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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held the title of the world’s richest person for the longest combined duration in modern history. He topped the Forbes annual billionaire rankings for 16 out of 21 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. He was so rich that people in the 1990s could […]
... written on Jun 03 2026Mohd Yusof Mohamed Noor, founder of “Minyak Hitam Jalanan” – loosely meant mobile motorbike mechanic – did not have a fancy workshop or huge capital. Armed with a bike and some basic skills, the young man offers mobile services such as oil lubrication changes around capital Kuala Lumpur. The on-the-spot service could be at your […]
... written on Apr 22 2026Chandra Jarvis has worked 13 years at the Vitro plant in Crestline, a distressed rural town of some 4,500 residents. Wages helped the 48-year-old single mother support her daughter through nursing school and her son through high school. She said working at the plant, where she is known as “Momma,” provides her and co-workers both […]
... written on Feb 10 2026Donald Trump proudly told Americans that his tariffs would “Make America Great Again”, promising a manufacturing boom just like the post-World War II “Golden Age”(1948-1973). It really happens – in China. As the U.S. continues dreaming, Chinese industrial production broke records this year as its factories churned out more cars, machinery and chemicals than ever before. […]
... written on Dec 09 2025Billionaire Elon Musk, who became the first person on the planet to achieve a net worth of more than US$500 billion last month (October 2025), has continued to hold the top position since May 2024, and chances are he could become the world’s first trillionaire soon. According to Forbes’ billionaires index, Oracle founder Larry Ellison […]
... written on Nov 07 2025Wannabe “Robin Hood” Anwar Ibrahim proudly announced during his Budget 2025 speech last October that subsidies for RON95 fuel would be cut for Malaysians in the top 15% (T15) of the country’s income group. The plan was to save about RM8 billion annually as Malaysia currently spends about RM20 billion a year on fuel subsidies enjoyed […]
... written on Sep 25 2025While Washington and Beijing have reached an agreement to de-escalate trade tensions, temporarily lowering tariffs to 30% on the United States’ side and 10% on China’s part, the tariff war between the world’s two biggest economies isn’t going to disappear anytime soon. At the centre of the problem is President Donald Trump’s inability to accept […]
... written on Aug 26 2025Subway trains in Shenzen, China, were invaded by an army of three dozen robots early last week. The roughly three-foot-tall robots developed by a subsidiary of Vanke, a large Chinese firm partly owned by the Shenzhen Metro, boarded and exited the trains to deliver packages to several 7-Eleven convenience stores. For obvious reasons, the 41 […]
... written on Jul 22 2025Donald Trump used to believe that trade wars were easy to win, despite warnings from his own American economists and analysts that it will result in higher prices, lower growth, lost jobs and disrupted supply chains. Worse, trade war could spark inflation and recession. But Trump believes he has the formula to prevent an economic […]
... written on Jun 05 2025When BYD sneezes, the entire car industry catches a cold. Already the world’s largest Electric Vehicle (EV) maker, the Chinese “Build Your Dream” dropped a bombshell this week when it announced a sweeping price cut of up to 34%. The move sent shock waves not only in China, but also the world. Stock prices of […]
... written on May 29 2025
