Finance and Economy
For 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 2016Who says the Arab only excels in terrorism? Thanks to certain Western leaders who have nothing better to do than championing human rights and freedom of everything “excessively”, regardless of the consequences, the Arab has taken over one of the most profitable businesses in Berlin – underworld organized crime. The Middle East migration has […]
... written on Apr 12 2016The bet was it wouldn’t last more than 365 days. Rayani Air, however, is proving the critics wrong and may be on its way to business closure, sooner than expected. Just 110 days into operation, Rayani Air, proclaimed Malaysia’s first “Syariah-compliant” airline, has suspended itself before even the relevant authorities could do so (*grin*). […]
... written on Apr 10 2016After wasting precious time dragging its feet, the Malaysia’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has finally tabled its findings to Parliament yesterday. The verdict – Prime Minister Najib Razak (*yawn*) is as clean as a whistle and as smooth as a baby’s butt. But really, does anyone out there expect a different result? Najib’s innocence was […]
... written on Apr 08 2016
