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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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August 25th, 2010 by financetwitter
I’ve mentioned many times that basically there’re two simple indicators to gauge how well U.S. economy is recovering. First is unemployment and the second is the home sales. If the indicator of either one is negative then you can forget about putting money betting on the bull. Forget about what [...]
August 23rd, 2010 by financetwitter
While the clueless Malaysian ruling government is still busy figuring ways to stop the citizens from getting “infected” (further) by the powerful technological viruses such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, YouTube and whatnot, young chaps are reportedly making up to US$300,000 a year from YouTube [...]
August 22nd, 2010 by financetwitter
Dr. Colin Lee Soon Soo, the founder and managing director of TMC Life Sciences Bhd (KLSE: TMCLIFE, stock-code 0101) has sold all his 120.4 million shares (at RM0.52 a share) in TMC to Singapore billionaire Peter Lim Eng Hock. Interestingly Dr. Colin’s brother, Lee Soon Swee, has also disposed his [...]
August 3rd, 2010 by financetwitter
Top story of the month was indeed about former Transport Minister and president of MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) Ling Liong Sik being charged in relation to the country’s biggest scandal – PKFZ’s RM12 billion Scandal. Retired former Prime Minister Mahathir together with Ling Liong Sik an [...]
July 24th, 2010 by financetwitter
McDonald’s Smoothie Chicken-Out – The popular fast-food franchiser that sells billions and billions of burgers made a sudden and silly decision in cancelling this week’s free fruit smoothie promotion. Reason given – McDonald Corp. (NYSE: MCD, stock) was worried that it would run out of the f [...]
July 21st, 2010 by financetwitter
As expected Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) announced yet another round of spectacular earnings result – its net income rose by a whopping 78% thanks to the combination of strong sales from iPhone, iPad and Macintosh computers. The Antenna-Gate was forgotten, at least for now, when the stock skyr [...]
July 20th, 2010 by financetwitter
Parkway War – Malaysia’s government investment arm, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, is fuming mad because India’s Fortis Healthcare Ltd (owned by billionaire brothers Malvinder Mohan Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh) has offered S$3.80 a share for Singapore's Parkway Holdings Ltd, 2 cents higher than [...]
July 14th, 2010 by financetwitter
If not because of the hype and rumour that iPhone 4 is about to be recalled, thanks to the Consumer Reports’ review that it could not recommend the Apple’s gadget due to antenna issues, the stock would have skyrocket judging from the 146.75 points (or 1.44%) and 43.67 points (or 1.99%) jump in D [...]
June 10th, 2010 by financetwitter
Malaysia will be bankrupt by 2019 (nine years from now) if it does not begin to cut subsidies for petrol, electricity, food and other staples which cost the government RM74 billion in 2009. The country has a whopping RM362 billion debt and could end up like Greece if the people do not agree to what [...]
May 21st, 2010 by financetwitter
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) still has not discovered or explained what triggered the now infamous 1,000 points plunge on May 6, 2010 – enough to wipe more than US$1 trillion in U.S. market value. The 9.2% drop was the biggest intraday percentage loss since 1987 and largest point [...]
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