Opinion

Trump’s trade threats hurt the US more than China

Opinion
By David Fickling / BLOOMBERG
Trade wars are good, and easy to win. So President Donald Trump said last year as he embarked on his first round of ...

A tempestuous year of prejudices and bigotry

Opinion
By SHAMSUL AKMAR / Pic By TMR
Exactly one week from now, Pakatan Harapan completes its first year in office as the Government of Malaysia. Of course, ...

ECRL — restoring trust in BRI?

Opinion
Malaysia’s approach with megaprojects has been seen as a successful attempt to rebrand the Chinese-led initiative
By AZAM WAN HASHIM / Pic By AFP The ...

Revisiting religious narratives to combat violent extremism

Opinion
By NOOR ASMALIZA ROMLEE / Pic By BLOOMBERG
Why certain Muslims use their potential to destroy so much of what our merciful and kind God has given to ...

Ideology for the new world

Column | Opinion
It’s about ‘One Belt, One Road’. The problem with it is it cannot go on without something like a common ideology for all the participants
By DMITRY ...

How giants fall in China

Opinion
By Shuli Ren (BLOOMBERG) / Pic By AFP
China likes to tout the virtues of its private sector, whose firms are the source of most new jobs and most ...

Dirty Russian oil has made a fragile market worse

Opinion
By Julian Lee / BLOOMBERG
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump wants to strangle the Iranian economy and keep petrol prices low for American drivers. The ...

Brighter outlook for small-caps

Columns | Markets | Opinion
Graphic By TMR
Malaysia’s large-cap segment, as represented by the FTSE Bursa Malaysia (FBM) KLCI Index, has suffered from policy uncertainty on the ...

The trial of the novelty of nobility

News | Opinion

Pic by TMR FILE ABOUT a quarter of a century ago, a lot of whispers went around about the excesses of the Malay Royalties, from unbecoming behaviour, ...

FTSE Russell review on MGS sparks market concerns

Economy | Opinion
By TAN WEI YINE / Pic By BLOOMBERG
In early April, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund (SWF) announced it will trim its exposure to emerging-market ...

Is Spain about to become the next Italy?

Opinion
By Ferdinando Giugliano / BLOOMBERG
Anti-establishment parties have made real inroads in southern Europe in recent years, taking power in Italy and ...

A soul and spirit breaking tragedy

Friday Jottings By Shamsul Akmar | Opinion

pic by SHAMSUL AKMAR THERE’S a wooden house which looks forlorn and forgotten in the Lake Gardens area. It is a model of a Felda settler’s home ...