In July, Kylie Jenner became the youngest person on the Forbes list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women with an estimated net worth of US$900 million. And she’s just 20 years old. The American reality television personality, model, entrepreneur and social media celebrity is the founder and owner of cosmetic company Kylie Cosmetics. She created a line of clothing […]
... written on Aug 01 2018Investors didn’t see this coming. They called it unprecedented. They were caught with their pants down, so much so that they actually said Facebook didn’t need to give such a weak guidance. Do they expect Facebook to lie? Yes, Facebook warned investors of weakening revenue for the second half of the year, and its stock […]
... written on Jul 26 2018Najib Razak apparently has financial problem after his banking accounts have been frozen. The Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed the ex-prime minister to pay RM1 million bail in two installments – a rare arrangement indeed. But when it was later revealed that the judge – Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak – is the younger brother of […]
... written on Jul 07 2018PAS (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party) won about 2-million votes in the 14th general election last month. That means about 2-million Malay-Muslims have more faith in the Islamic party than other Malay-majority parties, including PKR (People’s Justice Party), PPRM (Malaysian United Indigenous Party) and AMANAH (National Trust Party), and even ally UMNO. After all, PAS has […]
... written on Jun 28 2018Make America Great Again, or simply MAGA, was Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign slogan. It was a great success. Defying all odds, Trump emerged as the 45th President of the United States of America. About 15,000-km away, Najib Razak, whose obsession with American presidents is an open secret, wanted to copy the campaign. It […]
... written on Jun 21 2018Nurul Izzah, the lovely daughter of prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim, was sexually harassed by a caller in a “Facebook Live” talk show. In the show hosted by radio DJ Faizal Ismail and celebrity host Fara Fauzana, a caller – identified himself as “Azrul” – said Ms Nurul should take better care with her dressing – […]
... written on May 28 2018What does Hillary Clinton and Najib Razak has in common? They are terrible sore losers. Back in November 2016, the Reuters / Ipsos States of the Nation project gave Clinton a 90% chance of defeating Trump, seeing her on track to win 303 Electoral College votes out of the 270 needed, to Trump’s 235. Like Clinton, the […]
... written on May 21 2018When you’re being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice, it could only mean two things – you’re in serious trouble or you’re in deep shit. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak found it the hard way when the U.S.-DOJ started its investigation over his link to the 1MDB scandal, involving stolen money of more than […]
... written on Apr 26 2018Thanks to Cambridge Analytica scandal, European Union has now found the excuse to regulate Facebook. The data-harvesting scandal has essentially opened the floodgate, presenting a golden opportunity for the EU to contain the growing influence of the world’s largest social media company. Well, don’t blame the EU – it was Zuckerberg’s fault. The co-founder […]
... written on Apr 02 2018Companies like Facebook and Google have a different business model as compared to brick-and-mortar stores like Apple. Yet, they are all giant tech companies. Both Apple and Facebook command planeloads of customers. Apple sells gadgets to its legions of loyal customers, while Facebook sells its targeted customers’ personal data to advertisers. Mark Zuckerberg becomes […]
... written on Mar 30 2018
