Archive for September, 2010
Just after Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ, stock) fired its CEO Mark Hurd who was later welcomed by Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL, stock) CEO Larry Ellison as co-president and board member, Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK, stock) axed its CEO and replaced it with Stephen Elop, a 46-year-old Canadian, who resigned as Microsoft Corp.’s Business division president […]
... written on Sep 11 2010You can read (or feel) when the Malaysian ruling government is going to call a snap election, if only you’re sensitive to the “pulse” of the latest happenings. Radio station 988FM (98.8 FM) is perhaps the most popular radio channel amongst the Chinese community in the country and ever since the 988’s breakfast show “Hello […]
... written on Sep 10 2010A month after he resigned from Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ, stock) following a sexual harassment investigation, former HP CEO Mark Hurd found himself a new job – as the co-president and board member of Oracle Corp., the world’s second biggest software company behind Microsoft Corp. One of Oracle’s two presidents, Charles Phillips, a former captain […]
... written on Sep 08 2010Now that his 10-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard is over, President Barack Obama is set to promote certain initiatives to drive the country’s economy ahead of the November election. Obama is schedule to spell out an infrastructure proposal today at a Labour Day event in Milwaukee. The infrastructure investments package is a long-term investments spanning […]
... written on Sep 06 2010Is the money the root of all evil? But money is just a tool so people who said so were actually covering their weaknesses of greed, envy and whatnot. Money normally comes with fame and when you have both the money and fame you would somehow destroy it simply because you would start doing stupid […]
... written on Sep 06 2010Regardless whether you’re going on a business or holiday trip, waiting for your flight at airport is perhaps the most boring and time-consuming process. The waiting period is made worse when your flight is rescheduled and suddenly you’ve additional hours of boring time to burn. However if you happen to be at Singapore Changi Airport […]
... written on Sep 04 2010Steve Jobs didn’t disappoint the audience when he presented the latest offerings from Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) yesterday as can be witnessed from the stock price that skyrocket more than 3%. Here’re the 20 things presented by Steve Jobs, in case you’re interested. [ 1 ] Apple now has 300 retail stores including three […]
... written on Sep 03 2010TMC Life Sciences Bhd (KLSE: TMCLIFE, stock-code 0101) former founder and managing director has finally resigned, as expected after he sold all his stakes in the company. Without any stake it’s only logical for him to resign, sooner rather than later. Let’s put it this way, your commitment somehow is not there anymore once you’ve […]
... written on Sep 02 2010Launched in 1997, HARDtalk is the hard-hitting flagship news programme which is broadcast four days a week (Monday to Thursday) on BBC World News and BBC News Channel. The reason why the programme was so “HARD” is the fact that the programme is almost No-Holds-Barred in the sense that the interviewer will grill the interviewee […]
... written on Sep 02 2010Apple has called a press conference (or rather Special Event) on Wednesday, September 1st in San Francisco 10:00 a.m PST. Not only Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) die-hard fans are waiting anxiously for this event but stock analysts and speculators are equally excited about this event as any extraordinary positive announcement would push up the […]
... written on Sep 01 2010
