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                                <title><![CDATA[ Remembering the man who twice restored the economy, friend regrets attacks on Daim during his last days ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Businessman Abdul Rahman Maidin recalls the late Daim Zainuddin's many years of service to the country. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Daim Zainuddin, man behind Malaysia's economic recovery, dies at 86 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The businessman turned politician was one of the key architects of Malaysia's economic policy under Dr Mahathir Mohamad. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Dr Mahathir says can't think of anything good from Anwar so far ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The veteran leader says his former deputy is not a man of his word, adding that this will cause his downfall. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Budget 2024, a sign that we need a full-time finance minister ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nehru Sathiamoorthy ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ While it is the biggest budget in Malaysia's history, no one seems to have gotten anything. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Khairy calls Anwar a 'part-time finance minister' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 06:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This follows the controversy that vendors would be charged a transaction fee for payments received via the DuitNow QR code platform. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thai PM Srettha to take finance portfolio amid tepid economic growth ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thailand's economy has been faltering due to weaker exports and investments, with the central bank saying last month that the full-year forecast for 3.6% growth could be lowered. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ All eyes on second most powerful position, and it's not the deputy prime minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 01:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Whoever Anwar names as finance minister will decide whether his 'unity government' can live up to its name. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Historic tax cuts and borrowing define Britain's new economic agenda ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Britain's finance minister Kwasi scrapped the country's top rate of income tax and for the first time put a price tag on the spending plans of Prime Minister Liz Truss, who wants to double Britain's rate of economic growth. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Richer than the queen: UK finance minister’s mega-wealthy wife and in-laws ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 01:05:20 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Akshata Murty owns shares worth almost a billion dollars in Infosys, outstripping the personal wealth of Queen Elizabeth II which stands at about US$460 million. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Focus on next finance minister and ‘sensitive’ 1MDB-linked role as Ismail prepares to announce his Cabinet today ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 05:36:57 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ There is strong pressure from Umno for the post despite sensitivities over the finance minister's role in matters related to the 1MDB scandal. ]]></description>
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