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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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September 12th, 2008 by financetwitter
You’ve watched many American TV series or movies on how the bad guys were arrested by special force because they threatened the national security. One of my favorites is definitely “24” although sometimes you wondered if Jack Bauer really possessed the super-stamina throughout the entire 24-ho [...]
September 11th, 2008 by financetwitter
The problem with the current stock market is obviously not about the company’s fundamental but because of the political excitement. It’s excited because should the current regime falls the next government, if it survives, will most probably introduce many policies consistent with the CAT (compet [...]
September 9th, 2008 by financetwitter
Oops! It happens again. Malaysia stock operator, Bursa Malaysia Berhad (KLSE: BURSA, stock-code 1818), has suspended derivative trading for the rest of the morning session yesterday due to unresolved technical problem. Although the so-called glitch did not affect trading in equities and bonds the fa [...]
September 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
During current uncertainty and volatile stock market one has no choice but to pay extra attention and double the homework in order to pick the right stock(s) to trade. Essentially you have to know when is the right time to enter the stock market or to open new position(s). Nope, I don’t have the m [...]
September 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
The stock market tumbled when Dow Jones erased 345 points (3%) to 11,188.23 Thursday. The S&P lost 3% to 1236.83 and the Nasdaq fell 3.2% to 2259.04. This is the worst decline since June 6 and you should take note seriously because it appears the S&P will break 1,200 while Dow might break th [...]
September 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
The good news – oil prices extended its decline to $107.91 a barrel, down $1.80 yesterday before it gained strength to $109 a barrel today (while waiting for U.S. crude inventory report). Since July 11th the black gold has fallen from the price of $147 a barrel. More good news – the dollar stren [...]
September 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Finally the guessing game of who will get the huge chunk of the broadband project reaches its peak when Telekom Malaysia Berhad (KLSE: TM, stock-code 4863) received a letter of award from the Government today. From the start it was almost certain that the country’s dominant fixed-line provider, TM [...]
September 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
None of the people I’ve met since the 2009 Budget was revealed has anything good to say about it. It was definitely not a “caring budget” (as claimed by PM Abdullah Badawi) and the 1 percentage point income tax cut does not translate to something that you should shout about considering the cur [...]
August 28th, 2008 by financetwitter
Now that the fact is on the table that opposition de-facto Anwar Ibrahim has been chosen by the people into the Parliament to provide serious check and balance (or tough time?) to the ruling government, it’s the second wake-up call to the PM Abdullah Badawi to restructure the way his inefficient C [...]
August 26th, 2008 by financetwitter
History repeats itself again, if the sentiments of the people on the ground which translated their voices into votes at P44 Permatang Pauh by-election were taken into consideration. If you still remember how the government-controlled electronic media kept quiet and the Chairman of Election Commissio [...]
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