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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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January 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
Jetstar, the budget carrier of Australian carrier Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) said it plans to fly from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur from September onwards – according to AFP today, Jan-23-2007. Subject to regulatory approval, Jetstar will fly three times weekly to the Malaysian city and will laun [...]
January 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
Bursa Malaysia (KLSE: BURSA, stock-code 1818) chief executive officer Datuk Yusli Mohamed Yusoff today blames local investors for not having faith in Malaysian listed companies when the foreign fund managers are bullish with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.He noted that foreign institutional investo [...]
January 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City together with New York Senator Chuck Schumer today expressed their concerns on the possibility of New York losing its position as the world’s leading financial center. According to a study done by McKinsey, New York could lose up to 7 per cent of its m [...]
January 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
Last Friday (Jan-19-2007) the Prime Minister of Malaysia Government, Abdullah Badawi, denied the country has to seek out a US$50bil (RM200bil) loan from overseas to finance the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) stating the country has enough money to fund its national development projects. Abdullah also den [...]
January 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
TMC Life Sciences Bhd (KLSE: TMCLIFE, stock-code 0101) shares closed at its highest ever of RM1.21 after adding 23 sen or 23.47% on Friday, Jan 19 on speculative interest due to rumor that foreign interest is buying into it – said TheEdge. Also a block of 16.83 million TMC Life shares representing [...]
January 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
If Tenaga Nasional Berhad (KLSE: TENAGA, stock-code 5347) is able to pay an average 2.7 month bonus to its 27,000 workers nationwide as reported in Business Times published today, then there is absolutely no justification on the tariff hike which was granted back in May 2006. After the hike, TENAGA [...]
January 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
General Electric Capital, a unit of U.S. conglomerate General Electric Company (NYSE: GE, stock), is keen on DRB-Hicom's (KLSE: DRBHCOM) 20.2 percent stake in small Malaysian bank EON Capital Berhad (KLSE: EONCAP, stock-code 5266), the Star newspaper said on Saturday, Jan-20-2007.General Electric Ca [...]
January 19th, 2007 by financetwitter
I'm amused when I read today's news that Bursa Malaysia (KLSE: BURSA) plans to ease controls over the short-selling after it was started less than a month this year (after a nine-year ban). The KLSE chief executive officer Datuk Yusli Mohamed Yusoff said that the local bourse plans to introduce a ne [...]
January 19th, 2007 by financetwitter
iPhone is everybody's dream-gadget (including me) - it's cool, it's great, it's innovative, it's all-in-one, it's fantastic and it's just gorgeous. But it's abit pricey, compare with other smart-phone and it won't be available till June-2007. According to Silicon Valley market research firm iSuppli [...]
January 19th, 2007 by financetwitter
Would you mind if you can make a FREE call for directory assistance but in return you need to listen to an short audio advertisement before that? Most of us won't as human has the perception of wanting everything free. If you call for pizza for example, you might get a 10-second sales pitch about Do [...]
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