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Your Smartphones, EVs Could Be More Expensive – Here are 5 Things You Need to Know about China’s Export Restriction on Germanium and Gallium
An eye for an eye,Makes the world go blind. It was 2018. Trump was in power and he just fired his biggest trade bomb halfway around the world to China. “Build the wall” was perhaps his most famous quote, meant for Mexico in curtailing the inflow of immigrants into the…
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How 8 Years of Slow Groundwork is Helping Me to Transition to a One-Person Business Model with Multiple Businesses
A step forward,Lays the foundation,To climb upward,It won’t move a nation. But it will spark,A meaningful life into,And with luck,Other people drive too. The poem above, written by me, encapsulates what I feel about taking the plunge to transition into a one-person business owner. It starts with a single step…
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How I Made 32% Profit on Dayang in 2 Years
Disclaimer: This is not investment advice nor is it a recommendation to invest in the stock. This is purely for educational purposes and a case study for you to learn the research skills that come with it. Here’s the proof from Rakuten I initially invested in Dayang Enterprise Holdings Berhad…
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7 Key Things About EP Manufacturing That Got Approval to Make EV in Malaysia
Are you excited about the electric vehicle (EV) industry? Looking to own a Tesla when it comes out? What If I told you there is a company in Malaysia that can make EVs? That’s right. EP Manufacturing (EP) just got conditional approval from the Ministry of Investment, Trade, and Industry…
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I Went Back in Time to the 1960s in Malaysia and Here is What I Learned from the Stock Market
A trip down,Memory lane,To learn what past,To inform the future. Merdeka! Merdeka! Tunku Abdul Rahman chants in Dataran Merdeka, signifying the end of British rule and the start of Malaysia’s independence. Happy First Birthday, Malaysia (The second one will come on 16 September)! For this article, I find it fit…
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Boustead Plantation is Being Privatised – Here Are 7 Things to Know
Take a chunk,Take a bite,If you like it,You got to have it. It was a chilly midnight on the 24th of August 2023. Lights at most offices were being flicked off to prepare for the morning. Not the Edge office in Kuala Lumpur. Just before the shorthand of the clock…
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5 Essential Things to Know About iTekad that You Can Benefit From
Take heart and soul,Work on your thing,Form your mould,Microfinance incoming. If you are a small business or budding entrepreneur, take heed. The government has recently announced that it will increase the allocation by RM6 million for its iTekad program, bringing it to RM10 million. The amount might seem small but…
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Why We Struggle for Meaning in Life and What I Did About It
Sometimes I wake up,Sometimes I don’t. I blame myself,Not being strong. I struggle,To find me. But in the Lord,I found faith. This might not apply to all. The pursuit of meaning is subjective but for some reason, I thought it was objective growing up. Or rather, many of us did.…
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5 Key Things to Know About ASEAN’s Digital Economy Framework Agreement (Defa) and How You Can Take Advantage of It
Electrons and protons,Flow freely,The info comes and goes,Trade willingly, The digital age is here,And it is here to stay. I still remember when the burly technician installed our first dial-up connection in our house in 2001, “This will connect you to the world. Just have to bear with the loud…
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Setbacks and Failure Humble You to Keep Trying and Taking Risks
Today, there is a particular topic that many self-made entrepreneurs peddle in their biographies and life experiences I would like to talk about – the topic of failing. However, this will be from the perspective of someone who is not a multi-billionaire but rather just a regular person on the…
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