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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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Here are the 5 U.S. Tech Stocks on Nasdaq that Benefited from the AI Mania
It comes and goes,Up and down,Its grip, relentless,The mania is found. The investing mania has found itself on the shores of AI-related companies. It started with the release of ChatGPT late last year w% here it went viral for the amount of information it scraped and analysed. Answers were so…
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5 Reasons Why the 9-5 is Perfect for You to Pursue Your Passions with an ‘s’ Part-Time
I still remember the days where I stare at my screen with a blank expression at 11pm. I was in office and waiting for someone’s approval for my work. I was scrolling through Facebook ( I know, I am a millennial doing boomer stuff ), and came across an economics…
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Here are 5 Things to Know about the U.S. Economy Halfway through 2023
Half foot in the grave? Or not? The U.S. economy seems to be chugging along fine halfway through 2023, defying recession doom-sayers. Many thought that the high interest rates and inflation will reduce economic activities such as consumption and investment. That has happened to some degree but not much. If…
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Here are the Things that I do When I Struggle to be Productive
Have you ever had such a moment when you are working? One hand is on the keyboard while the other is on your forehead. You are trying to work but nothing is coming. You have been staring at the screen for what feels like hours, with nothing to show for…
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