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After weeks of suffering due to haze from Indonesian wildfires which plunged air quality to an unhealthy level, finally schools in the states of Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, and Kuala Lumpur were closed on Friday (Oct 9). Malaysia's Air Pollutant Index (API) classifies air quality as "
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Starting at around £29,210, this mid-size SUV from from China undercuts established luxury British SUVs and alternatives by tens of thousands of pounds while offering a high-end look. It topped the U.K. monthly sales charts in March 2026 and sold 28,571 units by the end of August 2026, securing
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For years, debt collection meant agents dialling through call lists, following fixed scripts and sending identical reminders to every customer, whatever their circumstances. That model struggles in digital finance. People now expect prompt, respectful communication and an easy way to sort things ou
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Flydubai's flight FZ1073 took off from Dubai International Airport in the UAE at 03:05 GMT (07:05 local time), en route to Ben Gurion Airport. Two hours into its journey on Wednesday (September 30), the Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 174 people - mostly Israeli passengers - plunged more than 17,000ft (5
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Resources, time, and money had been wasted when the High Court acquitted former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on September 15 of four charges in his graft trial linked to the Jana Wibawa programme. The acquittal was for a charge of abusing his position for a RM200 million bribe and three counts o
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In a rare move, Donald Trump personally welcomed Xi Jinping's entourage at Andrews Air Force Base as the U.S. Air Force band marched on the tarmac and U.S. and Chinese flags flew. The last American president to welcome a foreign leader at Andrews John F. Kennedy in 1962, although Trump welcomed Rus
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US President Donald Trump is giving Chinese President Xi Jinping a king’s welcome this week, as he pursues what the White House calls “strategic stability.” The question is whether there will be much substance beneath the surface pomp. The administration is fast losing the Iran War. China is
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The aerospace and security industries are entering an era where technology is no longer simply improving existing capabilities. It is changing what aircraft, satellites, surveillance systems, and defence platforms can actually do. Artificial intelligence, advanced sensors, autonomous systems, secur
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I have stated my views honestly, guided by my conscience and with the best interests of the nation in mind – says Hannah Yeoh. About a week later, the Federal Territories Minister, who is also a critical member of the Pardons Board, denied ever signing a house arrest order for former Prime Minist
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In a move widely anticipated by Wall Street, the Federal Reserve unanimously raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point – with a possibility of one more increase in the cards before year-end. Effectively, the rate hike moves the central bank’s target range on the overnight
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April 8th, 2015 by financetwitter
Graduates are basically fighting tooth and nail to get into giant tech companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Adobe or Google. Understandably, cool perks on top of six-figure annual salary means these companies would get nothing but the best brains money can buy. In fact, offerin [...]
April 6th, 2015 by financetwitter
His net worth is over US$36 billion, easily qualifies him as the world's 14th richest man. He started his career on Wall Street in 1966 in an entry level job at investment bank Salomon Brothers. He made his first barrel of gold when he founded Bloomberg LP, which sold its first financial information [...]
April 4th, 2015 by financetwitter
Najib administration's purchase of a new private jet for the prime minister's own use has attracted great attention. And former premier Mahathir has shortlisted this issue as part of his bullets, and unleashed it in his latest attacks. Of course, UMNO-paid bloggers justified that the aircraft is for [...]
April 2nd, 2015 by financetwitter
The annual Qingming Festival is here again. Also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, Ancestors' Day or simply Ching Ming, it is a traditional Chinese festival to remember and honour their ancestors by cleaning up their tombs and offer food, tea, wine, or simply other accessories. The accessories are essenti [...]
April 2nd, 2015 by financetwitter
April 1st is now known as GST Day, unofficially taking over the infamous April Fool Day. It's true that it's a historic moment in the history of Malaysia, and Najib administration should at least proudly declare it as a public holiday. People would then have more reasons to celebrate GST Day, contri [...]
April 1st, 2015 by financetwitter
When Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook acquired mobile-messaging application WhatsApp last year for a mind-boggling US$22 billion, many analysts thought Mark was a sucker. After all, WhatsApp was just a startup that generated a pathetic revenue of merely US$10.2 million. Even though WhatsApp had 400 millio [...]
March 31st, 2015 by financetwitter
He co-founded PayPal and sold it to eBay for a cool US$180 million profit. He could have retired rich and young (he was 32 then) but he needs to save the world. Elon Musk, the boss and architect of SpaceX, Telsa Motors and SolarCity is often compared to Tony Stark, the genius engineer played by Robe [...]
March 29th, 2015 by financetwitter
Were you frustrated with those pickup trucks - Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Triton, Toyota Hilux, Nissan Navara - for acting such a bully during parking or hogging lanes? Well, the market of the bullies is set to get merrier (and more crowded) with a new kid on the block soon. Believe it or not, Mercedes [...]
March 27th, 2015 by financetwitter
The deliberate crashing by Germanwings Flight 9525's own co-pilot, 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz, is creating tons of debate and forcing global airlines to rethink about existing SOP (standard operating procedure). In the incident, the Germanwing's Airbus carrying 150 people was smashed into an Alpine [...]
March 26th, 2015 by financetwitter
There's a new transportation service which could make you the envy of your facebook friends, simply because you live in San Francisco while they are not. Launched last week, the new private bus service offered by "Leap Transit" makes you feel more like "Starbucks than a bus." Costing US$6 (£4; RM22 [...]
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