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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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August 24th, 2008 by financetwitter
There’s a saying that if you wish to do business and become your own boss then your business focus should includes women and babies simply because it’s easier to get women to spend on themselves and for parents to spend on their babies. The willingness of women to spend cannot be underestimated. [...]
August 22nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Most of my friends from Sibu were damn serious when they told me yesterday that there was consensus within the community not to pump their tanks until end of the month because the PM Abdullah Badawi said so – fuel price to remains until 1st Sept 2008. They were so adamant that they would rather ta [...]
August 21st, 2008 by financetwitter
Looking at the persistent daily low transaction volume, there’s really nothing much you can do but to ignore the stock market for the time being. I know I’ve said this numerous times but it’s wise that you take a break. Smart monies are not flowing in and unless you wish to get slaughtered, yo [...]
August 20th, 2008 by financetwitter
Looking at how all the heavyweights, including the PM himself, rushed to P44 Permatang Pauh to try their best (or luck) to fish for as many votes as possible for the coming by-election this is no doubt the mother of all by-elections. Two PM-in-waiting are fighting tooth and nail – one tries to ret [...]
August 18th, 2008 by financetwitter
Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, caused some worries that it could disrupt oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico although nobody expect it could match the Katrina. Nevertheless oil prices were up as high as $115.35 a barrel today in electronic trading on the New York M [...]
August 17th, 2008 by financetwitter
Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics 2008 breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds in a single games. In 1972, Spitz entered four individual events and three relays and set world records in all seven events - 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200 [...]
August 14th, 2008 by financetwitter
Local banks are selling the ringgit again – head of currency trading at Affin Bank Berhad said today. This is cool *grin* - at 5pm, the ringgit was lower against the greenback at 3.3295/3325. But who can blame the currency traders after the news broke that Europe’s biggest economy powerhouse, Ge [...]
August 13th, 2008 by financetwitter
Frisolac 1 Gold costs RM49.50 today when it was only RM45.00 two months ago – a whopping 10 percent increase within a span of only 2-month. With the current high petrol price, it’s not worth scouting around hoping to find cheaper Frisolac at some secluded shops. That’s a freaking high inflatio [...]
August 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
The week ended with a spectacular Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony held in the China’s National Stadium – known as the Bird’s Nest. The date chosen was also said to be very auspicious, Aug 8th 2008 or 08-08-08. Some 34.2 million viewers watched the Opening Ceremony, smashing the previous [...]
August 7th, 2008 by financetwitter
There’re always two sides of the same coin. Certain people argued that you can’t re-negotiate a contract particularly in relation to the IPP. They asked how I would feel if I’m one of the IPPs owners. They strongly condemn any changes to the lop-sided agreement and would blacklist Malaysia as [...]
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