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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 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 [...]
August 6th, 2008 by financetwitter
There were many happy faces who long the stocks especially in the last hours of trading when all the major indexes had gains of almost 3 percent. Dow Jones alone shot up more than 330 points. In a widely expected rate decision, the central bank reported that "economic activity expanded in the second [...]
August 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
On paper the proposal to inject Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd (SATS) into MMC Corp Berhad looks yummy. Besides container haulage company JP Logistics Sdn Bhd, the MMC Group’s two main ports - Port of Tanjung Pelepas (in southwest Johor) and Johor Port (in Pasir Gudang) could provide the [...]
August 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
One of the biggest items on the table for next week is definitely the FOMC meeting and its policy announcement slated for Aug 5th at 2:15 ET. The Bernanke boys are expected to do nothing and let the rate unchanged at 2.00 percent. There’re hundreds of companies that would be releasing their earnin [...]
August 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
One of the reasons that have gotten foreign investors flabbergasted yet amusing at the same time was how the Malaysian government enjoys playing the game of “Now you see it; now you don’t”. Get real, the ruling government basically has no time to manage the country’s economy with the naughty [...]
July 29th, 2008 by financetwitter
I was having lunch appointment with my fellow friends from Singapore the other day and the conversation somehow found its way to the topic of politics and economy. While Malaysia celebrated its’ highest annual inflation rate (7.7 percent) in 27-year last month thanks to the government’s fuel hik [...]
July 26th, 2008 by financetwitter
The latest fiasco about the Proton Perdana versus Mercedes Benz was really the much awaited dessert after the heavy meal of Anwar’s sodomy conspiracy. Already people are getting sick and tired of the sodomy case and without Anwar’s DNA, the part-2 of the supposedly Indiana Jones thriller will no [...]
July 22nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended its stock index futures and options trading from 9:21 am to 1:45 pm after hit by computer system glitch, thanks to programming mistake by Fujitsu. Tokyo Stock Exchange’s managing director Yoshinori Suzuki immediately told reporters that the trading house is consideri [...]
July 21st, 2008 by financetwitter
Gamuda Berhad’s (KLSE: GAMUDA, stock-code 5398) was as good as dead the moment it’s Managing Director Lin Yun Ling threw in the towel and cashed-out from the company he co-founded. Of course the stock would not die the same way as junk stock PECD Berhad (KLSE: PECD, stock-code 5093) but the impa [...]
July 20th, 2008 by financetwitter
There’re many ways to skin a cat and in the case of ambitious Anwar Ibrahim, the de-facto opposition leader whose chance of becoming the next Prime Minister is now or never, his marketing plan to topple the ruling government of half a century was inviting troubles. The ruling government might be o [...]
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