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PLENITUDE – the Turtle of Property Stocks

There’re basically two sectors which will flourish when a country’s economy is picking up – banking and property. On the same note should the recession hits, these two same sectors will suffer on equal quantum. FinanceTwitter had written some articles on property stocks and amongst others, the [...]

Poor’s Hope in MAIKA – the Last Robbery

Maika Holdings Berhad, which was established a quarter of century ago in 1982 to allow the Indian community in Malaysia to take a share in the country's economic development, has been a disaster from the beginning. The company was launched with much hope and hype by MIC (one of the component parties [...]

Great Gift – Stock in a Frame for your love one

Remember those days when you will get to bring back certificates of shares that you bought from the stock exchange? Before computerization, stock investors will be given certificates which stated the number of shares of a particular listed company you bought as proof of your ownership. However due t [...]

Bernanke Prepared to Act, Hint to Cut Rate?

In the yo-yo trend, Dow Jones industrials gained almost 250 points after Wednesday's closing. Reason - many investors believe the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its next meeting on Sept. 18 or even sooner and were preparing for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to hint at such a move on Friday a [...]

Celebrating 10th Anniversary of Stock Market Crashes

This year, 2007, marks the 10-years anniversary since the last recession in 1997 Asia Economiy Crisis which saw the local Kuala Lumpur Composite Index plunged from the pride of 1,230 points to the lowest of merely 262 points (Sept 1998). 1997 crash was also the most severe to the extend that the for [...]

Warren Buffett the upcoming RailRoads Tycoon?

In the latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A, stock) revealed it has bought additional 10.1 million shares of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI, stock) since 23rd Aug 2007, raising its stake in the nation's No. [...]

IDR – Could Middle East do the Trick this time?

Since the last durian-eating session between Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia’s premier Badawi with the pledge by the former to support IDR (Iskandar Development Region), everthing has quiet down until today when the ambitious IDR project was awaken again by the local medi [...]

Budget 2007 with New Tax on Everything – GST

In the upcoming 2008 Malaysia Budget, the government may implement the goods and services tax (GST) and single-tier corporate tax. Deloitte KassimChan Tax Services Sdn Bhd technical director K Sandra Segaran said the GST was likely to be accompanied by further reductions in both corporate and person [...]

Regional Stock Markets to pickup from Dow's tone

The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 140 points on Friday, closing at 13,378.87, mainly due to stronger-than-expected reading on new homes sales for July. The Commerce Department said new home sales rose 2.8 percent in July, after falling 4 percent in June. The increase in July lifted sal [...]

Protect your online Identity while surfing and blogging

As much as you like to surf the internet for great information to either help you in your daily work or to do research for your blog, there is the possibility of your computer being exposed to other unfriendly parties. When your notebook or computer is online, your computer will constantly broadcast [...]


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