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British Empire, at its height, was the largest empire in history. By 1913 the British Empire controlled over 412 million people, 23% of the world population at the time. By 1920 it covered 35,500,000 km2 (13,700,000 sq mi), 24% of the Earth’s total land area. That’s bigger than Mongol Empire who conquered only 16% of the world’s land area. India, […]
... written on Dec 22 2016Indonesia is the place you want to go if you wish to become an instant millionaire, or even billionaire for that matter. For as little as US$75 (£60; S$110; RM335) at foreign exchange counter, one can become a millionaire. Indonesian Rupiah high denominations have long been a source of attraction or amusement to foreigners – […]
... written on Dec 19 2016We have said this before and we are saying it again – British Pound is safer than Euro currency. If you really want to sell, sell Euro. After Brexit, the European Union has started disintegrating and it’s a matter of time before a total meltdown. Failed to win his referendum, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi […]
... written on Dec 06 2016President-elect Donald Trump will be crowned as President of the United States on January 20, 2017. Nothing is going to change this fact unless he gets assassinated. But its wishful thinking if you hope the U.S. Intelligence and Secret Service will allow Trump gets killed under their nose. It might create bigger chaos if Trump […]
... written on Nov 17 2016There’s a new Republican president in town, and its bad news to most of the world leaders who have been worshipping liberalization, globalization, multi-culture and whatnot. Just like Germany, France, South Korea, China, Mexico and even the Pope, Malaysia too had bet on the wrong horse – Hillary Clinton – to win the U.S. presidency. […]
... written on Nov 13 2016After 10 year on top of the chart, Singapore has lost its crown as the best country in the world to do business. Not many could guess the new champion – New Zealand – a boring but beautiful country where the highly successful “Lord of the Rings” films were made. For the year 2017, World […]
... written on Oct 26 2016There were talks about Trump’s assassination. And there were talks about “dragging and drugging” Clinton to the finish line – by hook or by crook. It doesn’t matter if Hillary Clinton collapses and dies, as long as she wins the November Presidential Election. Vice President Tim Kaine can take over as the new president representing […]
... written on Sep 20 2016Soros doubled his bet against the S&P 500, and owned 2.1 million put options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. That was according to the U.S. regulatory filings 13-F back in the first quarter of 2016. In the same filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shown on Monday, the billionaire bought another 1.9 million […]
... written on Aug 16 2016By now every Ahmad, Ah Chong, Arumugam and his Pokemon know who the secret person with a call-sign “Malaysian Official 1” is. The hashtag #MalaysianOfficial1 has been trending since Thursday when the United States Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch officially filed in federal court seeking to seize more than US$1 billion in assets bought with money […]
... written on Jul 24 2016A high-speed rail (HSR) link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore isn’t something new which was hatched yesterday. The toy was in the discussion way back in the late 1990s, during former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad era. However, the 1997-1998 Asia Financial Crisis made it impossible to spend billions while both countries – especially Malaysia – […]
... written on Jul 20 2016
