Finance and Economy
When Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone in 2007, everyone was crazy and wanted a piece of it. Understandable, it was an iPod, phone and internet glued together into one. Later, when Steve Jobs introduced the first iPad in 2010, everyone was equally crazy and wanted a piece of it. Understandable, it was a device […]
... written on Mar 10 2015This year marks approximately 100-year Coca-Cola got into its shape. No, we’re not talking about how long Coke was in the market. It was invented more than 100-year ago in 1886 by John Pemberton, and subsequently bought by businessman Asa Griggs Candler. Of course, Mr Asa made crazy truckloads of fortune selling Coca-Cola. Surprisingly, Coca-Cola […]
... written on Mar 09 20151MDB financial scandal has accumulated a mind-boggling RM42 billion in debt. This easily qualifies it as the biggest scandal in the history of Malaysia. But why kill the goose that lays the golden egg – asked Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan, who happens to be one of prime minister Najib Razak’s bootlickers. If RM42 billions […]
... written on Mar 08 2015Warren Buffett’s 50th letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders has just been released. Despite being a non-dividend stock, thousands of Berkshire shareholders look forward to the company’s annual letter, as if it’s the last love letter before a worldwide apocalypse. Buffett is a non-believer in paying dividend to shareholders, argues that reinvestment is a better use of […]
... written on Mar 04 2015With the present crackdown on corruption in China by president Xi Jinping, the Great Wall is losing its shine as the most corrupt country in the world. Soon, a new nation will emerge to take over from the Chinese. For decades Malaysia has been trailing behind China, without much success, for the trophy. Malaysians have […]
... written on Feb 27 2015Karpal Singh dies aged 74, while Nik Aziz dies at 84. Lee Kuan Yew is now 91-years-old but he’s very ill, and if one cares to look at a photo dated April 2014 between him and Sultan of Brunei, one cannot help but to express concern about a very thin Singapore’s first prime minister. It […]
... written on Feb 26 2015Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has announced a dreadful news for vehicle owners in his Budget 2015 speech on Monday (Feb 23) – petrol duty hikes. Effective yesterday (Feb 24), the tiny island’s petrol will be pricier by S$0.20 (US$0.16, £0.10, RM0.53) for a litre of 98-octane grade petrol and by […]
... written on Feb 25 2015What would have happened if a Proton top executive visits rival Perodua showroom, inspects the successful Alza and somehow broke the car’s doors? Perodua would probably accuse Proton of spying on its technology and out of envy damage its car, deliberately. That would be a great badass marketing plan to tell the whole world that […]
... written on Feb 17 2015The year of the “Green Wooden Goat” will officially kicks off on Thursday this week. The Lunar New Year is indeed the most important festival to the Chinese. Not only the celebration is about ushering in luck and fortune, it’s also about showing off one’s wealth to everybody – friends, family members, neighbours, relatives and […]
... written on Feb 16 2015You thought it only get mentioned in James Bond films, where the super bad guys promised to destroy the world (they always do, don’t they?) unless the US or UK government pay them hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars to some offshore Swiss banks. It made you think how come the bad people […]
... written on Feb 09 2015
