Finance and Economy
America – Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. While the life of a Manhattan city slicker might be vastly different from someone living in a Minnesota township, the overall picture is still a great place to start. On the other hand, Canada’s a pretty big place – even though the life of a […]
... written on Feb 12 2012Going by the rate on how opposition PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli exposing CowGate scandal, it’s hard to see how PM Najib can retain Shahrizat – Senator cum back-door Minister cum Minister of Women, Family and Community Development. If for some weird reasons Najib decided that Shahrizat is a winnable candidate and the opposition miraculously […]
... written on Feb 10 2012Facebook, in one of the world’s most widely anticipated IPOs (initial public offerings) of stock, filed papers to raise at least $5 billion, which is expected to value the whole company at $75 billion to $100 billion, and is set to begin trading on stock exchange by May (under the symbol “FB”). The filing revealed […]
... written on Feb 04 2012By now everybody in Planet Earth knows de-facto opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has been acquitted on a charge of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan in 2008. The acquittal surprises many people – from opposition parties, Najib administration, former premier Mahathir and even Anwar himself. But was Anwar really surprised with the verdict? […]
... written on Jan 12 2012The New Year 2012 has been welcomed with spectacular fireworks across the globe and as with previous year, Australia showed the rest of the world how to have a good time and another round of magnificent fireworks. With hundreds of thousands thronging the harbour, Sydney welcomed 2012 in style – a whopping $6 million of […]
... written on Jan 01 2012Vast crowds, some reports said up to a million people gathered in Pyongyang’s central Kim Il-sung square to observe the end of an official period of mourning for the late Kim Jon Il. The 3-hour funeral was filled with mourners weeping and beating their chests while many South Korean celebrated. Interestingly, the hearse used to […]
... written on Dec 29 2011World Wide Web (WWW) is easily one of the greatest things since sliced bread. Since Tim Berners-Lee played with hypertext (and subsequently web’s http) in 1980, the world has been changed beyond imagination. Investors, traders, speculators and average-Joes for the first time can buy and sell stocks online and access latest information real-time. Of course […]
... written on Dec 28 2011The passing of North Korea leader Kim Jong Il sent global stock markets tumbling for obvious reason – untested young son Kim Jong Un taking over from a country with a nuclear program and 1.2-million strong military, not to mention its history invasion into South Korea. While United States, South Korea and Japan are watching […]
... written on Dec 24 2011Besides school holidays and Christmas celebration, there are year-end bonus, annual increment, Chinese New Year and whatnot. So year end, or rather the month of December is particularly exciting for everyone. However, before the internet age, there was something that people rushed to get for themselves before it ran out of stock. This item is […]
... written on Dec 16 2011While former PM Mahathir was worried about nothing else but his UMNO’s lavish partying, the latest being the RM250 million NFC scandal, which is driving the party into self-destruction through internal sabotage, the opposition parties are equally worried about something else. Mahathir had left his “101 Smart Corruption for the Dummies” to his successors but […]
... written on Dec 15 2011
