Personalities
North Korean supremo Kim Jong-Un may not be that good looking and charismatic a leader to lead a country of about 25 million people. But his unpopularity and brutality could easily rival that of his father and even grandfather. His chubbiness, most probably due to consume too much cheese, could easily mislead a first timer […]
... written on May 13 2015With Russia still struggling after the collapse of oil prices, Putin administration needs to keep his people happy while feeding his expanding military forces. Although the oil prices have recovered ever since, it’s still too far away from the peak of US$110 a barrel. Putin wants his people to forget about the economic problem – […]
... written on May 12 2015Four years ago, the notorious terrorist supremo – Osama bin Laden – was killed by United States SEAL teams. The supposedly 40-minute helicopter assault mission on a fortified compound of a US$1 million “mansion” outside of Abbottabad, about an hour’s drive (50 km) from Islamabad, Pakistan, was reportedly not known to the Pakistani government. Sweet – […]
... written on May 12 2015Let’s get real, the biggest mistake committed by Prime Minister Najib Razak was sending Anwar Ibrahim to jail, in his attempt to pacify Godfather Mahathir Mohamad. If only he had spent less time golfing and massaging his gorgeous wife Rosmah, and instead read Chinese historical novel “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. If only he understood […]
... written on May 11 2015The rivalry between Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has dominated the back-page headlines across the world for as long as soccer fans can remember. Both players are regarded as the best players of all time in the world of soccer. They are so good that you can bet your last penny that each of them will […]
... written on May 07 2015Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, was taken into custody by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a switchblade. He died in police custody a week after being arrested. Claimed to be in good health at the time of his arrest, Mr Freddie later sustained injuries to his spine and larynx. Six police officers have been suspended (with pay) […]
... written on Apr 30 2015Who would have thought Twitter’s quarterly earnings result could leaked, on its own platform? Twitter’s earnings for the first-quarter of the year was bad, but not as horrible as how it was leaked earlier than it’s supposed to be, when Selebrity, a company that provides financial intelligence service, tweeted the results at 3:07 p.m. ET, […]
... written on Apr 29 2015Navinder Singh Sarao was a 36-year-old British futures trader, just like any other traders trying to make money. But the Brunel University graduate is now spending his weekend in British jail after failing to up his £5 million (US$7.6 million, RM27.1 million) bail bond. He was arrested this week at the modest suburban semi in […]
... written on Apr 26 2015Low-profile tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, the man closely tied to Malaysia dominant political party UMNO, and one of many cronies aligned to influential former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, is offering about 1.5 billion shares in Malakoff Corp, a subsidiary of MMC Corp, in exchange for RM1.80 a share. If fully subscribed, the 1,521,740,000 IPO shares […]
... written on Apr 22 2015When we were asked to write more articles about GST more than a year ago, we deliberately refused. The reason was simple. No amount of articles on such subject would stop Najib administration from abandoning the cash cow project. Most importantly, no amount of bitching and whining about the impact of GST would wake the […]
... written on Apr 19 2015
