For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 4, 2026 – Stocks in this week’s article are NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, Micron Technology, Inc. MU and Vertiv Holdings Co VRT. 3 Best Profitable AI Stocks to Buy for March 2026 As March gets underway, investors should focus on companies that deliver solid returns after covering for operating and non-operating expenses. As a result, profitable businesses tend to be ...
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 4, 2026 – Stocks in this week’s article are NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, Micron Technology, Inc. MU and Vertiv Holdings Co VRT. 3 Best Profitable AI Stocks to Buy for March 2026 As March gets underway, investors should focus on companies that deliver solid returns after covering for operating and non-operating expenses. As a result, profitable businesses tend to be more appealing than those operating at a loss. To assess profitability, analysts rely on accounting ratios, most notably the net income ratio, which measures a company’s bottom-line performance. With that in mind, NVIDIA Corp., Micron Technology, Inc. and Vertiv Holdings Co stand out as the top profitable picks because of their high net income ratios and promising upside potential. These companies are also well-poised to benefit from the ongoing surge in excitement around artificial intelligence. Net Income Ratio Explained The net income ratio indicates a company's exact profitability level. It reflects the percentage of net income to total sales revenues. Using the net income ratio, one can determine a firm’s effectiveness in meeting operating and non-operating expenses from revenues. A higher net income ratio usually implies a company’s ability to generate ample revenues and successfully manage all business functions. Here are three of the 29 stocks that qualified for the screening: NVIDIA NVIDIA provides graphics, computing and networking solutions worldwide. The 12-month net profit margin of NVDA is 55.6%. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 54.9%. NVIDIA has a Zacks Rank #2 (read more: NVIDIA vs. Broadcom: The Smarter AI Stock to Buy for March 2026). Micron Technology Micron Technology designs, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. MU’s 12-month net profit margin is 28.2%. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 307.6%. Micron has a Zacks Rank #1 (read more: Micron vs. Oracle: One AI S...
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 4, 2026 – Stocks in this week’s article are NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, Micron Technology, Inc. MU and Vertiv Holdings Co VRT. 3 Best Profitable AI Stocks to Buy for March 2026 As March gets underway, investors should focus on companies that deliver solid returns after covering for operating and non-operating expenses. As a result, profitable businesses tend to be ...
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 4, 2026 – Stocks in this week’s article are NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, Micron Technology, Inc. MU and Vertiv Holdings Co VRT. 3 Best Profitable AI Stocks to Buy for March 2026 As March gets underway, investors should focus on companies that deliver solid returns after covering for operating and non-operating expenses. As a result, profitable businesses tend to be more appealing than those operating at a loss. To assess profitability, analysts rely on accounting ratios, most notably the net income ratio, which measures a company’s bottom-line performance. With that in mind, NVIDIA Corp., Micron Technology, Inc. and Vertiv Holdings Co stand out as the top profitable picks because of their high net income ratios and promising upside potential. These companies are also well-poised to benefit from the ongoing surge in excitement around artificial intelligence. Net Income Ratio Explained The net income ratio indicates a company's exact profitability level. It reflects the percentage of net income to total sales revenues. Using the net income ratio, one can determine a firm’s effectiveness in meeting operating and non-operating expenses from revenues. A higher net income ratio usually implies a company’s ability to generate ample revenues and successfully manage all business functions. Here are three of the 29 stocks that qualified for the screening: NVIDIA NVIDIA provides graphics, computing and networking solutions worldwide. The 12-month net profit margin of NVDA is 55.6%. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 54.9%. NVIDIA has a Zacks Rank #2 (read more: NVIDIA vs. Broadcom: The Smarter AI Stock to Buy for March 2026). Micron Technology Micron Technology designs, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. MU’s 12-month net profit margin is 28.2%. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 307.6%. Micron has a Zacks Rank #1 (read more: Micron vs. Oracle: One AI S...
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 4, 2026 – Stocks in this week’s article are NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, Micron Technology, Inc. MU and Vertiv Holdings Co VRT. 3 Best Profitable AI Stocks to Buy for March 2026 As March gets underway, investors should focus on companies that deliver solid returns after covering for operating and non-operating expenses. As a result, profitable businesses tend to be ...
