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If DarSa Fried Chicken (DFC) is trying to replace Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it should close shop now before it goes bust. Chances are it will fail miserably. Even before the local restaurant could make profits, it has already violated all business ethics. It is not price competitive, does not re
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In a desperate effort to buy votes, especially from fellow Malay Muslims of whom 80% did not vote for Anwar Ibrahim in the last November 2022 General Election, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced a record hike in civil servants’ salary of more than 13%. He bragged on Labour Day that the RM10 bi
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to have chicken out from Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. Now, Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Amirudin Shari is the poster boy after Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hinted that Anwar would not be present during the campaign for the largest constituenc
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Antony Blinken's visit - his second to China is less than a year - is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or canno
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About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action P
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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options - either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after
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The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surge
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When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That's how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending Hamas terrorists in an ongoing war some 7,600 kilometres away. That is what really excites him. In his own homeland,
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Roughly a week after Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which missed or intercepted, Israel has retaliated, striking the Islamic Republic with just a handful or drones and missiles. Unlike Iranian's massive attack on the Jewish state that failed to inflict meaningful
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May 9th, 2017 by financetwitter
If you're a business owner, proper insurance will be needed so that you won't run into financial problems. Besides insurance for employees, a growing business should have a liability policy and coverage for the commercial property.
Liability
Professional liability insurance protects a bu [...]
May 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
Unknown three years ago, Emmanuel Macron is now on his way to become one of Europe's most powerful leaders. But there's also a possibility that 39-year-old Macron - France's youngest president in history - could flop and prove himself to be nothing but an empty vessel. For now, the European Union is [...]
May 5th, 2017 by financetwitter
OPEC's strategy has not worked. Saudi Arabia is having cold sweat now. Crude oil price is hitting the lowest for the year 2017, just 2 bucks away from US$42 a barrel. Earlier, we wrote that for the second time for the year, the U.S. crude had broken below US$48 a barrel. The price is currently strug [...]
May 4th, 2017 by financetwitter
Bandar Malaysia, supposedly the country's biggest real estate project, has collapsed. TRX City Sdn. Bhd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance, said the sale of its 60% interest in Bandar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. has lapsed. TRX blames failure to meet payment obligations as the [...]
May 3rd, 2017 by financetwitter
Two months ago, we were presented with a chance to witness oil price going down to US$42 a barrel, or lower. The more than 5% plunge on that Wednesday saw the price trading at its lowest for the year 2017 - from a high of US$52.92 to a low of US$50.05 - after the Energy Information Administration re [...]
May 2nd, 2017 by financetwitter
Just 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 [...]
May 1st, 2017 by financetwitter
Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines president who called President Barack Obama a “son of a whore” and told him to “go to hell”, has been invited by President Donald Trump to visit the White House. Trump apparently doesn't share Obama's disgust over Dirty Harry Duterte's method of "shoot first [...]
April 28th, 2017 by financetwitter
Everybody is talking about North Korea and the excitement of witnessing the world's first nuclear war to be started by two rogue leaders - Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Suddenly, nobody is interested about the world's first economic war between two powerhouses - United States and China. The Korea co [...]
April 27th, 2017 by financetwitter
What 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 [...]
April 27th, 2017 by financetwitter
It’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, [...]
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