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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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May 30th, 2007 by financetwitter
Robert Zoellick, a Goldman Sachs executive who has built contacts around the globe as President Bush's trade chief and as the country's No. 2 diplomat, is the White House's choice to be the next World Bank president. AP reported that Bush was to announce the decision Wednesday, according to a senior [...]
May 30th, 2007 by financetwitter
As expected, Lina Joy lost her final round of appeal when the Federal Court dismissed on Wednesday her appeal against a ruling that the National Registration Department was right not to allow her to remove the word "Islam" from her identity card. On Sept 19, 2005, the Court of Appeal decided that th [...]
May 29th, 2007 by financetwitter
Finally the unstoppable online search and advertising giant Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) has been given the temporary road-block in the sense of an open preliminary antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into the former’s acquisition into the $3.1 billion acquisition of Doubl [...]
May 28th, 2007 by financetwitter
Last Friday I blogged about TOP 10 Things You Can Do With RM15,600, an open suggestion on what you can do with those 5-figure cash. One of the reasons I gave out the ten alternatives to readers is to plan well with the money gained (should you decide to let go of your Maxis shares) and to grow it in [...]
May 27th, 2007 by financetwitter
I’ve taken some time during the weekend to evaluate my blog design and positioning to make it better (of course you can chip in some suggestions if you want) from the eyes of my readers. Due to the fact that I’m running this blog on Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) Blogger platform I’m at their [...]
May 25th, 2007 by financetwitter
Malaysia's securities watchdog said Friday it raided the offices of major cargo carrier Transmile earlier this week to probe accounting irregularities. The Securities Commission said in a statement that it entered Transmile premises as it "is investigating Transmile for possible irregularities in th [...]
May 25th, 2007 by financetwitter
Supposing you’re holding Maxis Communications Berhad (KLSE: MAXIS, stock-code 5051) share now and has been cursing Ananda Krishnan for the low offer price for his ambitious privatization plan. Since then you’ve been dreaming It's RM15.60 for Your MAXIS Shares - Would You Sell? You couldn’t mak [...]
May 24th, 2007 by financetwitter
There’re basically two major announcement from the online search and advertisement giant Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) today. First, the rumors about Google flexing its’ muscle to buy yet another company, Feedburner has been confirmeded – according to TechCrunch who picked up the news from [...]
May 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
Dealers selling the national Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE: PROTON, stock-code 5304) cars are crying again today, claiming that 93 percent of their members are losing money. In a serious note, the dealers are urging the Proton management to find a foreign partner immediately. According to the Proton Eda [...]
May 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
Now, what on earth is happening to the Malaysia minister and top officials? After my recent post on Malaysia Can Prosper by Copying Singapore, guess what, the Sports Minister Azalina Othman and former premier Mahathir’s son Mokhzani Mahathir actually read FinanceTwitter’s blog and implement the [...]
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