Taxes
Najib Razak, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, is terribly upset today. And it’s not hard to understand why. Already slapped with record 42 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), money laundering and abuse of power, he is now being asked to settle a huge bill – RM1.5 billion in unpaid taxes – the […]
... written on Apr 02 2019Very little was known about Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer. Now, as the organization that produces about 10% of the world’s crude raises cash from the international financial market through bond sales, its financial secrets have slowly emerged. As part of a global roadshow, Aramco is now forced to reveal secrets closely guarded since […]
... written on Apr 02 2019Over the weekend, Najib Razak accused the government of harassing him. The poor former prime minister moaned, cried and bitched on his Facebook page that he could not peacefully eat his breakfast. Apparently, a small group of people still angry with his thievery carried some placards and a poster of him in clown makeup, and […]
... written on Apr 01 2019Flipping a loss of more than 9,000 votes to a gain of close to 2,000 votes is no easy task. That was what happened with the just concluded Semenyih by-election. And judging by the angry voices on social media weeks before the voting process could even begin, the defeat of Mahathir’s party, PPBM (Bersatu), is […]
... written on Mar 04 2019Under tremendous pressure from the people, especially after the humiliating defeat in the Cameron Highlands by-election, and the coming Semenyih by-election which does not look too promising, the Mahathir administration has finally agreed to re-look into one of the dozens of promises made during last May general election – abolishment of highway tolls. Yesterday […]
... written on Feb 26 2019The Dow Jones posted its ninth consecutive week of advances, its longest weekly winning streak in nearly 24 years. This was the first time the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) index crossed 26,000 points since November 9, and the nine straight week gains marked the longest streak since a 10-week run between March and May […]
... written on Feb 23 2019In college, students struggle with earning money. There are a few options for full-time students: young people work part-time just like many generations did before them. Now, Gen Z comes up with innovative business ideas every minute. If you are creative enough for an unusual venture, then you are creative enough for organizing your business. […]
... written on Feb 22 2019Amazon.com is worth a staggering US$800 billion. It became the second company to reach a stock market value of US$1 trillion just weeks after Apple hit the same milestone. Its stock price is above US$1,600 a share. The company’s CEO and founder – Jeff Bezos – is not only the world’s richest man with a net worth […]
... written on Feb 15 2019There is one glaring issue since the arrest of China tech giant Huawei’s CFO by the Canadian authorities on Dec 1, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada, apparently at the request of the U.S. for allegedly breaking U.S. imposed sanctions on Iran. From the beginning, the arrest screams “politically motivated” because American CEOs had committed the same […]
... written on Jan 24 2019Small businesses often require influxes of money at short notice. Sometimes they cannot survive 3 to 4 weeks to secure a traditional business loan. As a small business owner, you may wonder how you can secure a business loan in a matter of days or hours. Fortunately, there are many quicker alternatives to traditional business […]
... written on Jan 22 2019
