Merger & Acquisition
Malaysian politics is set to face yet another major realignment, and we are not talking about the dramatic emergence of Parti Bersama Malaysia (Malaysian United Party or MU), an unknown party registered in 2016 which has been taken over by former Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli less than 2 weeks ago. Already a major political disruption […]
... written on May 27 2026When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949 as a collective defence alliance to counter the perceived threat of Soviet expansionism in post-World War II, little did the Western European and Canada realize that 77 years later, the enemy that would attack or colonize one of their own kind would be the United […]
... written on Jan 19 2026Japanese carmakers Honda Motor and Nissan Motor is exploring a mega merger, which will also involve Mitsubishi Motor, in which Nissan is the top shareholder with a 24% stake. The merger would see Honda management taking a leadership role in a newly formed formed Japanese holding company by 2026. Make no mistake – this deal […]
... written on Dec 27 2024Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options – either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after […]
... written on Apr 24 2024Remember those days at school when we received tips that the discipline teacher is doing a spot check? Students would comb their hair to look like Elvis Presley, trim their fingernails and tug in their shirts nicely. And when the feared teacher arrived with his inch-size cane, everyone pretended to be paying attention. Of course, […]
... written on Jul 04 2023Rosmah Mansor raised eyebrows when she made a high profile visit to the UMNO headquarters on Dec 8, 2022. She pretended by asking not to be photographed, despite knowing very well reporters were on site as UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was about to chair an explosive Supreme Council meeting, which ended with the sacking […]
... written on Dec 24 2022Volvo is set to reveal a new electric car today (2 March). The new 40-series compact model – C40 Recharge – will be the Swedish brand’s second electric car after it launched its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge EV, last year. The second electric vehicle will be based on the same Compact Modular […]
... written on Mar 02 2021Backdoor Prime Minister Muhyiddin’s D-Day is on Thursday (Nov 26). If the regime’s Budget 2021 is passed, the usefulness of UMNO (and Barisan Nasional for that matter) would be over, at least temporarily. In short, until the next Budget 2022, the premier’s Perikatan Nasional (National Alliance) government will have very little use of UMNO and […]
... written on Nov 24 2020Zahid Hamidi blinks. The indecisive UMNO president was trying to play safe when he declared Bung Moktar, the Sabah BN (Barisan Nasional) Chief, had been granted autonomy to decide on Sabah Chief Minister if the coalition emerges victorious in the state election. Actually, Zahid did not want to get the blames in case BN lost […]
... written on Oct 01 2020In August, President Donald Trump issued twin executive orders that would shut down two Chinese apps – TikTok and WeChat – by September 20, if they were not sold to American owners. In fact, just five days ago (Wednesday), Trump told reporters that he was not ready to approve a proposal from China-based ByteDance to […]
... written on Sep 21 2020
