Personalities
If Jack Ma has become the new richest man in China, there’s a new richest man in Singapore too. Does the name Mr. Goh Cheng Liang ring a bell? Most probably not, simply because this billionaire is an incredibly low-profile person. In fact, the last time he talked to the press was in 1997, almost […]
... written on Jan 19 2015Last month, Lei Jun revealed his company’s latest entry-level phone – Redmi 2 – but not before he boast about Xiaomi’s triple-digit growth. This month, or rather yesterday, the Steve Jobs wannabe announced yet another smartphone – Mi Note. Perhaps for the first time, Xiaomi smartphone doesn’t copy Apple phone, not entirely. Xiaomi has decided […]
... written on Jan 16 2015Part of the reasons why Barack Obama got himself the job as the first black President of the United States was because the Americans were sick and tired of Bush’s arrogance, incompetency and aggressiveness that got the country into economic turmoil and wars all over the world. Democrats seized the chance by presenting Obama as […]
... written on Jan 15 2015One killer was reportedly shouted “Charlie Hebdo is dead!” following the shocking and dramatic massacre in Paris. But judging by the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo magazine since the brutal attack, the provocative magazine is far from dead. In fact, both pairs of terrorists – Kouachi brothers and couple Amedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene – […]
... written on Jan 14 2015About 10-years ago in 2004, United States had 274 billionaires while China only had pathetic 3 billionaires. Fast forward 10-years later in 2014, America was still the champion with 492 billionaires. However, China had improved unbelievably with 354 billionaires – 388 if you care to include billionaires from Hong Kong – an achievement of a […]
... written on Jan 14 2015Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest criminal organizations in the world. According to Japan’s National Police Agency, it is Japan’s largest yakuza organization, with membership of roughly about 45% of the 86,000 yakuza in the Japanese underworld and over 100,000 internationally. Named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi, its origins dated to as far back as 1915 in Kobe, […]
... written on Jan 13 2015Many Americans have took the trouble on social media assuring the French people that the U.S. fully supports France in the aftermath of the terror attacks, and they were extremely ashamed with their lame duck President Barack Obama for not showing up at Sunday’s rally but lazing at home watching a National Football League game […]
... written on Jan 13 2015The last time Paris had seen such a crazy huge crowd on its streets was on the night that France won the World Cup in 1998. But on Sunday, millions of people marched across France in a moving tribute to the 17 people killed in terror attacks in Paris. There wasn’t any official numbers, so […]
... written on Jan 12 2015After loads of explosions and gunfire, French security forces killed the two Kouachi brothers, Cherif and Said, suspected in the Charlie Hebdo massacre while raiding a factory where they had holed up with a hostage. Amazingly, the hostage was freed – Vive la France! – and that my friends, speaks volumes about the country’s GIGN. That’s France’s Groupe […]
... written on Jan 11 2015To many tycoons, 2015 is just another ordinary new year. But to Li Ka-shing, this year is his 17th consecutive year as the Hong Kong’s richest man. He increased his wealth by US$1.5 billion, largely due to hefty dividends. According to Forbes, as of January 2015, Mr Li, also known as Asia’s Superman has a […]
... written on Jan 10 2015
