Finance and Economy
Trying to get pregnant and have a baby of your own could be one of the most challenging things in your life. The fact that most couples nowadays prefer to wait till the later part of their age to start planning their families doesn’t help the situation. And you’re wondering how come your parents or […]
... written on Oct 10 2015True, Najib Razak couldn’t care less about the latest decree issued by Council of Rulers whereby sultans of nine of Malaysia’s states have called for a swift and transparent investigation into 1MDB political-cum-financial scandal involving the country’s prime minister. Obviously the Monarchy agrees that the scandal had created a “Crisis of Confidence”. But the premier’s […]
... written on Oct 08 2015Don’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 2015
