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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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November 15th, 2008 by financetwitter
By now you should know why stimulus package or rescue plan is not the magic bullet that could solve any economic problems created by greedy top management. I’ve wrote four basic “for dummy” initiatives that a country could take in the event of or about to enter a recession. Announcing or launc [...]
November 12th, 2008 by financetwitter
Readers who thought that I was being negative with the so-called RM7 billion stimulus plan announced by de-facto PM Najib recently obviously do not have a clue about the global stock markets mechanism. These readers are still hiding behind the closet and preferred to adopt the “hear no evil, see n [...]
November 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
China has announced 4 trillion yuan or $586 billion stimulus package (does it have a choice?) - the largest so far to prevent a real disaster from wiping out all the wealth and prosperity built over the decades. That was a lot of money and immediately investors cheer the plan to cushion the world’ [...]
November 8th, 2008 by financetwitter
Once I read that we shouldn’t jump as we would not be affected by the U.S. sub-prime crisis because the engines from China and India were running at full steam. I almost fell off my chair because such article could mislead novice investors in snapping up stocks without knowing what they were doing [...]
November 6th, 2008 by financetwitter
Outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi said “Anyone can be PM” after reporters asked the sleeping beauty if it were possible for a person from a minority group to become Prime Minister in Malaysia, apparently referred to President-elect Barack Obama. That would be a bold and positive statement that would r [...]
November 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
Barack Obama, 47, the son of a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas was elected as the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday. America has again show why the country is the greatest nation ever. America is a place where all things are possible. Who would have thought that a black man, [...]
November 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
Ever wonder why those casinos, lottery and 3-D, 4-D & 5-D businesses were almost recession-proof? Besides opportunity to make money if you strike, people tends to feel great when their bets hit the bull-eye. The feeling was just unbelievable as if it was better than sex. And it’s not funny at [...]
November 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
Technical recession may already hits the economy in about 15 European Union countries and the EU forecast unemployment to climb to 8.4 percent in 2009 which literally means another 2 million people will be out of job. Even Hong Kong’s oldest stockbroker David Tung said he has not seen a financial [...]
November 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
One of my favorite cakes is indeed the tiramisu cake from Secret Recipe. My only complaint is its price because I normally will buy the whole cake instead of a slice or two. I’m not sure if the cake has shrunk since the price increases but I suppose if you like it so much you’ll still pay for it [...]
October 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
Boy! I’m glad that I took the little profit I made scalping Apple before the Feds announcement. As expected the Federal Reserves lowered its interest rate by 50-basis points to 1 percent now, the same rate last seen five years ago in 2003 and 2004 after the Internet bubble burst. However unlike th [...]
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