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There’s a saying “only during disaster will you be able to judge a system” – in this case the telecommunications across Asia after earthquakes off Taiwan damaged cables and knocked thousands offline. While most of Asia’s telephone traffic and Internet access in many countries had improved it is still far from the acceptable performance – […]
... written on Dec 29 2006We witnessed the latest in next-generation gaming console this year, 2006. We saw the launching of Sony PlayStation-3, Nintendo and Microsoft’s latest Xbox out in late ’05. I’m still happy with my PS2 (PlayStation-2) and I’m not going to fall into the high-price due to the craze of people rushing to get the PS3, so […]
... written on Dec 29 2006Internet and phone services were disrupted across much of Asia, and may take weeks to be fully restored due to an 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2006, night which damaged undersea cables, leaving one of the world’s most tech-savvy regions in a virtual blackout. The earthquake damaged submarine cables that form part of the […]
... written on Dec 28 2006In 2004, AirAsia formed successful joint ventures in Thailand and Indonesia where AirAsia holds 49% stake in both companies. Thai AirAsia, a joint venture with Shin Corporation, Thailand’s largest telecommunication conglomerate, took to the skies in Feb 2004. Ernst & Young in a statement said AirAsia was the first airline in the world to introduce […]
... written on Dec 27 2006AirAsia Bhd (KLSE : AIRASIA, stock-code 5099) group chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes has been named “Malaysia’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006”, for his efforts in revolutionizing the air travel industry in the region. He also won the “Master Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Fernandes learned to think like an entrepreneur […]
... written on Dec 27 2006Do you understand the rules pertaining to the soon to be available short-selling of 70 stocks identified by Bursa Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) announced (after several postponements) recently? Frankly, I DON’T and neither do my broker (there were “Errr …”, “I think …”, “Actually …”, “Hmm …” etc when I asked my broker today). […]
... written on Dec 26 2006The moment we (you and me) know what is money, how to count it and the power of money, we all wish we have more of it – in fact lots of it so that we can buy whatever we wish to have. Ever dreamt of how you can print it yourself when you were […]
... written on Dec 26 2006Hong Kong surged past New York this year and became the world’s second most popular place, after London for companies to float new stock listings. Hong Kong has raked in HK$307.7 billion, or US$39.57 billion, in IPOs, nearly twice as much as the HK$165.7 billion raised last year, according to Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing […]
... written on Dec 26 2006Katie Ress, the 22-year old former Miss Nevada USA who was stripped of her crown when party pictures of her hit the internet of which she was stripping off her jeans to show her thong said these were “hurtful and embarassing times”. The pictures were from an “isolated incident from my teenage years” that she […]
... written on Dec 24 2006It’s Christmas Eve and most people (including me of course) are getting ready for the celebration in less than 24 hours. Allow me to take a break from the usual blog on the stocks, option and financial matters as I think the current crisis which hit some parts of the not so-lucky Malaysia should be […]
... written on Dec 24 2006
