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Bakery business is never easy, what more with the Asian culture where breads are never considered the main staple foods. People still opts for rice (nasi lemak anyone?) or noodles for their daily breakfast. Morning breakfast is the only time breads can stand tall with pride as it will seldom appear on the menu for […]
... written on Sep 27 2007The morning on Wednesday, 26th Sept 2007 would be another milestone as far as about 1,000 lawyers are concern. Seven buses chartered by Bar Council begun their march for “Justice”, only to be stopped and barred from entering Putrajaya, the central government administration of Malaysia. In the history of Malaysia there were three marches by […]
... written on Sep 26 2007Having lost the battle in acquiring Rashid Hussain Berhad’s jewel RHB Bank despite putting the highest offer on the table to Utama Banking Group (KLSE: UBG, stock-code 6831), EON Capital Berhad (KLSE: EONCAP, stock-code 5266) was directionless since then. Many predicted EON Capital could be the target of other banks thereafter. Prior to that there […]
... written on Sep 26 2007Whoa! Did you see how Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) breached the strong resistance of $150.00 per share on Tuesday’s trading? I was about to lock-in the profit when I saw how it tried for more than 3 hours alone trying to push pass that level. Honestly I rarely saw such a stubborn stock constipating […]
... written on Sep 26 2007When people talk about tycoons, you can’t float too far away without taking a hard look at shipping industry. Pre-technology age, building an empire (always associated with shipping) was a hard work which not only required huge resources but also tons of precious time. Shipping tycoons such as Y.K. Pao, Robert Kuok, Li Ka-shing, the […]
... written on Sep 25 2007Of all the interest in foreign-stock Call Warrants in Malaysia, none of them has attracted the followers as PetroChina Company Limited (PETROCH-C1, stock-code 0500C1 and PETROCH-C3, stock-code 0500C3) since the oil price hit above $82 a barrel. In fact the volume for these two stocks counters which attracted punters intensified on 19th Sept after Ben […]
... written on Sep 24 2007The news was actually out (kinda like leaked) that Germany’s Volkswagen (FRA: VOW) already agreed to take a stake in Malaysian loss-making car-maker Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE: PROTON, stock-code 5304) but with some conditions attached. Knowing that Malaysia’s GLCs (government-linked-companies) are mostly tricky when comes to question of management control, Volkswagen earlier suggested that it […]
... written on Sep 23 2007Last Friday was the option expiration for the month of Sept 2007. One of the trades that made my blood boils over the last two months is Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT, stock) which I talked about here. Waters is not really my favorite, having disappointed me before. Nevertheless I was sure this stock would continue […]
... written on Sep 23 2007To outsiders except for the British, corruption might not be as scary as the deadly H5N1 bird flu. Furthermore H5N1 kills but not corruption; physically the corrupted hands do not kill, do they? British government knew how corruption could bring disaster to a country, as was seen to their small colony which was under Britain’s […]
... written on Sep 21 2007It appears the stake has increased if you plan to squeeze yourself into the glamorous Forbes 400 Richest Americans. Just like playing poker at the gambling table, the stake has been raised to $1.3 Billion if you wish to see your name within the list. The new threshold meant 82 of America’s billionaires didn’t make […]
... written on Sep 21 2007
