Self Improvement
Do you know that May 22 is also known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day”? It was the date where Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer, successfully traded his 10,000 units of digital currency bitcoin (BTC) for 2 Papa John’s pizzas. He posted on a bitcoin forum page – “I just want to report that I successfully traded 10,000 […]
... written on May 23 2017Facing the inevitable, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has finally executed the last thing every employee wants – retrenchment. Close to 600 jobs, its biggest in 20 years, are to be cut thanks to a combination of complacency, arrogance and mismanagement. Under the excuse of “challenging business environment”, the airline announced the humiliating restructuring. […]
... written on May 22 2017Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and the world’s richest man, never got a college degree. Not that he cares, but getting a degree wasn’t his priority when most students would be fighting tooth and nail to get into Harvard. He met fellow student Steve Ballmer at Harvard. Unlike Ballmer who stayed and graduated, Gates left […]
... written on May 17 2017When you login on Monday for work, and your computer happens to be running on older versions Microsoft’s Windows such as Windows XP, chances are you could be staring at a screen screaming “pay me money to get your data back”. Call it blackmail, extortion or anything you like, but there’s no way you can […]
... written on May 15 2017Oil has recovered slightly after the black gold hit US$44 a barrel last week – the lowest since August 2016. The sudden plunge on 5th May, however, had momentarily thrown OPEC into disarray and chaos. Saudi energy minister Khalid Al-Falih was forced to calm the market with an early warning that it is almost a […]
... written on May 13 2017He had abruptly removed former acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump terminated FBI Director James Comey, also in a similar fashion. The sudden sacking of Comey is a big deal because this is the second time a FBI director is fired in U.S. history. The […]
... written on May 11 2017Just like the yo-yo, hoverboard, rainbow loom, Rubik’s Cubes and Pokémon craze that have come in waves over the years, there’s a new plastic toy on the block that’s taking the world by storm – fidget spinner. Not only this toy, which does nothing but spins between the thumb and middle fingers, has taken over […]
... written on May 02 2017What do you really expect from a page of less than 200-words tax overhaul proposal? That’s what President Trump revealed on Wednesday but the financial markets aren’t impressed. Perhaps he knew his new tax plan is too good to be true that very few believe it could be implemented. Or he realizes the ambitious plan […]
... written on Apr 27 2017It’s a big e-commerce world out there, and the benefits surely do outweigh the risks. For instance, it is now not only possible, but downright commonplace, to be able to shop and buy from a store across the country or around the globe. The fact is, people love using e-commerce sites. Consequently, business is booming. […]
... written on Apr 27 2017She is known as the “Goddess Yi Wan Ka” in China. There’re more Chinese women than American women who are inspired to go under the knife to look like her. They wanted her big eyes, her pretty nose and lips, and her flawless figure. But it wasn’t only her beauty that has gotten her a […]
... written on Apr 26 2017
