November 01, 2008
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 (Bernama) — The National Registration Department (NRD) will be re-issuing green cards, which were stopped in 2004, for residents whose citizenship status is in doubt, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar.

31st October, 2008
KENINGAU: A total of 145 foreigners were rounded up in a two-day swoop on illegal immigrants.
After screening, 13 of them – 11 Indonesians and two Filipinos – were detained for not possessing documents.

Saturday November 1, 2008
PETALING JAYA: Fuel is 15 sen cheaper from today after the Government announced its fourth reduction since August.

October 30, 2008

BEIJING: China warned Wednesday its heavy dependence on coal to fuel its fast-growing economy made it difficult to control green house gas emissions, but said fighting global warming remained imperative.

30 OCTOBER 2008

Is there bias in the reporting on Asia? Is there bias in the way the International Monetary Fund (IMF) treats the emerging economies compared with the developed ones? Is there bias in the ratings from the Western rating agencies on the Western and non-Western economies?

31st October, 2008
SEOUL: Nobel economics laureate Robert Mundell said Thursday the worst of the world economic crisis is over and the US economy is in the recovery phase.

29 OCTOBER 2008

The global financial crisis has started in the West, but developing countries are now being hit hard as their stock markets and currencies fall, and foreign funds start to move out.

28 October 2008

WORLD famous stock market guru, Warren Buffett, made headlines when he bought substantial stakes in technology and services giant General Electric Co (GE) and financial heavyweight Goldman Sachs Group.

October 29, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 (Bernama) — Growth in the Asia Pacific is set to slow with the next 12 months being some of the toughest in years, with growth coming in at a five- or 10-year low, according to an economist.

October 21, 2008

Quarterly growth slips to 9.9%
BEIJING: China’s economic growth slowed to 9.0 per cent in the third quarter as global financial woes started taking a toll, the government said Monday, signaling it would respond with new stimulus measures.

21st October 2008

Kuala Lumpur: There is no massive outflow of foreign direct investments (FDIs) despite the global financial crisis, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Amirsham Abdul Aziz.

19th October 2008

PUTRAJAYA: The financial and economic crisis the world is facing now is the result of greed on the part of certain individuals, said former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad.

October 15, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian financial institutions remain resilient despite the increased volatility in global financial markets, Bank Negara Malaysia said yesterday.

October 13, 2008

Don’t look now, but you’ve probably been spun. Not in the physical sense, of course. Rather, it is likely that at some point in your life, you have come face to face with spin.

27th October, 2008
SINGAPORE: Asia’s aviation sector is hurting from a sharp descent in passenger numbers but the full impact of a

deepening global financial crisis is not likely to be felt until next year, analysts said.