Finance and Economy
Don’t panic when you see stock ticker symbol “GOOG” has a new owner, Alphabet Inc. instead of the usual Google Inc. The name change is part of a plan announced months ago to restructure the company to give more room to its forever-growing businesses. Google, or rather Alphabet has been explaining to all and sundry […]
... written on Oct 08 2015Democracy, in a nutshell, consists of 3 pillars namely the “Executive”, “Legislative” and “Judiciary”. The Executive is the government of the day (President, Prime Minister, Ministers and so on) while the Legislative consists of the two houses of the Parliament. Meanwhile, the Judiciary comprises Supreme Court and other judicial centres or agencies. However, over time, […]
... written on Oct 07 2015It’s a deal!! The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, or simply TPPA, which represents the largest U.S. trade pact since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico in 1993, has been agreed upon by 12 nations – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. […]
... written on Oct 06 2015Ben Bernanke has finally answered a question that’s been repeatedly asked by millions since 2008 financial crisis – “Should somebody have gone to jail?”. It was a simple and straight forward question which even Bernanke had tried his best to run away for the last 7 years, until today. “Yeah, I think so” – […]
... written on Oct 05 2015Earlier last month, Indonesia scrapped both proposals from China and Japan to build a high-speed rail link between the capital of Jakarta and Bandung. President Joko Widodo couldn’t decide which country to award the deal to. Tons of envoys were sent by Beijing and Tokyo to Jakarta to woo Indonesian politicians. Besides financial and technical considerations, […]
... written on Sep 30 2015No politician, both from the Republican and Democrat, actually believed Donald Trump, someone they like to call a clown, could go this far. There’s little doubt that his “Apprentice” effect helps Trump tremendously. At least, he doesn’t need to spend a penny marketing himself, unlike other presidential candidates. As more and more Americans accept the […]
... written on Sep 29 2015Russia and Iran have announced a new coalition to defend Syrian Bashar al-Assad so that they can defeat the ISIS. So, move over America and let the Russian show you how to fight the jihadists. Moscow has already moved fighter jets and tanks into Syria so Putin is dead serious about kicking some butts in […]
... written on Sep 28 2015UMNO, the backbone of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government in Malaysia must have been in total shock over an unexpected visit by China ambassador Huang Huikang to Petaling Street (Chinatown). It is safe to conclude that Red Shirts leader Jamal Md Yunos, sponsored and endorsed by Prime Minister Najib Razak, chickened out after Dr Huang’s […]
... written on Sep 28 2015Terrorism means an act including but not limited to the use of force or violence and/or threat, of any person or group of persons done for or in connection with political, religious, ideological or similar purposes. The question everybody is whispering now – is Malaysia on the verge of experiencing real terrorist attacks? First, security alerts […]
... written on Sep 26 2015Surprisingly but not unexpectedly, the Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows, which is near zero (0% – 0.25%) since 2008. Yes, once again, Yellen has chickened out. The Fed will meet again roughly 6-weeks again next month October. If nothing happens, the next subsequent meeting in December may shed some lights. […]
... written on Sep 18 2015
