Now is the time to buy the dream gadget you always wanted. It is indeed a high possibility the prices of most gadgets will rise especially if its sources are from from Japanese factories. QUOTE : AFP News Japan churns out many of the world’s smartphones, video cameras and other gadgets and while sales are […]
February 20, 2011
HTC ? what HTC ? – it is a unrecorded fact that the brand HTC is still a relatively obscure and unknown brand for smartphones in Malaysia. Especially in smaller towns, the brand HTC connotes a cheap China/Taiwan copycat maker. Most Malaysians are shock when they see HTC products being sold at prices above the […]
September 23, 2010
About 4,000 people thronged the ETP’s open at Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 21Sep. The government has announced the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to realise Malaysia’s ambition to turn the country into a high-income economy by 2020. Idris Jala, the CEO of the Government’s Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu), view his […]
September 11, 2010
Foxconn was thrown into limelight in May 2010 when several cases of workers suicides were reported. Foxconn is the world largest manufacturer of electronics and computer components worldwide and mainly manufactures on contract to other companies. Foxconn produces the Mac mini, the iPod, the iPad, and the iPhone for Apple Inc.; Intel-branded motherboards for Intel […]
August 26, 2010
This is a interesting piece of news which I recieved in my mail. It summarizes the state of many countries financial status. We know the world’s richest man is Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico, followed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet of USA. How about governments? Which countries’ government is the richest (having most money […]
August 5, 2010
Malaysia’s economic growth has averaged 4.2 percent annually since 2006, below the 6 percent targeted by the government under the previous five-year plan. The economy shrank 1.7 percent last year. Foreign direct investment ( FDI ) nosedive by 81% in 2009, the worst in the Asian region. Last week, CIMB group chief executive officer Nazir […]
August 5, 2010
On 29 Jul, Singapore Berita Harian Editor Guntor Sadali rebutted Dr Mahathir’s warnings that the Malays in Malaysia will be in same fate as the Singapore Malays if the present government do not take affirmative action in continually helping them. His comments obviously was a slap in the face of the Singapore Malays who Dr […]
July 27, 2010
27 Jul : Today at a industry dialogue Minister for International Trade and Industry Mustapha Mohammed dismissed the 81 % plunge in 2009 FDI attributing it to Malaysia being in a different stage of development. He said the other Asian countries attract huge costs infrastructure investments like for roads and power supply whichMalysia is not […]
July 24, 2010
BP says the cost of the company’s response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has hit above $2.65 billion. The costs include spill response, containment, relief well drilling, grants to Gulf states, claims paid, and federal costs. BP says it has received more than 80,000 claims and made almost 41,000 payments, totaling more than […]
March 31, 2011
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