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Will 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 2017There were 1.6 billion Muslims in the world as of 2010 – roughly 23% of the global population – according to Pew Research Centre’s estimation. That’s about 600-million short of 2.2 billion Christians – made up 31% of the planet population. However, Islam is the fastest-growing religion and it’s a matter of time before they […]
... written on Mar 01 2017Malaysia is the first stop in a rare month-long tour of Asia by Saudi King Salman. The visit includes Indonesia, Brunei, Japan, China, Maldives and Jordan. The visit by King Salman is particularly important to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak who is preparing to call for a snap national general election, rumoured to be this […]
... written on Feb 28 2017If your first phone was an iPhone or a Samsung smartphone, chances are you haven’t heard of Nokia 3310 phone. But if you were a previous owner of the legendary Nokia 3310, or even any Nokia dumb phone for that matter, the resurrection of such phone at this hour will definitely bring back memories of […]
... written on Feb 27 2017One very interesting fact about 2016 presidential election is the excessive involvement in politics by business organizations or individuals who are not supposed to. Besides fulltime politicians, it appears individuals, organizations and agencies somehow found themselves indulge in politics – teachers, Hollywood celebrities, spy agencies and billionaires. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is one of many […]
... written on Feb 27 2017Popcorn and Coke – that’s what you need to get as we watch two nations compete in a mud splashing competition. Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, was assassinated at the budget terminal of KLIA2 by two women – a Vietnamese and an Indonesian. The public perception is – North Korea […]
... written on Feb 25 2017
