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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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May 28th, 2016 by financetwitter
As predicted, Islamic political party PAS has unleashed it's WMD - Weapon of Mass Distraction - after the Sarawak state election but before the coming by-elections in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar. If you're a Chinese or a Christian, are you furious that not only PAS supremo Hadi Awang presents his [...]
May 26th, 2016 by financetwitter
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all - goes the popular saying. But it appears Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is untouchable, in spite of international investigations and prosecutions over his gigantic 1MDB multi-billion-dollar-scandal. Naturally, a handful of boo [...]
May 25th, 2016 by financetwitter
Her hairstyle makes you wonder if she's a huge fan of Sailor Moon from Japanese shōjo manga series. Make no mistake though - 45-year-old Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao is on her way to become Southeast Asia’s first self-made woman billionaire. If her airline goes public (IPO) by selling 30% s [...]
May 24th, 2016 by financetwitter
On June 23, 2016, Britons will decide whether to leave the European Union (EU) or stay. Ahead of the UK referendum, however, fear mongers have been trumpeting the reasons (or rather myths) on why people should stay, or leave. Due to differences in "Brexit", once-good-friends Boris Johnson and David [...]
May 23rd, 2016 by financetwitter
Azmin Ali, the deputy president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR - People's Justice Party) is the last person on planet Earth you should trust. An ex-UMNO, he's a two-headed snake that cannot be trusted. In fact, he's more venomous than Islamic party PAS' President Abdul Hadi Awang. If both are snakes, [...]
May 20th, 2016 by financetwitter
United Kingdom was ranked 10th in Transparency International's 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index. Britons, however, should have little reasons to smile because their country is virtually as corrupt as Nigeria (ranked 136th) and Afghanistan (ranked 166th) for recognizing and happily rubbing shoulders [...]
May 19th, 2016 by financetwitter
If you can't beat them, join them - goes the idiom. Perhaps that was what Pope Francis thought about fighting Islamic terrorism. In an interview with France's La Croix on Tuesday, Pope Francis seemed to be asking people to embrace ISIS, because according to his logic, the Jihad waged by the radical [...]
May 18th, 2016 by financetwitter
Nokia is making a comeback, for real. If you hadn't heard of Nokia, chances are you've missed the most critical part of mobile phone revolution. Go ask your parents about Nokia phone and notice the immediate smile printed on their face. The Nokia was the first piece of Star Trek technology, since on [...]
May 18th, 2016 by financetwitter
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks on September 11, 2001. After 15 years, Americans are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel when the Republican-controlled Senate unanimously approved bi-partisan legislation that would allow for families of the victims of the devastati [...]
May 17th, 2016 by financetwitter
There're basically two major concerns that economists, investors, analysts and other financial experts have been worrying. First - the Chinese economy. Second - Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. While Trump is a newly discovered financial problem, the Chinese economic problem [...]
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