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 4, 2026 – Stocks in this week’s article are NVIDIA Corp. NVDA, Micron Technology, Inc. MU and Vertiv Holdings Co VRT. 3 Best Profitable AI Stocks to Buy for March 2026 As March gets underway, investors should focus on companies that deliver solid returns after covering for operating and non-operating expenses. As a result, profitable businesses tend to be more appealing than those operating at a loss. To assess profitability, analysts rely on accounting ratios, most notably the net income ratio, which measures a company’s bottom-line performance. With that in mind, NVIDIA Corp., Micron Technology, Inc. and Vertiv Holdings Co stand out as the top profitable picks because of their high net income ratios and promising upside potential. These companies are also well-poised to benefit from the ongoing surge in excitement around artificial intelligence. Net Income Ratio Explained The net income ratio indicates a company's exact profitability level. It reflects the percentage of net income to total sales revenues. Using the net income ratio, one can determine a firm’s effectiveness in meeting operating and non-operating expenses from revenues. A higher net income ratio usually implies a company’s ability to generate ample revenues and successfully manage all business functions. Here are three of the 29 stocks that qualified for the screening: NVIDIA NVIDIA provides graphics, computing and networking solutions worldwide. The 12-month net profit margin of NVDA is 55.6%. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 54.9%. NVIDIA has a Zacks Rank #2 (read more: NVIDIA vs. Broadcom: The Smarter AI Stock to Buy for March 2026). Micron Technology Micron Technology designs, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. MU’s 12-month net profit margin is 28.2%. The company’s expected earnings growth rate for the current year is 307.6%. Micron has a Zacks Rank #1 (read more: Micron vs. Oracle: One AI S...
Forget cleavage. A deep V plunging to the waist is the current style – as seen on Gwyneth Paltrow and many others this year. Why is it suddenly so popular? Good news for anyone looking to portion off their skin in new and creative ways: we have entered the era of the “veavage”. This new term for a deep, V-shaped cleavage plumbed new depths this weekend at the SAG awards. As seen on (deep breath) K...
Forget cleavage. A deep V plunging to the waist is the current style – as seen on Gwyneth Paltrow and many others this year. Why is it suddenly so popular? Good news for anyone looking to portion off their skin in new and creative ways: we have entered the era of the “veavage”. This new term for a deep, V-shaped cleavage plumbed new depths this weekend at the SAG awards. As seen on (deep breath) Kristen Bell, Jenna Ortega, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Paulson, Odessa A’zion and Lauren Miller, this neck-to-navel style appeared on wafer-thin tops and second-skin dresses. In a red carpet first, veavage somehow outweighed cleavage 2:1. Other recent veavage-flaunters about town include Zendaya, Emma Stone, Elle Fanning and Erin Doherty . Think the boyband JLS meets Michael Douglas in Fatal Attraction, by way of a couture gown cut with exacting technical rigour. The talking point is not the clothes, though. It’s what they leave behind, which is the boobs. Or at least the bit where the boobs usually are. Because the great thing about this trend is that you don’t need boobs to do it. In fact, it’s better without. Or a bra. Nipple tape, which is worn to stop nipples sticking out in frigid temperatures, is probably useful but otherwise you could see it as a cost-saving exercise – a way of using up less fabric. Right? Continue reading...
Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH trimmed its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 11.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 24,180 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 3,000 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about ...
Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH trimmed its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 11.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 24,180 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 3,000 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 1.3% of Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH's portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,512,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth about $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Get NVIDIA alerts: Sign Up Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week: Insider Activity at NVIDIA In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,618,547 shares...
First National Trust Co lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 240,612 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after purchasing an additional 5,675 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for 1.8% of First National Trust Co...
