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Rolls-Royce is a brand synonym with England’s luxury, until it was sold to BMW. From January 2003, only only BMW would be able to name cars “Rolls-Royce”, and Volkswagen Group’s former Rolls-Royce/Bentley division would build only cars called “Bentley”. Regardless of the ownerships, both Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars belong to the rich and famous. And Rolls-Royce […]
... written on Sep 17 2014Forget about next blockbuster Spiderman and Batman movies. Your neighbourhood friendly superheroes were already on the street – Times Square – fighting bad guys. Abdel Elkahezai, a 35-year-old dressed as Spider-Man, and Jose Escalona-Martinez, a 41-year-old dressed as Batman, were at Times Square when suddenly two men started heckling at the two superheroes. The superheroes […]
... written on Sep 15 2014In what appears to be another fiasco that Malaysian Airlines could do without, flight MH198 from Kuala Lumpur to Hyderabad in India departed at 10:20pm on Saturday but it didn’t manage to make its arrival – scheduled at 11:55pm on Sunday – in India. Instead, the Boeing 737-8H6 had been circling within Malaysia airspace for […]
... written on Sep 14 2014Here’s Proof US Govt’s Burning Money – Record High Revenues $2.66 Trillion, But Deficit $589 Billion
Here are the good news and the bad news released by the United States Treasury. Congratulations to President Barack Obama – his administration has just delivered a new record in collection. Inflation-adjusted federal tax revenues hit a record US$2,663,426,000,000 for the first 11 months of the fiscal year this August. If you don’t know how […]
... written on Sep 14 2014The top five best paid Hollywood actors – Robert Downey. Jr, Dwayne Johnson, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio and Chris Hemsworth – earned a combined US$250 million for the financial year June 2013 to June 2014. On the other hand, the top five best paid actresses earned about a combined US$150 million for the same period […]
... written on Sep 13 2014More than fourty years ago, Malaysian students sat for their SRP (Sijil Rendah Pelajaran) which is now known as PMR (Penilaian Menengah Rendah or simply Lower Secondary Assessment). This public examination has to be taken by all Form Three students – the third year into secondary secondary school after graduated from the primary school. Of […]
... written on Sep 12 2014Are you jobless now and deperately need one to bring food to the table? Look no further but the “Land of Kangaroos” – Australia. It’s a paradise with tons of jobs, if the country’s latest employment statistics is any indicator. When economists and analysts were estimating between 15,000 to 20,000 increase of jobs in August, […]
... written on Sep 11 2014China is famous for two things – imitation goods and food safety. Who can forget about the infamous 2008 Chinese milk scandal where as many as 300,000 babies were affected – 54,000 hospitalised, 16 diagnosed with kidney stones while six died from kidney stones and damage after they had been fed on milk powder produced […]
... written on Sep 09 2014Forget about China’s housing bubble for the time being. Yeah, we know, we’ve written an article about how George Soros bet his US$2.2 billion on SPY Puts Option, all because he was so worry about China’s housing bubble. But before China’s bubble could burst, and it will for sure, another housing bubble which is much […]
... written on Sep 09 2014After more than 300-year the Kingdom of Scotland could emerge as an independent sovereign state again. Scotland which shares a border with England to the south, joined the Kingdom of England on May 1, 1707. Together with Ireland they created the mighty United Kingdom. But unlike England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland has its own […]
... written on Sep 08 2014
