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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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November 18th, 2015 by financetwitter
Hollande, desperately looking for new tools to fight ISIS, made an unprecedented move today when his country invoked a never-before-used article of the EU's Lisbon Treaty obliging 28-members of the bloc to give "aid and assistance by all the means in their power" to a victim member country - France. [...]
November 17th, 2015 by financetwitter
French president François Hollande has declared the Paris attacks by Daesh (ISIS, ISIL, IS) an "act of war". He wants to change the law to revoke terrorists of their French citizenship and ban them from entering the country. Ten French jets have already been sent to drop 20 bombs on ISIS' capital R [...]
November 16th, 2015 by financetwitter
Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein revealed on Sunday that several senior Malaysian leaders, presumably from ruling political party UMNO, were shortlisted by ISIS/ISIL on its list of targets. The revelation has created more amusement than anxiety or anger, especially when he admitted his name was [...]
November 15th, 2015 by financetwitter
If 2014 was a bad year for Malaysia, this year belongs to France. Last year, Malaysia experienced a double whammy of aviation disaster when the country lost two planes - the missing MH370 and the downing of MH17. France's first disaster occurred early of the year during the Charlie Hebdo shooting wh [...]
November 13th, 2015 by financetwitter
He is easily the greatest and bestest daddy on planet Earth, and who wouldn't want such a nice father after spending such huge money on diamonds for his daughter? Property tycoon Joseph Lau Luen Hung (Chinese: 劉鑾雄) raised US$77 million eyebrows when he bought two expensive rocks at Christie's [...]
November 12th, 2015 by financetwitter
At least one person disagrees that China's economy is going south, if it's true that the superpower is indeed having financial problem in the first place. If China's "Singles Day" sale is any indicator, Jack Ma would be laughing at the slight idea that his country is in trouble. His e-commerce Aliba [...]
November 11th, 2015 by financetwitter
Soon, making money as a drug trafficker or pusher in Indonesia will be a tough business. Besides struggling to convince foreign investors that his country is an ideal location for investments, President Joko Widodo is working hard to clean Indonesia of its image as one of the most corrupt countries [...]
November 9th, 2015 by financetwitter
Voters went to polling stations across Myanmar (formerly Burma) yesterday (Nov 8th) in festive mood. The people of Myanmar consider this as the country's first free general election in 25 years. The last free vote was in 1990, when Suu Kyi won but the army ignored the result, and put Suu Kyi under [...]
November 6th, 2015 by financetwitter
Everybody was looking forward to an entertaining Friday debate today between Najib's minion and an opposition outspoken badass on 1MDB scandal that has accumulated debts to the tune of RM42 billion. Mr. Arul Kanda Kandasamy, the President and Group Executive Director of 1Malaysia Development Berhad [...]
November 5th, 2015 by financetwitter
For the third consecutive year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named the world’s most powerful man by Forbes magazine. The insulting news to American President Barack Obama is not only he didn't manage to overtake the highly popular Putin; he has actually lost his second place to a wo [...]
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