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Why the Saudi crown prince needs cyber weapons

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By ELI LAKE / BLOOMBERG
IT’S hard to underestimate just how much damage Crown Prince Mohammed Salman of Saudi Arabia has done to his country in the ...

The buzz, clamour and din that don’t rattle

Friday Jottings By Shamsul Akmar | Opinion | Politic
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MAYBE not many would believe if someone was to say that the din caused by those who want Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to step down would ...

Bias on rates turn lower

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Some analysts and economists are already predicting the central bank will likely cut its policy rate again this year
Pic By MUHD AMIN NAHARUL BANK ...

Boeing’s Max ruined Christmas and now summer

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by BROOKE SUTHERLAND/ pic by BLOOMBERG
THE worst-case scenarios for Boeing Co’s 737 Max crisis no longer look far-fetched. The airplane maker said on ...

Don’t let kids suffer our social media competition

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Children, no matter how extraordinary we want them to be, are just humans
pic by BLOOMBERG CHILD prodigies are not a new phenomenon. Among the earliest ...

End of the world

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The locals of Teriberka are depressed and poor for many reasons, including hard and hopeless fight for fishing rights
pic by AFP WHAT made thousands of ...

Ignorance is bliss. Not really…

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Influenza A mutates faster than influenza B, but both viruses are always changing, creating new strains from one flu season to the next
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Malaysian education: Formulating a new recipe

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YES, there are many successful models of education being developed by other countries. Japan has its own success stories. So does ...

PLUS, EPF members are more important than self-image in a pool of water

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The govt has decided to maintain the current ownership structure of PLUS
Pic By TMR File THE PLUS Malaysia Bhd takeover saga has finally been put to ...

Taal Volcano is test of Philippines’ disaster plan

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By ADAM MINTER / BLOOMBERG
SMOKE and ash erupted on Sunday from the Taal Volcano in the Philippines, with the plume rising almost nine miles into the ...

The reneging democrats

Friday Jottings By Shamsul Akmar | Opinion | Politic

pic by RAZAK GHAZALI QUITE a number of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s supporters were upset last week when reading reports quoting PKR VP Rafizi Ramli as ...
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Thai tycoons may find Tesco is closed

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Thailand, with its unimpressive economy, badly needs investment
by CLARA FERREIRA MARQUES/ pic by BLOOMBERG BANGKOK’S billionaires don’t usually have ...