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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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April 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
Blogging in Malaysia seems to have scores another milestone - reported Utusan Malaysa, possibly the most bias government-controlled print media exist today. If not for the recent 12th general election which saw the National Front led by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi crumbled with shameful defeat, I [...]
April 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Everyone thought Malayan Banking Berhad (KLSE: MAYBANK, stock-code 1155) was a sucker for draining its coffer to the tune of US$2.7 billion to buy a financial-weak PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (JAK: BNII). Almost all analysts thought it was too pricey and were scrambling to cut Maybank’s rating [...]
April 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
Just when you thought only U.S. financial institutions were in deep trouble, Switzerland’s largest bank UBS AG (NYSE: UBS, stock. VTX: UBSN) dropped another bombshell when it said it expected to post first-quarter net losses of a mind-boggling $12 billion and would seek $15 billion in new capital [...]
March 31st, 2008 by financetwitter
Franklin Templeton Investments is probably one of the best global investment management organizations with over $650 billion in assets management. In a nut shell the organization can be segregated into three main management groups – Franklin Funds, Templeton Funds and Mutual Series Funds. Its cove [...]
March 31st, 2008 by financetwitter
Since the blogosphere took off with a big bang, the traditional way of information flows has changed tremendously. Bloggers were mushrooming with great influence so much so it knocked out billions of dollars off Apple Inc.’s market capitalization, not to mention how it changed the political landsc [...]
March 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
Former premier Mahathir had done many mistakes during his 22 years walking along the corridors of power. He could be forgiven if he didn’t realize it during his tenure as the Prime Minister since every single soul he met gave him the thumbs up. Even before he could finished farting, apple polisher [...]
March 28th, 2008 by financetwitter
Frankly, I was planning to buy some Transmile Group Berhad (KLSE: TRANMIL, stock-code 7000) shares if the stock hit below RM1.00. Seriously there were not many reasons that could justify the purchase since the company was literally ripped off under the previous management. And to think the former ch [...]
March 27th, 2008 by financetwitter
Did Malaysia’s biggest lender, Malayan Banking Berhad (KLSE: MAYBANK, stock-code 1155), overpay when it bid billions of dollars in its quest to acquire 100 percent of Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII)? Maybank agreed to fork out a whopping $1.5 billion for 55.7 percent stake of the Indonesia’s [...]
March 26th, 2008 by financetwitter
Seriously, if you have this problem of falling in love with your portfolio, either stocks or options, you’ve better leverage on the limit order function to enter the price(s) you desire to sell or buy. It’s not too much to say that almost all the investors who trade on behalf of their own accoun [...]
March 26th, 2008 by financetwitter
Remember how the whopping $30 million tax-payers money evaporated into thin air by sending a Malaysian space tourist as part of the “controversial” $1 billion Russian arms deal back in Oct 2007? Some said the space tourist idea was never part of the original plan but since the enormous amount of [...]
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