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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
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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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March 16th, 2016 by financetwitter
Najib's supporters and bloggers should answer this puzzle. Why can't their paymaster - Prime Minister Najib Razak - be a "real man" and answer questions from foreign journalists? Why does the prime minister need to run away every time questions are asked about the murder of Altantuya or corruption r [...]
March 15th, 2016 by financetwitter
Out of the blue on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawing of the "main part" of its forces in Syria - starting from Tuesday. It was roughly 5-month ago when he sent his military hardware and soldiers into the country in what seemed to be a long-term commitment in a war th [...]
March 14th, 2016 by financetwitter
When Donald Trump announced his candidacy last year, there were only a handful of people who gave him any chance of survival. But we think the Americans should vote the clown anyway as the next President of the United States. Why can't the Apprentice hero be given a chance after they had given a los [...]
March 13th, 2016 by financetwitter
There's nothing much to elaborate here. The title of this article is self-explanatory. The Wall Street Journal's latest bombshell is to tell all and sundry two things. First, someone from the Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia Central Bank) is super pissed that a "wolf" is about to be appointed as the m [...]
March 12th, 2016 by financetwitter
For a couple of years Russia has been warning Finland and Sweden from joining NATO. Moscow's message to them was simple - join NATO and the Russian will attack. Why? Prior to the Soviet Union's collapse, Moscow agreed to dismantle the Warsaw Pact (a pact similar to NATO) and destroy the Berlin Wall [...]
March 10th, 2016 by financetwitter
If social media creativity is an indicator, Malaysia should have had many Steve Jobs or at least some international brands such as Samsung, if not better. Government's policy of racism, discrimination and systematic degradation of national education system, however, has produced a society with poor [...]
March 9th, 2016 by financetwitter
When Apple Pay was introduced back in Oct 2014, many were sceptical. Today, 16-month later, the scepticism remains. However, ExxonMobil may be able to change that with its newly launched service - pay for your fuel at any of its 6,000 gas stations using Apple Pay - starting today. Well, actually, yo [...]
March 8th, 2016 by financetwitter
Politics and business make lousy bedfellows as do politics and sports as well as politics and family matters. But in a cowboy town like Malaysia where everything is mixed like "Rojak", it doesn't really matter. The family of Razak has done it, again, after the senior Prime Minister Najib Razak shock [...]
March 7th, 2016 by financetwitter
Do scammers have a better success rate targeting illiterate or old people? That's the public perception due to wide coverage on such group of people being scammed, again and again. But if this 53-year-old man was really a legitimate businessman as what he claims to be, then this is one heck of a sca [...]
March 6th, 2016 by financetwitter
Just like a salesman desperately wanted to meet his quarterly sales quota, or else risk being axed, the same can be said about Prime Minister Najib Razak. While the salesman needs P.O. (purchase order) from customers to justify his existence, Najib needs document from Saudi royal family to justify t [...]
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