First National Trust Co lifted its holdings in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - Free Report) by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 240,612 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after purchasing an additional 5,675 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for 1.8% of First National Trust Co's holdings, making the stock its 14th largest position. First National Trust Co's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $52,831,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Fairway Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 113.2% in the third quarter. Fairway Wealth LLC now owns 113 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in Amazon.com during the third quarter worth about $27,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC grew its stake in Amazon.com by 23.5% during the second quarter. Cooksen Wealth LLC now owns 247 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 47 shares in the last quarter. PayPay Securities Corp grew its stake in Amazon.com by 62.3% during the third quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 250 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $55,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Access Investment Management LLC bought a new position in Amazon.com in the 2nd quarter valued at about $74,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Get Amazon.com alerts: Sign Up Key Amazon.com News Here are the key news stories impacting Amazon.com this week: Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com In other news, CEO Matthew S. Garman sold 17,751 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were ...
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Dirk von Mallinckrodt The seasonally adjusted HCOB France Services PMI Index recorded below the crucial 50.0 level separating growth from contraction again in February, indicating back-to-back months of falling output. By rising from 48.4 in January to 49.6, the headline index signalled a decrease in services activity that was only marginal overall and weaker than that seen at the start of the yea...
Dirk von Mallinckrodt The seasonally adjusted HCOB France Services PMI Index recorded below the crucial 50.0 level separating growth from contraction again in February, indicating back-to-back months of falling output. By rising from 48.4 in January to 49.6, the headline index signalled a decrease in services activity that was only marginal overall and weaker than that seen at the start of the year. The HCOB France Composite PMI Output Index posted 49.9 in February, only a fraction below the 50.0 no-change threshold to signal virtually stagnant private sector business activity levels. "France’s private sector is lacking momentum. Although the composite index has edged up slightly, the overall level remains far from encouraging. A comparison with Germany further illustrates this weakness, with the early stages of an economic turnaround there evident in the earlier-released flash PMI. No such shift is currently observable in France. Nonetheless, we still see potential for growth, with tailwinds in defence-related manufacturing like the aerospace sector, and France might be especially attractive for AI capex, given the comparative advantage in energy prices." said Jonas Feldhusen, Junior Economist at Hamburg at Hamburg Commercial Bank. More on France EWQ: Falling Real Rates Delayed The Bear Case, But 2026 May Not EWQ: French Stocks Remain Attractively Valued Heading Into 2026 European indexes rebound, keeping close eye on Middle East tensions France to boost nuke stockpile, unveils 'advanced deterrence' strategy for Europe Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on iShares MSCI France ETF
South Korean woman arrested for killing men in motel rooms by spiking their drinks met the clinical criteria necessary to be considered a psychopath, police said on Wednesday. The 22-year-old suspect, identified only by her surname Kim, had scored high marks on the “revised psychopathy checklist”, investigators told The Korea Herald. The test, which measures 20 traits such as callousness, impulsiv...
South Korean woman arrested for killing men in motel rooms by spiking their drinks met the clinical criteria necessary to be considered a psychopath, police said on Wednesday. The 22-year-old suspect, identified only by her surname Kim, had scored high marks on the “revised psychopathy checklist”, investigators told The Korea Herald. The test, which measures 20 traits such as callousness, impulsivity, lack of empathy and irresponsibility, has a maximum score of 40. Anyone who scores 25 and above is considered a psychopath – Kim’s assessment exceeded that mark. Advertisement The investigators from the Seoul Gangbuk Police Station have sent the results to prosecutors who are preparing a case against her. Kim is accused of giving sedative-laced drinks to three men in their twenties between December and February, causing one to be sick and two to die. Advertisement Her first attempt was on December 14, according to investigators.
Fitch Ratings Inc. lowered its outlook on Indonesia’s credit rating to negative due to increasing policy uncertainty in the Southeast Asian nation, joining a growing group of firms warning of risks to the nation’s assets. The rating company cut Indonesia’s credit outlook from stable, while affirming its long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at an investment-grade BBB. The decision comes...
