Unveiled earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show, the Volkswagen I.D. Buzz Concept Bus - or simply Microbus - has been receiving tons of support from people who had great experience with the vehicle, which the company sold in North America between 1950 and 1980. People want it back, hence, VW ha
Lately, many have started to wonder and worry if they’ve saved up enough for retirement. This is understandable, as the cost of living in the U.S. has started to increase while earnings often remain the same. While you should most certainly make an effort to save up for retirement, know that it’
On 17th April, 1987, the then UMNO Youth Chief Najib Razak (now Prime Minister of Malaysia) famously issued a threat to the ethnic-Chinese that he wanted to "soak the keris (Malay dagger) in Chinese blood." It was the most hateful and racist message an UMNO-Malay leader has had ever delivered to the
Quick, get some candles, prepare to hold hands and pretend the world is still safe from terror attacks. If you wish, Donald Trump is there as a punching bag, never mind the U.S. president has been foaming at the mouth telling all and sundry that the real bad people were the radical Islamic terrorist
Feeling nostalgia about recently released Nokia 3310 but the phone wasn't smart enough for you? You're not alone. Those who had experienced Nokia phone in the 1990s probably have gotten sick and tired of Apple iPhone, Samsung or China-made cheap phones. There could be millions of former Nokia suppor
Throughout the first 10 months of fiscal 2017 (Oct 2016 to July 2017), the U.S. federal government collected record amounts of taxes - both individual income taxes and payroll taxes - to the tune of US$2.288 trillion. They collected US$1,312,691,000,000 in individual income taxes and US$976,278,000,
Kim Jong-un has backed off from firing at least 4 missiles on Guam, an attempt to supposedly surround the U.S. territory with "fire". Nobody believed the dictator would follow through with his threat in the first place though. But it was a relief; with some American news media celebrate the cancella
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has attracted global attention for the wrong reason. The Australia's biggest mortgage lender will see the retirement of its CEO Ian Narev after 6 years running the bank. The bank was caught in money laundering activities - 53,700 times - therefore, breaching anti-money
As a small business owner, one of your new tasks will be to hire employees to help you run your company. If you haven't done this before, you may be wondering what responsibilities you have as an employer. Fortunately, we’re going to go over all of the steps necessary so that you know how to hire
The probability of a Korean War II happening is very slim - 99% it won't happen. Still, there's 1% chance that it would. The small percentage is due to ego the size of a jumbo jet displayed by both Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Both cannot back down as they would lose face. One of them might snap an
Despite its highest offer to buy RHB (Rashid Hussain Bhd) at an offer price of RM1.97 a share and RM5.00 a share for RHB Capital Berhad (KLSE: RHBCAP, stock-code 1066), EON Capital Berhad lost the bid to a lower but government-linked entity EPF (Employess Provident Fund) which only offered RM1.80 an [...]
Almost every blog that I visited has the story about the Microsoft and Yahoo in the making – probably the deal of the year 2008. A mind-boggling $44.6 billion offer with half of it in cash that will indeed drains Microsoft’s cash reserve, some reports said this is perhaps the last thing Bill Gat [...]
Let’s continue with internet search engine story and the consequences from their own screwed-up. One day after Yahoo screwed, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT, stock) leaped in joy and pounced on the little pig which lost its way when the latter announced today an offer Yahoo shareholders may find ha [...]
It appears after Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO, stock) screwed with its earning announcement, Google followed although with a smaller magnitude. While Yahoo reported a 23 percent drop in its fourth-quarter profit, Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) registered a higher profit of $1.41 billion – 14% jump [...]
United Arab Emirates is probably one of the most successful Arab countries in the Middle East in attracting tourism and foreign investment in property markets. With population of only 4.5 million (2006) but GDP of well over US$160 billion mainly due to oil and natural gas, you might think the govern [...]
Google’s main revenue was and will remains in the hand of online advertising. Its’ flagship is the infamous Adsense of which anyone could apply and upon approval he / she needs to apply some codes into his / her website(s) or blog(s) – thereafter earns money from visitors who click on the adve [...]
As expected the Federal Reserve dropped its key rate by another 50 basis point to 3 percent in a 9-1 decision. It was the second Fed rate cut in just over a week, and the policymakers signaled they were prepared to keep going lower if needed. Last Tuesday Bernanke cut the rate by a rare three-quarte [...]
Yahoo did it again. Not only did the pathetic Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO, stock) screwed up with its latest earning announcement but it somehow re-use the old, basic and dirty way hoping to soothe the investors when announced as many as 1,000 employees would be sent to the chopping board. Regular read [...]
Politics are dirty so they said, but to become the ultimate survivor it’s all about how excellent you are in lying. Hey! What happens to the Mongolian model case, Altantuya Shaaribuu, whose remains were destroyed with C4 explosives? Sorry mighty Genghis Khan, your people’s case is as good as for [...]
According to Malaysian government, the world’s biggest stem cell facility to be built in Pahang state could potentially generate RM1 billion in turnover by end of 2011. The 200 acres land in Janda Baik has been identified as the location for the facility to produce stem cells from rabbit to treat [...]
