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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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August 29th, 2007 by financetwitter
This year, 2007, marks the 10-years anniversary since the last recession in 1997 Asia Economiy Crisis which saw the local Kuala Lumpur Composite Index plunged from the pride of 1,230 points to the lowest of merely 262 points (Sept 1998). 1997 crash was also the most severe to the extend that the for [...]
August 28th, 2007 by financetwitter
In the latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, stock) revealed it has bought additional 10.1 million shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI, stock) since 23rd Aug 2007, raising its stake in the nation's No. [...]
August 28th, 2007 by financetwitter
Since the last durian-eating session between Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia’s premier Badawi with the pledge by the former to support IDR (Iskandar Development Region), everthing has quiet down until today when the ambitious IDR project was awaken again by the local medi [...]
August 27th, 2007 by financetwitter
In the upcoming 2008 Malaysia Budget, the government may implement the goods and services tax (GST) and single-tier corporate tax. Deloitte KassimChan Tax Services Sdn Bhd technical director K Sandra Segaran said the GST was likely to be accompanied by further reductions in both corporate and person [...]
August 26th, 2007 by financetwitter
The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 140 points on Friday, closing at 13,378.87, mainly due to stronger-than-expected reading on new homes sales for July. The Commerce Department said new home sales rose 2.8 percent in July, after falling 4 percent in June. The increase in July lifted sal [...]
August 26th, 2007 by financetwitter
As much as you like to surf the internet for great information to either help you in your daily work or to do research for your blog, there is the possibility of your computer being exposed to other unfriendly parties. When your notebook or computer is online, your computer will constantly broadcast [...]
August 25th, 2007 by financetwitter
Ever since the subprime mortgage mini crisis ruled the U.S. financial news end of July 2007, every single stock was affected regardless of whether it’s financial or technology stock. And you should have noticed FinanceTwitter had stopped trading options temporary since then. Coincidently the housi [...]
August 24th, 2007 by financetwitter
While the Federal Reserve is busy fighting and calming the internal subprime mortgage crisis internally, one external force could and might be the catalyst that would add fuel to the already spooky wildfire. This factor is none other than the U.S. economic rival China.Starting with banks, Chinese ba [...]
August 24th, 2007 by financetwitter
Most of the professional foreign investors do not limited their investment into a single basket, meaning they put their eggs into lots of baskets – diversification is the name of the game. They realized long ago that U.S. financial markets do not give them a safe and guarantee returns not matter h [...]
August 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
End of 2007 is suppose to be Judgement Day for DIGI.com Berhad (DIGI: stock-code 6947) of which the company is required to reduce its interest to below 50 percent. Earlier, the Malaysian authority indicated that there won’t be any extension for Norway's Telenor ASA (OSL: TEL), DiGi's main sharehol [...]
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