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On March 20, 2025, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) submitted two names to FIFA for eligibility to play for Malaysia - Gabriel Palmero andHector Hevel. Coincidentally and amusingly, both players’ ancestors were born in Malacca. Palmero’s supporting birth certificate showed his grandmo
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Billionaire Elon Musk, who became the first person on the planet to achieve a net worth of more than US$500 billion last month (October 2025), has continued to hold the top position since May 2024, and chances are he could become the world’s first trillionaire soon. According to Forbes' billionai
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When FIFA President Gianni Infantino attended the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur in October 2025, there were concerns of hanky-panky, which might lead to a successful (or a partial successful) appeal by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) following an embarrassing document forgery scand
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Maduro has to make the right decision fast – he could find himself trapped and might soon discover that he cannot flee the country even if he decided to. The Trump administration has already offered a US$50 million bounty for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the Venezu
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Emerging from their first face-to-face meeting in six years, U.S. President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping appears to have reached a temporary truce in the trade war between the two economic superpowers. But all analysts believe that the Chinese leader walked out of the meeting with a
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As soon as Trump disembarked from Air Force One, the U.S. president knew he was going to have fun. Even days before his trip to the Asean Summit on October 26, the agendas had been set between Washington and Kuala Lumpur. There would be only handshakes, praises and diplomatic compliments. Compared
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PM Anwar Ibrahim was both excited and panicked when a religious extremist opposition lawmaker raised a question that alcohol was served during an alumni gathering at a secondary school – St Michael’s Institution - in Ipoh on September 27. It was clearly a bait to trap the prime minister over th
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Donald Trump was shocked, angry and speechless, but also powerless at the same time when China tightened restrictions on rare-earth exports this month. It was a counterstrike which the White House didn’t expect largely due to the perception that the Chinese were always inferior and high
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Every month, Rachel Tan, a 53-year-old Singaporean tutor, boards a bus across the 1-km (0.6 mile) causeway for a day trip to Malaysia’s southern state Johor, where she stocks up on groceries and treats herself to lunch and a film. Thanks to recent streamlined immigration procedures, she doesn’t
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Sorry, Volodymyr Zelensky. There won’t be any Tomahawk missiles headed to Ukraine now that Russian President Vladimir Putin successfully hijacked the Ukrainian president’s masterplan. Putin had managed to talk and charm U.S. President Donald Trump over the phone just one day before Zelensky’
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December 16th, 2006 by financetwitter
For decades (first proposed in 1960s), there have been discussions concerning the controversial building of the Bakun Dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak which would be the largest dam in southeast Asia if built but will also be the most expensive totalling RM 15.0 billion. After being indefinitel [...]
December 15th, 2006 by financetwitter
The Nihon Keizai business daily reported Japan Tobacco Inc. (TYO : JTI, 2914) announced on Friday it would buy Britain's Gallaher Group Plc (LON : GLH) for $14.7 billion in the biggest-ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company. Japan Tobacco (50 percent owned by the Japanese government) agreed [...]
December 15th, 2006 by financetwitter
Decided to lock-in my profit yesterday, 14-Dec-2006, on one of my favorite stock, Transocean Inc. (NYSE : RIG, quote) in following of my previous article Time To Relook At Oil Stocks dated 30-Nov-2006. Several reasons stated such as weather condition, U.S. inventories of crude oil and possible react [...]
December 14th, 2006 by financetwitter
The Kuok Group, controlled by tycoon Tan Sri Robert Kuok, is undertaking a mammoth S$6.6 billion (RM15.18 billion) corporate exercise to merge several of its companies here and in Singapore, including Wilmar International Ltd (SIN : F34) and PPB Oil Palms Bhd (KLSE : PPB, stock-code : 6823). As part [...]
December 14th, 2006 by financetwitter
In my previous article, I talked about "Are You Getting National Best Bid and Offer?" and why should you concern about this issue as it makes a difference in determining whether your trade is a profitable, exit-with-minimal-loss or break-even.Let's continue and see why some brokers didn't get you th [...]
December 14th, 2006 by financetwitter
So, you're an existing investor / speculator / punter (regardless of which category, your main intention is to make money) who has an account with a broker firm within your area. Or you're new to this exciting game of stocks investing and option trading of which you're very eager to get yourself sta [...]
December 14th, 2006 by financetwitter
Unless you're big-time investors who buy in millions of dollars in a trade of which the brokerage fees is negligible, you should re-consider the amount of brokerage fees charged on your transaction.Brokerages such as Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), UBS (NYSE: UBS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), and Citigrou [...]
December 14th, 2006 by financetwitter
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December 13th, 2006 by financetwitter
Singapore-listed palm oil refiner Wilmar International (SIN : F34) plans to bid for Malaysian palm oil producer PPB Group (KLSE : PPB, stock-code : 4065), which the market values at $1.6 billion, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday. Both companies are linked to the family of Malaysian billi [...]
December 13th, 2006 by financetwitter
According to a source, Malaysia will announce on Thursday, Dec-14-2006, a sharp rise in road toll rates to help trim state subsidies in a move that could spark a public outcry and raise inflation. Tolls will go up by as much as 60 percent and will affect users of five highways in and around the capi [...]
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