Archive for March, 2017
Oil price is now at its lowest for the year 2017. The more than 5% plunge on Wednesday was the final nail in the coffin for speculators. There were high volume of trading, suggesting the speculators holding to their bullish positions were selling all out. According to John Kilduff, founding partner at energy hedge fund […]
... written on Mar 10 2017People who are technical savvy will think twice about paying a premium for a smart TV. Those who are concerned about security will not purchase, let alone connect a smart TV to the Internet. Now, it is proven that smart TVs aren’t a smart investment at all because they could be turned into listening devices, […]
... written on Mar 09 2017They were welcomed, fed, rewarded and pampered. But clearly the government of Angela Merkel has missed out the most important thing – cell phone signal. For poor phone reception, eight Muslim refugees – aged between 18 and 28 – went bonkers at the asylum home in Rees-Haldern, near the German-Dutch border, just a day after […]
... written on Mar 08 2017Najib son of Razak thought he could win a game of Russian roulette with Kim Jong-un. The Prime Minister of Malaysia thought the North Korean dictator was easy meat. Intellectually, British-educated Mr. Najib thought he was superior to Switzerland-educated Mr. Kim. In fact, pink lips Najib Razak believed he could outsmart fat boy Kim Jong-un […]
... written on Mar 07 2017President Trump has signed a new executive order on Monday to replace the controversial executive order dated Jan, 27, 2017, titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” which temporarily halts the entry of foreign nationals from 7 Muslim-majority countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen. Iraq […]
... written on Mar 07 2017Will crude oil prices rise above US$60 a barrel this year? It’s not too much to ask considering the black gold once traded around US$120 a barrel in 2014. Before we could even think of US$60 price tag, the Brent has to breach US$58 first. So far, it hasn’t been able to do so. Analysts […]
... written on Mar 06 2017An otherwise peaceful Saturday was shattered with a series of explosive tweets from President Donald Trump accusing former-President Obama with tapping his phones in Trump Tower prior to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Trump quickly called it “McCarthyism” and accused the “sick Obama” of having committed Watergate 2.0 scandal. McCarthyism refers to the practice […]
... written on Mar 05 2017China is absolutely furious with the deployment of U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 1 (CSG1), led by Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea. Even if U.S. agrees to a one-on-one fight, Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and its squadron have little chance of defeating the U.S. strike group, which includes an entire […]
... written on Mar 04 2017Terror group ISIS has chosen to ignore the popular saying that as a sleeping dragon, China should not be awakened. The West has realized the consequences of not letting the dragon sleeps, as they witness the rise of China’s economy and military. If China’s 5,000 years of history is any indicator, this dragon has no […]
... written on Mar 03 2017There’re a lot of dishonest business owners out there. We’re not talking about a small family-owned restaurant. We’re talking about multi-billion dollar revenue fast food chain such as Subway Restaurants. Business has been bad that while Subway opened 911 new locations in the U.S. in 2015, it closed 877. Its revenue dropped 4.3% to US$1.11 […]
... written on Mar 02 2017
