KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov (Hrkh) - Ahli-ahli Parlimen pembangkang hari ini menyifatkan Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang juga Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak “penakut” dan “tidak jujur”.
Ketika keluar dewan beramai-ramai kerana memprotes keengganan Najib memberi ruang untuk penjelasan ketika menggulung perbahasan Bajet 2009, beberapa [...]

THE Malaysian Government today announced a RM7 billion stimulus package to reinforce the economy, strengthen national resilience and maintain economic growth momentum to face the increasingly challenging global economic climate.
Malaysia’s government reduced its 2009 economic growth forecast to 3.5 per cent from a prior forecast of 5.4 per cent and upped its budget deficit target [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 - Malaysia’s government reduced its 2009 economic growth forecast to 3.5 percent from a prior forecast of 5.4 percent and upped its budget deficit target for the year to 4.8 percent of gross domestic product from 3.6 percent.

Najib Razak, who is both deputy prime minister and finance minister, made the announcement [...]

Malaysian political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda has been acquitted of involvement in the October 2006 murder of a Mongolian interpreter.
Two policemen will face trial on 10 November for the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, who was blown up with explosives after being shot.
Mr Abdul Razak has admitted to an affair with Ms Shaariibuu.
He is ex-aide to [...]

By Anil Netto
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia is bracing for an economic slowdown, as the government gradually comes to grips with the fact that the country is not as isolated as it hoped from the mounting financial turmoil in the United States and Europe. Already dark clouds loom on the economic and financial horizons.
This week, Deputy [...]

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — Malaysia’s banks are “well placed” to maintain lending as there is ample liquidity in the banking system, Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank, said today in a statement after officials met with finance industry executives.
Banking industry leaders were told at the meeting to practise “responsible lending” and ensure there wasn’t any [...]

The world loves Malaysia. Like an abused wife that takes the beatings and still prepares dinner and lies down with leg wide open, Malaysia is the bitch for the global community.
Most recent events confirm this nation’s status. Let’s talk about Eurocopter. Malaysia was ready to pay premium prices in excess of a billion ringgit for [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28, 2008 (AFP) - Malaysia on Tuesday shelved a 1.7 billion ringgit (470 million dollar) deal to buy 12 military helicopters from Eurocopter because of the bleak global economy.
“At the moment, we have decided not to purchase the helicopters. We need to delay it … because of the financial crisis. We need [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Malaysia has decided to axe a controversial $657 million military helicopter order in the government’s first major budget cutbacks since the global financial crisis, an influential news website reported on Sunday. “The Eurocopter deal is off due to the bleak economic times ahead,” the Malaysian Insider (www.themalaysianinsider.com) said, quoting [...]

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysia will inject 1.4 billion dollars into the ailing stock market and cut its growth forecast for 2009 amid a worsening global financial crisis, the Finance Minister said Monday.
Najib Razak also said the government may review its 2008 and 2009 fiscal deficit forecast and scale back on infrastructure projects “with [...]