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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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November 1st, 2007 by financetwitter
Guess it’s true what a MP (member of parliament) said today. The MP, Zaid Ibrahim, who is a member of the ruling party, UMNO, is perhaps the only one from the government who dare to go against the odds on the ridiculous happenings to the nation’s judiciary. He can choose to sit and watch quietly [...]
November 1st, 2007 by financetwitter
Halloween is over but there’re still Thanksgiving and Santa Clause to greet you before the curtain is pull down for the year. This period is also the happiest for the kids as they’re looking forward to the long holidays, gifts and whatever their wish-lists drafted. Traditionally stocks investors [...]
November 1st, 2007 by financetwitter
As expected the Federal Reserve executed the second rate reduction by one-quarter percentage point or 25 basis points to 4.50 percent on Wednesday. Ben Bernanke has cut 50 basis points from 5.25% to 4.75% earlier in September. The 9-1 decision to cut rates on Wednesday was opposed by Thomas Hoenig, [...]
October 31st, 2007 by financetwitter
Investors or traders who believe in Google have every reason not only to smile but laughing all the way to the bank. Since the Mountain View-based company reported a set of good earnings less than 2 weeks ago, it breached the $650 level and never looks back. And to think that the internet search eng [...]
October 31st, 2007 by financetwitter
Whenever the Fed speaks, everyone stop trading and listen. Stocks markets will normally go to silent from busy mode, at least relatively. After the announcement, everybody will either scramble to buy or sell. That’s where the excitement is and it’ll be more exciting if the people freak out to th [...]
October 31st, 2007 by financetwitter
For a very long time, foreign investors were fed with the limited choice of TMT whenever stocks investing are concerned in Malaysia. The abbreviation of TMT means Telekom, Maybank and Tenaga. The best of practice for foreign fund managers then was you must invest in these three heavyweight stocks si [...]
October 31st, 2007 by financetwitter
When is the happiest time in an investor’s (or punter) life? When his / her stocks or options in the profitable territory of course. If you invest in equity markets such as Malaysia or Singapore stock markets, you can only celebrate when the stocks go up. On the other hand if you trade the more ma [...]
October 30th, 2007 by financetwitter
Diversification, diversification and diversification – that’s one of the strategies in stocks investing if you wish to make money. Why diversify? To old birds (veteran investors) you should know what does that mean. To new birds (newbies) it simply means not all stocks will go up or down at the [...]
October 29th, 2007 by financetwitter
Oil prices continue to surge but that is not going to stop investors from feeling optimistic about the stock market. At least the expectation from the Federal Reserve to cut interest rate again is high and strong. And this (optimism) is sufficient for the investors to ignore the fact that crude oil [...]
October 28th, 2007 by financetwitter
It’s not difficult to become a Finance Minister, especially when you’re also holding the position as the Prime Minister cum Minister of Internal Security. Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) could easily be one of the most powerful positions in the world, holding the other two very important ministers [...]
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