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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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March 13th, 2008 by financetwitter
When you thought the excitement has died down after the 12th General Election which saw the ruling government reduced to merely simple-majority-government, it appears the thrill has just begun. After successfully captured another four states (Penang, Selangor, Perak and Kedah) plus the administrativ [...]
March 12th, 2008 by financetwitter
Baidu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU, stock) has a spectacular run today as if it had taken steroid. It’s been about 3 weeks since I last made some money from this stock. Time is bad and the stocks are volatile so it’s not easy to spot an opportunity. Decided to Open position on BIDU APR 270 Call Optio [...]
March 12th, 2008 by financetwitter
You've heard about how cell-phone and laptop batteries explode like C4 and used by terrorist as weapon for their suicide mission *just kidding*. But it did explode in a smaller scale though. And just when everyone thought Apple’s products have the highest quality, something disturbing has been rep [...]
March 11th, 2008 by financetwitter
Stocks research firms (government officials are still stunned by Abdullah Badawi’s worst defeat in the history of the National Front since 1969) were scrambling to positively assure the investors that Monday’s 130 points plunge, the worst one day drop ever in the country’s stock market, was a [...]
March 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
Malaysia’s 12th General Election has ended but not without shocking and heart-breaking results. In other countries such as Italy, U.S. or Germany such result would have been considered normal but in Malaysia, such results are abnormal. It can be equate to people revolution against a 50-year-old go [...]
March 9th, 2008 by financetwitter
Something was obviously troubling the Election Commission chairman Abdul Rashid during the much awaited announcement from him early this morning. The lenses of camera were zooming on him but he was not ready. At one point the visibly upset Abdul Rashid was seen angrily showing finger signs to someon [...]
March 8th, 2008 by financetwitter
The date is 8th Mar 2008 and the time is 9:30 pm local time. Abdullah Badawi’s coalition party, National Front or popularly known as Barisan National, is suffering the biggest setback in the history of Malaysia politic. The landscape is changing and the Prime Minister (oops, he’s not yet officia [...]
March 7th, 2008 by financetwitter
In less than 24 hours eligible Malaysian will become the “decision maker” of their own destiny – to vote their candidates and parties in the 12th General Election. This is the only chance to make things right after most of them screwed up big time four years ago when the slogan of empty promis [...]
March 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
In Sept 2007 I wrote the reasons why oil prices might spikes to $90 and beyond. But if you were reading that piece of article back then you might screamed FinanceTwitter has gone crazy. With current oil prices above $102 a barrel (in fact it traded close to record $104 on Tuesday trading) you might [...]
March 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
In the past whenever the Prime Minister announced the dissolution of Parliament, the stocks would experience sudden spike as if it were given Viagra. Political-linked stocks would be thumping their chests as the stocks became hot-commodities. This time around the 12th general election fails to show [...]
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