harassing small businesses for protection money, the yakuza harasses the stockholder meetings of large corporations. But that was a big mistake, forcing the introduction of anti-organized crime law in 1992 and 2011. As a [...]
April 17th, 2025 by financetwitter
Rosmah Mansor, wife of disgraced former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak currently in jail for corruption, would be fuming mad if people on the street could easily own and flaunt Hermès Birkin handbags. The Imelda Marcos of Malaysia owned hundreds of luxury bags, and her most favourite was the [...]
April 15th, 2025 by financetwitter
Beijing has called U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff strategy "a joke", irritating U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Incredibly upset, the clueless and incompetent Bessent has denied it was a joke. At the same time, the arrogant man is desperately pushing for a negotiation, any negotiations [...]
April 13th, 2025 by financetwitter
Less than 24 hours after Beijing slapped a 125% tariff on all types of American goods going into China in retaliation, President Trump has started showing weakness when he scrambles to undo some of his self-inflicted damage. The U.S. - in yet another embarrassing U-turn - has now exempted smartphon [...]
April 11th, 2025 by financetwitter
In all three rounds of tax hikes - from 34% to 84%, and then to 125% - since Donald Trump started his tariff war on China last Wednesday (April 2), the U.S. president actually thought he could win easily. After all, Beijing was weak during Trump's first term eight years ago, unwilling to go full fo [...]
April 10th, 2025 by financetwitter
As expected, Donald Trump was incredibly upset after Xi Jinping called his bluff and raised the bets in the poker game. Did the U.S. president really think Beijing will do nothing and with tail between legs, kiss his ring and accept the 34% tariffs slapped on the Middle Kingdom? Nope, the Chinese d [...]
April 8th, 2025 by financetwitter
After announcing sweeping tariffs and triggering global economic meltdown, which hit stock markets, U.S. dollar, oil price and even crypto-currencies, U.S. President Donald Trump left Washington for some round of golf. But not before he fired at Beijing for matching his 34% tariffs. "China played i [...]
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