Investing & Trading
Yahoo has finally sold itself away to Verizon Communications for merely US$4.83 billion. Only time will tell if the purchase is a great deal, or a waste of money. Verizon, America’s biggest wireless company, plans to merge Yahoo with AOL, a company it bought last year for a cool US$4.4 billion – cash. Clearly, […]
... written on Aug 02 2016A high-speed rail (HSR) link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore isn’t something new which was hatched yesterday. The toy was in the discussion way back in the late 1990s, during former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad era. However, the 1997-1998 Asia Financial Crisis made it impossible to spend billions while both countries – especially Malaysia – […]
... written on Jul 20 2016Alongside British Pound, the real-estates or properties in UK was speculated to take heavy beatings. At the early stage of Brexit, it got so panic that Mayor of London – Sadiq Khan – was urged to declare London Independence, and apply to join the EU. That demonstrated how idiocy ruled over Britons. Suddenly every single […]
... written on Jul 18 2016True, behind every crisis or problem, there’s a golden opportunity. But it’s also true that you’ve to bet on a correct business opportunity before you hit the jackpot. Equally true is that you have to be early to get the best deal. After Brexit and the formation of a new government, Britain is on high […]
... written on Jul 18 2016Shayla Wiggins, a 19-year-old Riverton resident, found a body floating in the Wind River while playing a game on her cell phone. Another was busy playing the same game while his wife was in labour. Even police in Missouri claimed that 4 suspected robbers were caught luring victims with the same game mentioned. So what’s this crazy […]
... written on Jul 12 2016To invoke or not to invoke – that’s a 2 trillion US dollar question EU is asking UK after the British voted to leave. And US$2.08 trillion was the global equity loss on Friday alone after Brexit – the biggest daily loss ever, exceeding the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy during the 2008 financial crisis and the […]
... written on Jun 27 2016The “Leave” campaign won an unexpectedly decisive majority in Thursday’s referendum on Britain’s EU membership. Almost immediately, “voices” within other EU members such as Netherlands, France, Austria, Finland and Hungary have hinted they could follow Britain by leaving the club. Less than 3 months ago, 61.6% of Dutch voters rejected an EU free trade deal […]
... written on Jun 26 2016Britain has voted to leave the European Union, a historic decision which would be known as the kingdom’s Independence Day – from the EU’s colonization since 1973. The surprising results mean tons of punters and speculators are losing their shirts. The Britons have done something extraordinary – beating the odds that they were too chicken […]
... written on Jun 25 2016After spending a staggering US$5.5 billion (£3.88 billion; RM22.5 billion), Shanghai Disneyland is officially open today. Covering an area of about 4-square-km in the town of Chuansha in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, it features a theme park and two themed hotels. The new resort is Walt Disney Company’s sixth worldwide. The Shanghai Disneyland is part […]
... written on Jun 16 2016Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is being investigated by U.S. investigators whether the American banking firm broke the law when it didn’t sound an alarm about a suspicious transaction in Malaysia. At issue is US$3 billion Goldman raised via a bond issue for Malaysian state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd – 1MDB. The 147-year-old bank […]
... written on Jun 14 2016
