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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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January 14th, 2008 by financetwitter
China is the largest market that every Tom, Dick and Yahoo trying to get into but the reality is the country with more than 5,000 years of civilization is not a country that offers you the golden key to instant riches just because you’ve the money to invest. It’s a complicated nation that could [...]
January 13th, 2008 by financetwitter
It’s not easy for Malaysian Stock Exchange’s Composite Index to reach 1,500 level, let alone 1,600 but it appears reaching 1,600 is not something that is impossible now. And if you believe in simple technical reading, since middle of Aug 2007’s correction, the bull didn’t look back judging f [...]
January 11th, 2008 by financetwitter
December data (payroll, unemployment, ISM) were clearly disappointing as job deterioration raises the risk to consumer spending – a sign that many thinks will force Uncle Ben to act again when the Fed meet next Jan 29th – 30th. And on Thursday the Federal Reserve Chairman pledged to slash intere [...]
January 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
What does Steve Jobs have in common with Ratan N. Tata? Both have the vision to build the smallest version of their products, well, sort of. While Steve is known for introducing iPod and instantly uplifts the Apple Inc. brand to almost every corner of the globe, Mr. Tata owns India’s largest autom [...]
January 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
Lately Wall Street has been trading on a trend whereby the morning session’s pattern could be different from the afternoon. It appears the investors are trying to find reason(s) or rather excuse(s) creating volatility on both trading sessions of the day. I remember those days when you could roughl [...]
January 9th, 2008 by financetwitter
Once every for or five years, Malaysian stock market would stage a rally in anticipation of the general election. The rally could be a mini one or a huge one just like what’s happening now. The daily transaction volume was on plunging mode towards the end of last year, 2007, but suddenly the daily [...]
January 8th, 2008 by financetwitter
It’s a known fact that to be successful you need to focus and once you achieved it you got to continue focusing in doing what you do best. Most of the successful company tried to diversify but somehow they never succeed, at least in a big way. That’s why despite owning mountains of cash Microsof [...]
January 7th, 2008 by financetwitter
Did you notice the volatility displayed by the technology stocks on Nasdaq today? This is what a trader would love to see. A huge plunge follows by a reverse trend to the green, just like how the Dow and Nasdaq composite swung. FinanceTwitter had blogged that Baidu.com, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: BIDU, stock [...]
January 7th, 2008 by financetwitter
As their competitor you got to hate them but as their customer you simply got to love them, although you might have thousand and one reason to criticize them because you were comparing an apple and an orange. Before the creation of this creature called AirAsia Berhad (KLSE: AIRASIA, stock-code 5099) [...]
January 6th, 2008 by financetwitter
Just what could be the problem with Malaysia’s fifth Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s administration? He got the highest votes from the public during his first election since taken over from former premier Mahathir but it appears he’s screwing it up pretty fast. Hold on! It was not only the vo [...]
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