Finance and Economy
There was a mega scandal hitting the world over the weekend. It was so huge that Wikileaks now looks like a kindergarten playground. Called the “Panama Papers”, it consists of approximately 11.5 million documents – more than the combined total of the Wikileaks Cablegate, Offshore Leaks, Luxembourg Leaks, and Swiss Leaks. The Panama Papers’ data […]
... written on Apr 05 2016Is there any nice, honest and good member left from the Razak family? Initially, millions of Malaysians and even some foreign investors were tricked into believing that at least there was one good soul left from Malaysia’s equivalent to United States’ Kennedy family – Nazir Razak. After all, Mr. Nazir had criticised his tainted brother, […]
... written on Apr 01 2016Have you heard of the bizarre story about China producing fake eggs? If you have, do you really believe it can be done, or was it economically feasible to do so? The news about fake eggs is not something new but do you know that fake eggs first appeared almost 20 years ago in the […]
... written on Mar 28 2016Lim Guan Eng (LGE), if he’s a kopitiam boss or a roast pork seller, would not get the attention (and trouble) he’s getting now. In fact, nobody would care that he had struck a good deal getting himself a bungalow for RM2.8 million – a crazy discount to market value. At 10,161 square feet, his […]
... written on Mar 26 2016Due to obsession over Donald Trump’s meteoric rise in his run for President of the United States 2016, suddenly very little attention was paid to President Barack Hussein Obama. There was one particular interview in this month’s edition of the Atlantic magazine between Obama and Jeffrey Goldberg which is of utmost interest. Columnist Goldberg wrote the […]
... written on Mar 20 2016There were some cheers when crude oil prices started moving north from below US$30 a barrel. It didn’t go any further than US$40 a barrel and has now retreated to below the figure. Nevertheless, nobody believes it could skyrocket at the same momentum it had tumbled though. And Moody’s isn’t impressed despite the jump from […]
... written on Mar 16 2016President of the United States isn’t the most powerful man in America. Mainstream media is. The media can literally break or make a new president, or so they thought. Donald Trump’s entry into the presidential race changes everything and has gotten not only the Republicans and Democrats but also the mainstream media to an unfamiliar […]
... written on Mar 16 2016There’s nothing much to elaborate here. The title of this article is self-explanatory. The Wall Street Journal’s latest bombshell is to tell all and sundry two things. First, someone from the Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia Central Bank) is super pissed that a “wolf” is about to be appointed as the most powerful person in the […]
... written on Mar 13 2016When Apple Pay was introduced back in Oct 2014, many were sceptical. Today, 16-month later, the scepticism remains. However, ExxonMobil may be able to change that with its newly launched service – pay for your fuel at any of its 6,000 gas stations using Apple Pay – starting today. Well, actually, you still need to […]
... written on Mar 09 2016Do scammers have a better success rate targeting illiterate or old people? That’s the public perception due to wide coverage on such group of people being scammed, again and again. But if this 53-year-old man was really a legitimate businessman as what he claims to be, then this is one heck of a scam in […]
... written on Mar 07 2016
