Opinion

Deglobalisation will hurt growth everywhere

By Kenneth Rogoff | | Opinion

The post-pandemic world economy seems likely to be a far less globalised economy, with political leaders and the public rejecting openness in a...

Cash flow management in times of crisis

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion

By Victor SL Tan The Covid-19 pandemic with a long lockdown period or various restricted movements is certainly choking many companies all over the...

Open tenders, U turns, and careful homework

By Xavier Kong | | Opinion

By Xavier Kong LOOK, I know it has been a long few months, what with the Movement Control Order and the Conditional Movement Control Order, as well...

A time-testing National Digital Strategy for Malaysia

By Lee Heng Guie | | Featured, Opinion

The digital economy has been playing an increasingly significant role as a new driver for Malaysia’s economic growth, to drive transformation in...

Mahathir’s great conspiracy game

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion, Politics

By Dennis Ignatius AS the power struggle continues, more and more details are becoming available about the events surrounding the fall of the...

Loan defaults – the next SME crisis in the making?

By FocusM | | Featured, Opinion

By Jason Loh Since the No. 1 problem for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is cash flow, if it continues to be constricted despite government...

Why LTAT’s deal to take Boustead private cannot fail

By Doreenn Leong | | Featured, Opinion

When the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) recently confirmed that it is considering a proposal to take Boustead Holdings Bhd private, there were...

Assessing Covid-19 impact on businesses

By FocusM | | Opinion

By Victor SL Tan The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is going to deeply and widely affect economies, businesses and the way we live and work. The...

Malaysia 5.0 - A national 4IR policy

By FocusM | | Opinion

By Dr Rais Hussin “Between 400 million and 800 million individuals could be displaced by automation and need to find new jobs by 2030 around the...

Time to relook the old and restrictive Hire Purchase Act

By Doreenn Leong | | Mainstream, Opinion

There was a brouhaha when Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) issued a press release on April 30 of a purported reversal from what was initially announced...

Eight past Bar Council presidents seek AG’s explanation over Riza deal

By FocusM | | Opinion, Politics

EIGHT past presidents of the Bar Council have issued a joint statement seeking clarification from Attorney-General Idrus Harun over Riza Shahriz...

Crisis management during a global pandemic

By FocusM | | Opinion

By Victor SL Tan The changes and impact of the coronavirus global pandemic on organisations are unprecedented with massive lockdowns: air flights...

We don’t need another white elephant

By Doreenn Leong | | Mainstream, Opinion, Politics

By Doreenn Leong THE Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) chairman Datuk Ahmad Nazlan Idris recently clarified that the RM100 mil rubber technology centre...

ECB needs to strengthen its Covid-19 response programme

By | | Opinion

The European Central Bank’s (ECB) €750 bil (RM3.58 tril) Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) was hailed at its inception in March as the...

Politics, profits undermine public interest in Covid-19 vaccine race

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram | | Opinion

With well over five million Covid-19 infections worldwide, and deaths exceeding 340,000, the race for an effective vaccine has accelerated since...

Generational change of leadership is our best hope now

By FocusM | | Opinion, Politics

By Dennis Ignatius THE “Sheraton Move” which saw the fall of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and the rise of Perikatan Nasional (PN) has deeply shocked and...

Obituary: The passing of an Islamic banking Icon

By FocusM | | Opinion

By Dr Vaseehar Hassan ON May 19 , the 26th day of Ramadan, I received a call from a friend from Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), to verify if...

Four suggestions to get started in automation during Covid-19

By FocusM | | Opinion

Without public cloud computing, we wouldn’t be able to face the pandemic in the way we are. On-premise data centres have never scaled this fast,...