Finance and Economy
As expected, the Sarawakians have shown Pakatan Harapan (Coalition of Hope) what they will get for being arrogant and disunited. It is a punishment well deserved for not only DAP and PKR, but also to other political parties from Peninsula Malaysia trying their luck on the perceived “ignorant and gullible” 1,109,795 eligible Sarawakian voters. Five […]
... written on May 09 2016Those who had called Donald Trump “stupid”, “clown”, “narcissist”, “pathetic” and whatnot are slowly making a U-turn. The Republicans establishment are throwing their support behind the clown Trump – quietly – in order not to look like a clown themselves. They have stopped laughing now, when they were laughing the loudest for roughly 11 months. […]
... written on May 06 2016Muhammad Ibrahim should send a postcard thanking The Wall Street Journal for exposing an initial decision by Najib administration, allegedly to appoint bootlicker Irwan Serigar Abdullah as the next Bank Negara (Central Bank) Governor. Muhammad, presently the Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia will take over from Zeti Akhtar Aziz effective from May 1, for […]
... written on Apr 28 2016For the first time in 13 years and after 51 consecutive quarters of uninterrupted sales growth since 2003, Apple sales finally collapse. The tech giant reported revenue of US$50.6 billion and earnings of US$1.90 per share. Analysts were looking for US$52 billion and US$1.99, respectively. Last year the same quarter, they did US$58 billion and […]
... written on Apr 27 2016Volkswagen (VW) admitted cheating on emission tests for 11 million vehicles worldwide since 2009. The scandal, popularly known as DieselGate, was exposed in September last year by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) who discovered VW cars being sold in America had a “defeat device” – or software – in diesel engines that could detect when they […]
... written on Apr 22 2016Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters as a child. But 194 years after she was born and tortured, Tubman (born Araminta Ross; 1822 – March 10, 1913) is to become first African-American on U.S. currency. And she’s going to replace former President Andrew Jackson, a slave owner. The […]
... written on Apr 21 2016In the early Sunday, rumour mill was running at top speed announcing oil production freeze, before a meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers in Doha could even start. Everyone who stands to benefit from higher crude oil price was rejoicing. The rumour was started after a Russian news agency, Tass, leaked a draft agreement […]
... written on Apr 18 2016The “September 11 Attacks” is close to 15 years old but it was the mother of terrorist attacks that is still full of mysteries and conspiracy theories. Depending on who you ask, the speculation behind the attacks could be spookily inspiring. Former Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed would tell you that if the U.S. could […]
... written on Apr 17 2016Days after the Panama Papers were leaked and shocked the world; people are still arguing and debating why the lack of Americans being named. Preliminary reports indicate that more than 200 people with U.S. addresses are named in the Panama Papers, a pathetic number considering that the leak implicates 214,488 companies involving 11.5 million documents. […]
... written on Apr 15 2016Contrary to what Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s band of supporters and bloggers would like to believe, the 1MDB scandal is too messy and too scandalous to go away. And that’s good news to them because that means Najib regime would have to keep paying their wages as cyber troopers – earning an average RM3,000 […]
... written on Apr 13 2016
