Finance and Economy
By-elections for Rompin and Permatang Pauh have come and gone. As expected, both winners and losers claimed they didn’t lose, literally speaking. Barisan Nasional “Taikors” who retains Rompin seat said the results are positive to them. Pakatan Rakyat “Taikors” who retains Permatang Pauh seat said the results means Malaysian Tsunami is coming. Nobody admits that the results […]
... written on May 09 2015The rivalry between Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has dominated the back-page headlines across the world for as long as soccer fans can remember. Both players are regarded as the best players of all time in the world of soccer. They are so good that you can bet your last penny that each of them will […]
... written on May 07 2015Oil is back!! Oil is going bonkers!! Oil is going through the roof!! West Texas Intermediate (WTI) keeps hitting new high almost everyday since mid-April this year. From the low of US$42 a barrel, it’s now trading at US$60.86 a barrel. That’s roughly 43% rally in less than 2-months. Still, nobody dares to say the […]
... written on May 06 2015McDonald’s is in trouble, as far as investors and consumers are concerned. Wall Street isn’t lovin’ McDonald’s latest turnaround effort, while consumers aren’t lovin’ McDonald’s boring food. Its shares closed down 1.7% at US$96.13 a pop on Monday. Two months into the job, CEO Steve Easterbrook admits the “urgent” need to “reset” the business. Such […]
... written on May 05 2015Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a switchblade. He died in police custody a week after being arrested. Claimed to be in good health at the time of his arrest, Mr Freddie later sustained injuries to his spine and larynx. Six police officers have been suspended (with pay) […]
... written on Apr 30 2015Who would have thought Twitter’s quarterly earnings result could leaked, on its own platform? Twitter’s earnings for the first-quarter of the year was bad, but not as horrible as how it was leaked earlier than it’s supposed to be, when Selebrity, a company that provides financial intelligence service, tweeted the results at 3:07 p.m. ET, […]
... written on Apr 29 2015Nepal’s death toll from a Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake has jumped to more than 3,729 with official figure for the injured stands at 6,944 (and counting). UNICEF estimates close to a million children have been “severely affected” by the disaster. The earthquake, the worst in the country since 1934 when 10,000 died, has made hundreds […]
... written on Apr 27 2015Navinder Singh Sarao was a 36-year-old British futures trader, just like any other traders trying to make money. But the Brunel University graduate is now spending his weekend in British jail after failing to up his £5 million (US$7.6 million, RM27.1 million) bail bond. He was arrested this week at the modest suburban semi in […]
... written on Apr 26 2015Google is a web search engine. Google has an email service. Google also provides a web browser. In fact, Google has hundreds other products and services that you may have not even heard of. And in case you didn’t know, the Android operating system used to power your non-iPhone was developed by Google. Need us […]
... written on Apr 23 2015Low-profile tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, the man closely tied to Malaysia dominant political party UMNO, and one of many cronies aligned to influential former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, is offering about 1.5 billion shares in Malakoff Corp, a subsidiary of MMC Corp, in exchange for RM1.80 a share. If fully subscribed, the 1,521,740,000 IPO shares […]
... written on Apr 22 2015
