Finance and Economy
At least 120 militants were killed after the United States and its Arab allies – Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates – unleashed air strikes in Syria on Tuesday, Sept 23. Finally, lame duck Obama found his spine to do what he should have done ages ago. And it appears Britain MPs have […]
... written on Sep 25 2014Are you looking for a job that you could finally call it a “career”, so much so that you plan to retire without jumping to another ship? If the answer is “yes”, then start writting in to Virgin Airways because this is the best company on planet Earth. Employees of Malaysia Airlines who have a […]
... written on Sep 24 2014Japan is a place where you go for sushi. Besides food, Japan is also the place you go shopping for its unlimited beautiful and cute souvenirs. Their extraordinary packaging creativity and technology are simply mind-boggling. There’re so many brands that you can associate with Japan – Sony, Hello Kitty, Honda, Canon, Shiseido, Shimano, and the […]
... written on Sep 24 2014For a moment, we thought Alibaba could breached the US$100 a share and sent everyone on the trading floor jaw-dropping. But the stock hit its highest at US$99.70, just 30 cents of reaching the 100 bucks mark. On the first day of its listing on NYSE, Jack Ma’s baby was trading between the range of […]
... written on Sep 21 2014There’re basically three important things that happen on Friday, September 19, 2014. First, the Scottish decision whether they would get their independence after 300-years with England and other cousins making up the United Kingdom. And the results after the voting – 55% Nay and 45% Aye for an independent Scotland. So, for at least a […]
... written on Sep 20 2014Housing prices continue to skyrocket and depending on where you invest your real-estate, you could be making crazy money – or losing money. In general housing markets boom in Dubai, part of Europe and the Pacific. Needless to say, Asian property markets which saw crazy increase in prices over the last couple of years are […]
... written on Sep 18 2014Rolls-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 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 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 2014
