Archive - The Malaysianist

Crisis, cuts, and costly bets

Maybank reels, ministries brace, ARM deal questioned.

Apr 27

Creador’s backroom push at CTOS

Lower profits, shrinking offices, and PE pressure.

Apr 26

Inside CTOS’ quiet retrenchment

Sources report broader cost discipline after a 42% quarterly profit drop.

Apr 22

Postmarked for failure?

Six years of red ink, one corporate structure, and zero coherent reform.

Apr 22

Zalora cuts jobs amid regional shake-up

E-commerce’s fashion darling trims headcount — again.

Apr 18

Keeping up with the Razaks

Inside the deals and networks of Malaysia’s first political family.

Apr 14

Adjusted realities

The kind that makes you go, “Beep! Beep!”

Apr 8

Tariffs, tycoons and tantrums

Who gets burned and who gets the billions.

Apr 5

Welcome to the Trumpian circus

In a world ruled by chaos, logic and policy take a back seat.

Apr 3

March 2025

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