Fitch Ratings Inc. lowered its outlook on Indonesia’s credit rating to negative due to increasing policy uncertainty in the Southeast Asian nation, joining a growing group of firms warning of risks to the nation’s assets. The rating company cut Indonesia’s credit outlook from stable, while affirming its long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating at an investment-grade BBB. The decision comes after Moody’s Ratings’ move in early February to lower Indonesia’s outlook due to weakening governance under President Prabowo Subianto ’s administration. “The outlook revision reflects increasing policy uncertainty and concerns regarding the erosion of Indonesia’s policy mix consistency and credibility amid growing centralization of policymaking authority,” Fitch said in a statement on Wednesday. “This could weaken the medium-term fiscal outlook, undermine investor sentiment, and put pressure on external buffers.” The rupiah non-deliverable forward was steady on Wednesday. The benchmark 10-year government bonds held an earlier loss, with the yield rising to its highest since July 2025. Indonesia’s dollar bonds are underperforming emerging-market peers on the day, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. Indonesian assets, already hit by concerns over fiscal slippage and investability earlier this year, have also been weighed down by the Iran war. The rupiah fell to a near-record low on Wednesday, prompting central bank intervention. The outlook cut is the latest blow to Prabowo, whose administration is struggling to restore investor confidence after MSCI Inc.’s warning of a possible market downgrade. Indonesia’s benchmark stock index is among the worst performers globally so far this year, while the rupiah is the weakest among Asian peers. Prabowo has been in office just over a year, but it’s been a tumultuous period, marked by the departure of the well-respected finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and the consolidation of power in Indonesia’s corporate landscape through ...
BridgePort Financial Solutions LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 35.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 16,179 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after acquiring an additional 4,278 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for 1.0% of BridgePort Financial Solutions LLC's portfolio,...
BridgePort Financial Solutions LLC boosted its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 35.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 16,179 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock after acquiring an additional 4,278 shares during the period. Amazon.com accounts for 1.0% of BridgePort Financial Solutions LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest holding. BridgePort Financial Solutions LLC's holdings in Amazon.com were worth $3,552,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 10.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 4,036,091 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $885,478,000 after acquiring an additional 397,007 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in Amazon.com by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 25,045 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock worth $5,495,000 after purchasing an additional 986 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,016,869 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $442,481,000 after buying an additional 54,987 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE raised its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 28,975 shares of the e-commerce giant's stock valued at $6,357,000 after buying an additional 1,518 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in Amazon.com in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,153,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.20% of the company's stock. Get Amazon.com alerts: Sign Up Insider Activity In related news, CEO Andrew...
A sadistic child-hunting gang are out for revenge in this film that would be more exciting if its padded runtime was trimmed down Here is an action-thriller that opens with some zesty Call of Duty-style military violence unfolding in Angola in 2013. A crack unit believe themselves to be in pursuit of poachers who kill protected animals for profit, but these baddies turn out to be all that and more...
A sadistic child-hunting gang are out for revenge in this film that would be more exciting if its padded runtime was trimmed down Here is an action-thriller that opens with some zesty Call of Duty-style military violence unfolding in Angola in 2013. A crack unit believe themselves to be in pursuit of poachers who kill protected animals for profit, but these baddies turn out to be all that and more: they kidnap children, burying them underground in coffins with a wifi connection so that they can broadcast live footage of the kids to their parents when they demand ransom money. In short, they’re not very nice people. Elite fighter Jessica (Danica De La Rey Jones) handily wrecks their operation and now, more than a decade later, they’re after revenge. The revenge takes the form of hunting this resourceful single mother, whom they have finally located despite a change of identity, through the bushland of South Africa, with a motley crew of villains all loosely connected to the enterprise she took down back in the day. Their leader is a relentless sadist called Lazar, who is written as a fairly one-note character – and that note is simply, “he’s evil” – but full credit to actor Richard Lukunku for finding a way to smash that one note over and over again in a manner that’s actually pretty effective in a blunt-force trauma kind of way. Continue reading...
A historian and exponent of ‘Rhodes must fall’ explores how political liberation doesn’t always bring personal freedom To be part of Zimbabwe’s “Born Free” generation was to be handed a promise: that your life would no longer be shaped by colonial rule. Skin colour would not dictate the right to vote, learn or work. For Simukai Chigudu, born in 1986, six years after independence, that promise was ...
