Finance and Economy
The Group of Seven (G-7), popularly known as the club of rich nations, has reached a landmark deal on Saturday to slap at least 15% corporate tax on MNCs (multinational companies or corporations). The global minimum tax rate on company profits will provide a new way of sharing the revenues from taxing the world’s most […]
... written on Jun 06 2021When Malaysia recorded 98 deaths and 9,020 daily infections on May 29, it grabbed two new records for the wrong reason. Having surpassed India in terms of Covid-19 new cases per million people, the death toll effectively pushed Malaysia to snatch another trophy from India in the category new deaths per million. Thanks to the […]
... written on Jun 05 2021It’s the dream of many to create a passive income stream (or even more than one) so that they can retire early, for example, or cut back on their current working hours, or spend more time with their families, or go traveling, and much more. Yet when it comes to actually go ahead with the […]
... written on Jun 03 2021On the eve of a nationwide second full-scale lockdown, China has deliberately sent not one, not two, but sixteen Xi’an Y-20 and Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft into Malaysian air space near the East Malaysia state of Sarawak. Coincidentally, the next day (June 1), King Sultan Abdullah of Pahang conveyed greetings to the Royal Malaysian Air […]
... written on Jun 02 2021After the confusion and frustration over which one of the nine ministries that business owners should approach for authorization letters, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was forced to chair a National Security Council (NSC) to fix the issue, a problem that should not have had happened in the first place. After all, this is not the […]
... written on Jun 01 2021As of May 24, Malaysia is among the worst in Southeast Asia in terms of the total number of vaccine doses administered to its population. It had vaccinated only 2.63 million people with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccines – behind Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and even Cambodia. It is only ahead of Laos, […]
... written on May 31 2021Gold is one of the most precious metals on the planet today. Its luxurious lustrous yellow color makes it desirable to most people. It’s no wonder this flashy stone is used majorly in the production of jewelry. For many investors, it seems to be an obvious choice when diversifying their investment portfolio. Its ability […]
... written on May 31 2021Muhyiddin Yassin, the power-hungry, but clueless and incompetent prime minister has finally declared a full lockdown effective June 1 to 14. The 2-week nationwide lockdown decision comes on Friday evening (May 28) after the country reported its fourth consecutive day of record infections – a whopping 8,290 Coronavirus new cases and 61 deaths. The […]
... written on May 28 2021LRT (Light Rail Transit) commuters today were being crammed in the packed trains like sardines. It was not possible to observe social distancing. Exactly what was the purpose of reducing the frequency LRT, MRT, monorails and buses by 50%, a brilliant plan which will definitely cause congestion, is beyond comprehension. It’s yet another spectacular failure. […]
... written on May 27 2021India’s daily Coronavirus cases appear to have dropped from above 400,000 in the first week of May to just 240,842 on Saturday (May 22). Malaysia, on the other hand, is still at its early stage of hitting new records. Today, the country hit another jackpot when it recorded a new record of Covid-19 cases with […]
... written on May 23 2021
