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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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January 19th, 2009 by financetwitter
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C, stock) was splitting (what happen to the financial supermarket buzzword? *grin*) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC, stock) was getting a whopping $138 billion government bailout. What a major milestone in the history of American capitalism. Nobody dares or cares to predict the [...]
January 16th, 2009 by financetwitter
Remember how one of the worst and dying companies in town was awarded the precious 3G license while another successful company was denied not many moons ago? The puzzle was solved when Time DotCom Berhad (KLSE: TIMECOM, stock-code 5031) was literally given free 27.5 million shares in DIGI.com Berhad [...]
January 15th, 2009 by financetwitter
Share prices of U.S. banks are unbelievably cheap nowadays and if you think it’s already damn cheap it could go down further. Faith is fast fading for stocks such as Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C, stock) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC, stock). The problem could be bad enough for Citigroup to let go of c [...]
January 13th, 2009 by financetwitter
In case you missed this piece of classic jokes, here’s the headline whereby the bumiputra motor traders asked for APs (approve permits) system to be extended until 2020 and guess what, the International Trade and Industry Minister said “Aye”. Under the National Automotive Policy (NAP), the AP [...]
January 12th, 2009 by financetwitter
We can argue until the cows come back and debate until we foam at the mouth why do we keep experiencing this 10-year economic cycle. If we are capable of sending spacecraft deep into Mars ever since 1960s, can’t we plug this hole called “Recession”? There should be some sort of formulas to sol [...]
January 8th, 2009 by financetwitter
What have you been doing right after the fireworks to welcome the New Year 2009? To be precise, did you rush in to the stock market – local or overseas? I did write that Jan 2009 is the month of orgasm but I also pointed out that unless you’re a swing trader, don’t try to fool around with the [...]
January 6th, 2009 by financetwitter
Violence in the Middle East may just push the saggy crude oil prices higher much to the delights of the OPEC members who have been scratching their heads in disbelieve recently as to why their efforts previously didn’t work. Russia’s dispute with Ukraine (again?) over natural gas supplies will h [...]
January 2nd, 2009 by financetwitter
Kuala Lumpur Composite Index is approaching the 900-mark when it rose a whopping 17.61 points to close at 894.36 today, the first day of the New Year 2009 *Wow!*. Stocks jumped today primarily due to gains in plantation stocks as crude palm oil futures climbed another 3% bringing the four-day gains [...]
December 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
I believe I have wrote this and I’ll repeat this again – United States is still the world’s largest economy nation in the world and when she sneezes, every nation in this globe catches cold. With a whopping US14.3 trillion worth of GDP (gross domestic product), China is nowhere near this natio [...]
December 25th, 2008 by financetwitter
Traffic was heavy almost everywhere today since everyone was celebrating the last festive season of the year – Christmas. So, wishing all FinanceTwitter readers a very Merry Christmas *I know it’s a little bit too late but still*. The sight of terrible jam with thousands of cars fighting to ente [...]
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