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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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July 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
When I tried my first sip on that RM10.00 or US$3.00 “Ice Blended Mocha” from Coffee Bean more than 10-years ago, I was hooked. It was a trend back then to have a cup of those dark brews at least once a week but I was basically almost had it everyday. When Starbucks arrived thanks to tycoon Vinc [...]
July 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
Many people outside of U.S. can’t wait for the iPhone to reach their shores and ended up cracking or unlocking the phone so that the cool gadget could work with their local telco. U.S. residents meanwhile criticized Apple Inc. and AT&T because the two-year contract requirement with AT&T ac [...]
June 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
While it’s entertaining and exciting to read the spectacular development in Malaysian politic with the latest twist of which the former Deputy Prime Minister was accused of sodomy “again”, you got to pay a little attention to the global economy because if it’s going to slow down continuously [...]
June 29th, 2008 by financetwitter
What’s your chance of winning the lottery or to make it more mind-boggling – the chance of winning it twice? If you ask former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, he will gladly tell you that it was as easy as snapping your fingers. Yes, history repeats itself and it appeared Anwar’s strange [...]
June 27th, 2008 by financetwitter
Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank) Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s resignation as director from the Board of Khazanah Nasional Bhd effective from Apr 21 has raised a few eyebrows. It’s not everyday you read resignation in the name of “to avoid any potential conflict of interest” simp [...]
June 27th, 2008 by financetwitter
Bad news, bad news and more bad news – that’s what happened from the opening till the closing bell on Wall Street. It was as if the Dow Jones was released from the cage after years and bloods are all it needs. That’s right, the Dow plunged almost 360 points to their lowest level in almost two [...]
June 26th, 2008 by financetwitter
Remember the Isaac Newton’s law of gravity? Well, it’s happening to the U.S. interest rates now - the series of rate reductions since Sept 2007 is about to make a U-turn. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday and hinted that the next direction for rates could be up. Investors and [...]
June 25th, 2008 by financetwitter
If not for the news that Sime Darby Berhad (SIME: stock-code 4197) decided not to play the game of undersea cable, I would have forgotten about the highly controversial Bakun project. It was almost a year ago when I wrote about this to-be-white-elephant project unless of course the government could [...]
June 25th, 2008 by financetwitter
Basically all the stocks’ performance depends on one factor – consumers. It’s a no-brainer statement but many investors or traders tend to forget this. Every sector from airlines to healthcare would be affected, one way or another. Let’s look at the big brother Uncle Sam. According to Thomso [...]
June 24th, 2008 by financetwitter
Before the invention of internet on the scale we’re seeing today there were not many nice and exciting stocks investing game around. If my old memory still serves me right, the games available during the old time were developed for MS-DOS, the oldest Microsoft operating system. Somehow I was hooke [...]
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