A historian and exponent of ‘Rhodes must fall’ explores how political liberation doesn’t always bring personal freedom To be part of Zimbabwe’s “Born Free” generation was to be handed a promise: that your life would no longer be shaped by colonial rule. Skin colour would not dictate the right to vote, learn or work. For Simukai Chigudu, born in 1986, six years after independence, that promise was stamped on him from the very beginning: “Your name, Simukai, it means to stand up,” his father, a former liberation fighter, tells him. Yet, as Chigudu reflects in his compelling memoir, the end of colonial rule does not mean freedom from historical events and how they reverberate in everyday life. He tells two interlinked stories: Zimbabwe’s brutal war of independence, and his own search for belonging in the years that followed. It is a wide-ranging, restless book, passing through Uganda, Rwanda, Ireland and Mexico City. Yet at its centre are Zimbabwe and Britain, “former colony and metropole”, and the unfinished business between them. Continue reading...
All his life, like his parents before him, Giorgos Konstantinos has learned to live next to RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus. He has dealt with the roar of planes, the comings and going of military vehicles and the war games. But never has Konstantinos, the village’s vice-mayor, witnessed anything quite like the events of the past two days. “We live here, we’ve got used to all the exercises, we’ve got used ...
All his life, like his parents before him, Giorgos Konstantinos has learned to live next to RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus. He has dealt with the roar of planes, the comings and going of military vehicles and the war games. But never has Konstantinos, the village’s vice-mayor, witnessed anything quite like the events of the past two days. “We live here, we’ve got used to all the exercises, we’ve got used to all the planes, but what we never imagined is this,” the retired lawyer said on Tuesday, standing in front of the main gate to the facility. “Who would have thought of a drone flying through our skies, exploding on the other side of that fence and forcing all of us to leave?” In a moment, he said, the dangers of living next to a British base, when conflict was raging not so very far away, had suddenly become very real. In the early hours of Monday, sirens had begun to sound after the unmanned one-way attack drone crashed into RAF Akrotiri’s runway. The next day, the village of low-level villas and houses was all but deserted; police cars parked in front of its church, its streets eerily empty, its school under lock and key – testament to a government-ordered evacuation overseen by civil defence forces. “There are over 1,000 of us in our community, but today not more than 30 have remained,” said Konstantinos. “They’ve all gone, either to hotels, the nearby monastery or relatives in Limassol. People don’t feel safe when there’s so much uncertainty. Even the British can’t answer the question everyone here is asking: why, when there are so many air defence systems on that base, was the drone not detected earlier?” It is a question more and more Cypriots are asking. View image in fullscreen Akrotiri village, next to the RAF base, was almost deserted on Tuesday after the attack. Photograph: Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters The EU’s easternmost member state is barely a 20-minute flight from Lebanon, from where the Shia militia group Hezbollah is believed by Cypriot officials to have ...
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim may face growing difficulty pushing through major reforms as Malaysia edges closer to its next general election, analysts have said, after a parliamentary setback exposed strains within his broad but fragile ruling coalition. The warning signs emerged when lawmakers failed to pass a constitutional amendment to limit the prime minister’s tenure to two terms – a reform w...
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim may face growing difficulty pushing through major reforms as Malaysia edges closer to its next general election, analysts have said, after a parliamentary setback exposed strains within his broad but fragile ruling coalition. The warning signs emerged when lawmakers failed to pass a constitutional amendment to limit the prime minister’s tenure to two terms – a reform widely expected to succeed given the government’s commanding majority. Anwar’s administration fell short by just two votes in Monday’s parliamentary sitting, missing the two-thirds threshold required for constitutional amendments despite holding what is widely described as a parliamentary supermajority. Advertisement Opposition lawmakers later said their members who were present had abstained from voting, turning attention to the government benches and raising questions over why several coalition MPs were absent during the vote. “Almost a full house but for a constitutional amendment the required votes are 148 MPs,” Wong Chen, an elected representative with Anwar’s People’s Justice Party (PKR), said on social media after the failed vote. Advertisement “We need to find out how many of the Madani government MPs failed to attend. All the PKR MPs attended and voted in favour,” Wong added, referring to the administration’s tagline which roughly translates to civilisation.