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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 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than normal due to warmer ocean waters, with as many as ten hurricanes, and three to five of them could be major, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Tuesday. NOAA foresees 13 to 17 tropical storms this season, with seven to 10 [...]
May 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Hong Kong's high-end apartments are the world's most expensive to rent, followed by Tokyo and New York, reflecting high living costs in those cities, a survey on expatriate accommodation which compared rental prices in 92 locations worldwide. An executive three-bedroom apartment in Hong Kong costs m [...]
May 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Time to make money investing energy stocks - oil prices were little changed Tuesday after jumping above $66 a barrel in the previous session on worries about gasoline supply. Light, sweet crude for June delivery was flat at $66.27 a barrel. Worries that violence could rise in Nigeria ahead of the in [...]
May 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
Reuters reported that Malaysia's second-largest lender, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad (KLSE: COMMERZ, stock-code 1023), has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to review the 2005 financial statements of its unit Southern Bank Bhd. It was one of the watch-after “hostile” takeover of Southern Bank B [...]
May 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
The movement in Malaysia's ringgit currency reflects the country's economy and its financial system, central bank chief Zeti Akhtar Aziz said on Monday - reported Reuters. The ringgit strengthened on Monday to its highest levels against the dollar in more than nine years - a decisive push through th [...]
May 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
Going by the rate and quantum of super-mega-projects initiated by the current Malaysia Prime Minister, Badawi, one must have a perception that this country is indeed a very very rich kingdom with hundreds or trillion of barrels of reserve oil undersea and millions of hectares of gold-deposits yet to [...]
May 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
Are you a successful stock investor, property investor, option trader, future trader or even a successful blogger? Everyone would like to be addressed as a successful person, though the definition of successful is very subjective. Whichever category you belong to, chances are you’ve money, more li [...]
May 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
Inflation is set to skyrocket in Malaysia again, thanks to the poor-governance in tackling the economy within the country. It seems the government doesn’t or pretends not to be aware of the basic 101 of economic administration of a country, let alone a small country such as Malaysia. After the inf [...]
May 18th, 2007 by financetwitter
Just what is happening to the Malaysia stock market? One after another listed company is being taken private. First it was the biggest mobile service provider Maxis Communications Berhad (KLSE: MAXIS, stock-code 5051) who made the surprise announcement to take the company private by offering $15.60 [...]
May 18th, 2007 by financetwitter
When one looks at the stock price of Green Packet Berhad (KLSE: GPACKET, stock-code 0082) since about 3-weeks ago, one cannot help but wonders just what’s wrong with this potential technology company of Malaysia. Considering the stock price has been rising to almost 7-folds since its’ public lis [...]
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